Fritz Brukner

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Fritz Brukner (born August 3, 1881 in Vienna ; † July 4, 1944 there ) was an Austrian theater scholar , literary scholar and collector.

Brukner came from a wealthy Jewish industrial family. After his Jus -Studies he conducted research primarily in the area of the Vienna theater history. His important Viennensia and theater collection was incorporated into the ÖNB by the National Socialists at the instigation of Joseph Gregor , but his heirs were restituted after the Second World War.

Publications (selection)

  • Fritz Brukner (Ed.): Ferdinand Raimund in the poetry of his contemporaries . Vienna 1905 ( digitized version )
  • Eduard Castle and Fritz Brukner (eds.): Ferdinand Raimund. All works . Vienna 1908.
  • Fritz Brukner (ed.): Johann Nestroys selected works . Four parts in one gang. Leipzig 1910 ( digitized version )
  • Fritz Brukner and Otto Rommel (eds.): Johann Nestroy. Complete Works. Historical-critical complete edition (in twelve [or 15] volumes), Vienna 1924–1930.

Literature on the "Brukner case"

  • Murray G. Hall, Christina Köstner: "... To get hold of all kinds of things for the National Library ..." An Austrian institution during the Nazi era . Böhlau, Vienna 2006.

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personal data
SURNAME Brukner, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian literary scholar, theater scholar and Nestroy researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1944
Place of death Vienna