Hermann Reckendorf (publisher)

Hermann Reckendorf (born March 4, 1880 in Mannheim , † December 23, 1936 in Berlin ) was a German printer, commercial artist, and bookseller and founder of the Hermann Reckendorf publishing house .

Life

Reckendorf was married to Charlotte Auen . For years he was head of advertising at Ullstein , the National-Zeitung , the Franckh Group and other publishers and was a full member of the “ Die Brücke ” association, an association of scientists and artists. In 1916 Reckendorf was appointed to head the war propaganda , which he was able to carry out successfully. He later led the propaganda for women's suffrage . He was involved in the establishment of the Reich Central Office for Homeland Service and organized border donations and welfare for prisoners of war . At the German Trade Show in Munich in 1922 and at the Leipzig Trade Fair from 1920 to 1922 he played a major role. The Technical University of Stuttgart named Hermann Reckendorf an honorary doctorate because of his pioneering work in the field of broadcast technology in the 1920s .

Hermann Reckendorf was expropriated by the Nazis in 1933 and his publishing house was "Aryanized". The house became the seat of the National Socialist German Labor Front (DAF) from 1934 .

His name appears in the Berlin address book until 1937 at the following address: Reckendorf, Hermann, Dr.-Ing., Verlagsbuchhdl., Steglitz, Wuthenowerstr. 8 a. Reckendorf & Co. Verlagbuchhandlung operated under the same address until 1937. From 1938 to 1940 Reckendorf's wife Charlotte, b. Auen recorded in the Berlin address book as follows: Reckendorf, Charlotte, Wtw., Wilmersdorf, Schlangenbader Str. 80 T.

There are different versions of Hermann Reckendorf's further course of life: on the one hand it was alleged that Hermann Reckendorf went into exile with his family in Italy, in another source his suicide in 1933 was rumored; as Roland Jaeger (see sources) determined, however, he continued to live in Berlin-Steglitz, where he died - possibly by suicide - on December 23, 1936 at the age of 56.

Works (selection)

• The international advertising service as a tool and an end in itself. On behalf of the “Association for Germanness Abroad”, presented in confidence to invited guests on October 7, 1915 in the house of the Member of Parliament, Berlin; A contemporary lecture . Munich, Heller, 1915
• Report on the confidential meeting held on October 7, 1915, at 10:30 in the morning in the House of Representatives in Berlin, regarding: The international advertising service as an aid and an end in itself . Munich, Heller, 1915

swell

• Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. German business publisher, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 .
• Joan Champbell: The German Werkbund. 1907-1934 , pp. 266, 299, 303; DTV / Klett-Cotta, 1989
• Berlin address book , issues 1933 to 1940
• The Reckendorf Book; Contributions z. 50th birthday v. Hermann Reckendorf. March 4, 1930 . Berlin: Advertising Service, 1930

literature

• Roland Jaeger: Advertising service for the German Werkbund: The Hermann Reckendorf publishing house, Berlin ; in: From the Antiquariat NF 5 (2007), No. 1, pp. 3–22
• Roland Jaeger: Permanent documents of the New Vision. The Hermann Reckendorf publishing house, Berlin. In: Manfred Heiting, Roland Jaeger (Hrsg.): Autopsy. German-language photo books 1918 to 1945. Volume 1. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, 2012, pp. 248–267. ISBN 978-3-86930-412-0