Harald Eschenburg

Harald Eschenburg (born June 12, 1914 in Kiel ; † 1988 in ibid.) Was a German bookseller , antiquarian and author .

Live and act

Harald Eschenburg was born in Kiel as the son of the naval officer Theodor Eschenburg (1876–1978). After attending grammar school in Kiel and studying literature for three semesters at Kiel University , he worked in publishing ( Rowohlt Verlag in Berlin, Verlag Eugen Diederichs , Jena). During the Second World War he was a naval officer, most recently as a first lieutenant. Then he was the owner of various bookshops and second-hand bookshops in Kiel. He was also active as the author of several historical novels and biographies.

His brother was the political scientist Theodor Eschenburg (1904-1999).

Works

• Renate in the land of books. Little novel of a happy apprenticeship . Ziegler, Schwenningen / Neckar 1957.
• List. Novel from the Weimar Republic . Knaus, Hamburg 1979, ISBN 3-8135-0858-7 .
• Wind from the front. Novel of a seizure of power . Knaus, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-8135-0422-0 .
• In tow. Novel of the occupation . Knaus, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 3-8135-0220-1 .
• Comedians come. Comedy in three acts . Edition Deutsche Dramaturgie, Göttingen 1984
• Lübeck marzipan or fifteen roses. Husumer Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1984, ISBN 3-88042-235-4 .
• The Polish princess. Elisa Radziwill , the childhood sweetheart Kaiser Wilhelm I . Engelhorn-Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-87203-015-9 .
• Prince Heinrich of Prussia . The Grand Admiral in the Emperor's shadow . Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens, Heide 1989, ISBN 3-8042-0456-2 .

Literature / individual references

• Bernhard Eschenburg : News about the Eschenburg family in Lübeck. Third episode, Lübeck 1949, p. 63f. and panel 9.