Hans Blum (Author)

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Johann Georg Max Hans Blum (born June 8, 1841 in Leipzig ; † February 1, 1910 in Rheinfelden ) was a German lawyer and writer. He was the son of Robert Blum, who was shot on November 9, 1848 in Brigittenau near Vienna . He was also a national liberal member of the Reichstag and a cigar manufacturer. His writing activity spans the history of the 19th century.

Letter from Hans Blum from 1907

Life

Blum attended the citizens' school in Leipzig and from 1849 to 1856 an educational institution in Wabern . Until 1860 he was in a grammar school in Bern before studying law and camera science in Leipzig and Berlin. In 1864 he became a trainee lawyer in Leipzig and in 1865 he received his doctorate. He then worked as a lawyer and from 1879 to 1895 chaired the board of directors of a life insurance company.

Blum was a national liberal member of the North German Reichstag and wrote about the political development of the German Empire. He was the son of Robert Blum, about whom he wrote a highly subjective biography. This, in turn, was criticized by the Social Democrats, including Wilhelm Liebknecht in his own biography Robert Blum. In Liebknecht's opinion, Blum misunderstood his father's views. In his first basic biography he tries to make his father a forerunner and partisan of Bismarck, which he certainly was not. Wilhelm Liebknecht speaks of a biographical assassination attempt and sees Robert Blum as a champion of social democracy, which should come closer to the truth. However, Liebknecht is certainly exaggerating when he writes that only what he had not written is of value in the son's book. Hans Blum also published on the history of the German Empire at the time of Bismarck . For "Daheim" in 1870, Blum wrote much-read travel reports from the theaters of the Franco-German War. His support for the death penalty, on the other hand, was indignantly noted by the Social Democratic MPs. August Bebel wrote the following about him: The only Saxon MP who advocated the death penalty was Dr. Hans Blum, the son of Robert Blum who was shot in Brigittenau near Vienna in autumn 1848 . When Blum gave his yes to the death penalty, we on the extreme left answered with a hefty ugh! Hans Blum was one of the filthiest and most perfidious opponents of social democracy; to fight us he was happy with any means. Of course he was an enthusiastic admirer of Bismarck, and Bismarck wanted him. But he could not save him from shameful doom. Blum's lawyer was revoked for dishonorable acts . He then went to Switzerland , where he ran a cigar factory. He died in 1910 a wealthy man. Blum lived in Rheinfelden from 1898 . Like his father, Blum was a member of the Leipzig fraternity Germania .

Works

  • Robert Blum. A time u. Character image for the German people . Leipzig 1878.
  • From our days . 2 volumes, Magdeburg, Faber, 1876.
  • Human rights. Story from the time of the first French Revolution. 2 volumes, Jena, Vlg. Hermann Costenoble 1889.
  • The German Revolution 1848–49 . Florence and Leipzig 1898.
  • Personal memories of Prince Bismarck . Munich 1900.
  • The German Empire at the time of Bismarck. Political history from 1871-1890. Leipzig, 1893.
  • Bismarck - A book for Germany's youth and people . Leipzig, Carl Winter's university bookstore, 1903.

literature

  • August Bebel: From my life . 3 volumes, Stuttgart 1910, 1911, 1914.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, pp. 103-104.
  • Wilhelm Liebknecht: Robert Blum and his time . Nuremberg 1888.
  • Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann: Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Blum, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blum, Johann Georg Max Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the North German Reichstag
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1910
Place of death Rheinfelden