Hellmut Holthaus

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Hellmut Holthaus (born October 11, 1909 in Remscheid ; † May 16, 1966 in Staufen im Breisgau ) was an editor in various magazines, writer and writer of humorous short stories and features articles.

Life

He began his career as a business editor in Wuppertal and then as a reporter in Remscheid. He later worked in Upper Silesia for a Beuthener newspaper and then in Glogau for a culture editor. Finally he moved to Berlin as a picture editor . During the Second World War he was stationed as a member of the Wehrmacht in Norway , then in Lithuania and East Prussia . Holthaus was taken prisoner of war several times: first by Soviet, American and finally British.

After the war, Holthaus settled in Staufen im Breisgau as a freelance writer. His books reached a total circulation of over 300,000 copies.

The Empire of Adolf Hitler compiled by Holthaus with Utz Utermann . A picture book of the development of Greater Germany 1933-1940 ( Rather , Munich 1940) was placed on the list of literature to be sorted out in the Soviet occupation zone after the end of the war .

Bibliography (selection)

  • Wilhelm ("Utz") Utermann u. Hellmut Holthaus: The Reich of Adolf Hitler - A picture book of the development of Greater Germany 1933-1940 . Franz Eher Verlag, Munich 1940.
  • Traveled according to dictation. Herder publishing house (Herder library, volume 74), Freiburg i. Br. 1960.
  • Is it worth? Contemplative and cheerful. Josef Knecht Publishing House, Frankfurt / Main 1956.
  • Justus and Angelo . Josef Knecht Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 1956.
  • Home sweet home, happiness alone . Josef Knecht Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 1957.
  • Stories from the Zachurei . Josef Knecht Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 1959.
  • New stories from the Zachurei . Publishing house Josef Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1961.
  • All my trains go south: travel reports, reflections, capers, etc. - adventures from Italy and the surrounding area . Verlag Josef Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1962.
  • How to get through life , Verlag Josef Knecht. Frankfurt am Main 1963.
  • Lives faster, contemporaries , Verlag Josef Knecht. Frankfurt am Main 1961.
  • A happy person . Josef Knecht Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 1966.
  • It's modern to be modern . Josef Knecht Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 1965.
  • I let myself be surprised . Verlag Josef Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1967.
  • Poured pure wine . Verlag Josef Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1968. (Estate)
  • The most beautiful stories . Verlag Josef Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1970.
  • Instructions for use for the forest. New stories from the estate . Verlag Josef Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1985.
  • My fabulous family . Verlag Josef Knecht, Frankfurt am Main / Freiburg i. Br. 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ My fabulous family , Josef Knecht Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007 short autobiography pp. 123–125 u. Information on the back of the cover.
  2. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1946-nslit-u.html
personal data
SURNAME Holthaus, Hellmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Remscheid
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1966
Place of death Staufen im Breisgau