Josef Rosenzweig-Moir
Josef Rosenzweig-Moir (born August 24, 1887 in Neustupov , † after October 12, 1944, probably in Auschwitz concentration camp ) was a Czech anarchist poet, writer and lawyer of Jewish origin.
Rosenzweig-Moir became known as the young author of the anarchist-pessimistic collection of poems "When the youth sings" ( Když zpívá mládí , 1906) and the autobiographical book "The Gardens of Life" ( Zahrady života , 1908). He passed the Abitur in 1905 in Hradec Králové and then studied law at the Charles University in Prague from 1906-10 . There he was also the editor of “Studentský Věstník” and a member of a Prague bohemian group around the satirist Jaroslav Hašek .
After obtaining his doctorate in 1911, Rosenzweig-Moir lived in Kralupy nad Vltavou , where he worked as a lawyer. 1915-17 he was deployed as a World War I volunteer at the front in Halitsch, Russia and Italy. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia , Rosenzweig-Moir and his wife were deported to Theresienstadt in February 1942 , where they were selected and transferred to Auschwitz , from where he never returned. The record of his deportation to Auschwitz on October 12, 1944 is the last news about his life.
Rosenzweig-Moir was the uncle of the poet Jiří Orten .
literature
- Lexicon české literatury 3, II. Academia, Praha 2000, p. 1279.
Web links
- ceskasibir.cz - Two poems by Josef Rosenzweig-Moir about his hometown
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenzweig-Moir, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech anarchist poet, writer and lawyer of Jewish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustupov |
| DATE OF DEATH | after October 12, 1943 |
| Place of death | Auschwitz |