Heinrich Zimmermann (animal rights activist)

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Heinrich Zimmermann (* 1887 or 1888 ; † 1942 ) was a German Jewish cynologist , editor, writer and animal rights activist. He was a key organizer of the movement to avoid the cruel treatment of animals. With the magazine Mensch und Hund , the leading magazine for dog lovers , which appeared in Berlin from 1923 and later became successful throughout Germany, and for which he was editor-in-chief, the idea of ​​animal welfare was spread among the population. After years of commitment to the introduction of a World Animal Protection Day, his proposal was accepted at the International Animal Protection Congress on May 8, 1931 in Florence. Since then, October 4th has been celebrated worldwide as World Animal Day. Heinrich Zimmermann was murdered by the National Socialists in a concentration camp in 1942 .

Works

Edited and written works (selection):

  • The Lexicon of Dog Friends [in two volumes: A – H / I – Z]. Published with the collaboration of well-known cynologists, breeders, veterinarians, canine athletes and cultural historians., Verlag Mensch und Tier, Berlin, 1933 (vol. 1) and 1934 (vol. 2), (" The appearance of the supplementary volume is in question ")
  • Brother Tier - Das Hausbuch der Tierfreunde - With stories and poems, Eigenbrödler Verlag, Zurich, 1930 / Verlag Mensch und Tier, Berlin, 1930
With contributions by: Otto Alscher , R. Binding , Wilhelm Bölsche , Hans Bongardt , Waldemar Bonsels , Ernst Büsing , Karl Busse , Joseph Delmont , Fritz Ebers , Paul Eipper , Theodor Etzel , L. Fankmückler , Karl Gjellerup , Alfred Huggenberger , Max Jungnickel , Ellen Kuhn , Manfred Kyber , Jack London , Hermann Löns , Hermann Masius and Heinrich Zimmermann.
  • Yearbook of Germany's Animal Friends 1929. - Animal writings, Pflaume & Roth publishing house, Berlin, 1929.
  • 20 minutes for the cat, this little writing is a recording of a lecture, held at the international animal welfare congress in Vienna, 1929., Mensch und Tier, Berlin, 1929

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1887 according to the Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1935, Part 1 of the Library of Congress , p. 1496
  2. ↑ Germany and You, Volume 4, Stangen Verlag, 1934, p. 31
  3. ↑ Animal welfare magazine from the federal government against abuse of animals eV , December 2012, p. 4 (PDF; 6.8 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Zimmermann, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Animal rights activists
DATE OF BIRTH 1887 or 1888
DATE OF DEATH 1942