Fritz Brockhaus
Friedrich ("Fritz") Eduard Brockhaus (born March 27, 1874 in Leipzig ; † July 3, 1952 there ) was a German publisher , bookseller and lawyer .
Life
Brockhaus was born in 1874 as the youngest son of Eduard Brockhaus and his wife Emilia (Milly). Weisz born born. He attended the humanistic grammar school in Leipzig and studied law. He received his doctorate as Dr. jur. and passed the judge exam. He then completed vocational training as a publishing bookseller in France and England, among others.
On July 1, 1905, Fritz Brockhaus became co-owner of the lexicon publisher FA Brockhaus at the side of his older brother Albert Brockhaus , after his other brother Rudolf Brockhaus had left the company the day before . Their common nephew Hans Brockhaus , Albert's son, joined the company's management on July 1, 1914. The three of them managed the publishing house until Albert's death in 1921.
During the time of National Socialism , Fritz Brockhaus was accused of being half-Jewish in 1939 due to his mother's origins from Hungary.
His nephew Hans Brockhaus moved to Wiesbaden in June 1945 after the end of the Second World War . From this point in time, the former authorized signatory Karl Jäger joined the management team as a new partner. Both held this until his death in 1952. In the following year, 1953, his publishing house was nationalized and now traded as VEB Brockhaus Leipzig .
family
Fritz Brockhaus married in 1907.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? . Xth edition, Berlin 1935, p. 201.
- Hans Brockhaus : Fritz Brockhaus in memory, 27.III.1874 - 3.VII.1952 . Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1952.
- Thomas Keiderling: FA Brockhaus 1905-2005. In: Thomas Keiderling (Ed.): Two hundred years Brockhaus. Brockhaus, Leipzig / Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-7653-0284-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the German book trade in the 19th and 20th centuries , on behalf of the Historical Commission, edited by Ernst Fischer, Reinhard Wittmann, de Gruyter (2015) Third Reich, Part 1, p. 447
- ^ History of the German Book Trade in the 19th and 20th Centuries , 2915, p. 448.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brockhaus, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brockhaus, Friedrich Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher bookseller |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd July 1952 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |