Josef S. Viera

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Josef Viera (actually: Josef Sebastian Vierasegerer ; * July 22, 1890 in Munich ; † June 5, 1970 ibid) was a German author.

Life

Viera emigrated to German East Africa , where he lived for eight years. Before the First World War he worked as a merchant, factory manager, planter, farmer, caravan driver and hunter. He took part in the war from 1914 to 1918 as a soldier under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck . After his return he studied philosophy and literature at the Munich University and from 1922 lived as a freelance writer in Munich with breaks.

Again and again he discussed the adventures of German emigrants in Africa and the struggles of the German protection forces. His first literary work Juma, the African rascal appeared in 1922 with a sales-promoting foreword by Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. His first large volume of short stories, Bana Sikukuu, from 1924, later published as The African Ranger , included a foreword by the former governor Heinrich Schnee and illustrations by Franz Müller-Münster. Many more stories followed.

From 1925 to 1939 Viera published the series From Far World , in which 150 issues appeared. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he wrote books that conformed to the system, such as 1933 Utz fights for Hitler , SA man Schott and Horst Wessel . He was editor of the magazine The Colonies Call! and in 1939 published the book Karl Peters' Struggle for an East African Colonial Empire .

In the post-war period he mainly wrote books for young people, some of which were played in Africa again. He changed his author's name from Josef Viera to Josef S. Viera .

List of literature to be discarded

In the Soviet occupation zone , Viera's writings were Der Kampf um die Feldherrnhalle ( Schneider , Leipzig 1933), SA.-Mann Schott (Schneider, Leipzig 1933), Horst Wessel. Proclaimers and fighters of the Third Reich (Schneider, Leipzig, 1933), the stories of the German colonial fighting in World War II (all Loewe, Stuttgart 1936 ! German East Africa unlost , German East Africa fight! , German East Africa is alive! ) And their collection with Lettow-Vorbeck im Busch (Loewe, Stuttgart 1937), Maria in Petersland. Roman (Bergstadtverlag, Breslau 1937), Gust in trouble. Stories from German East Africa (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1938), Karl Peters struggle for an East African colonial empire (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1939), advance group for German Southwest (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1939), attention, attention, air raid alarm! (Schneider, Berlin & Leipzig 1940), Utz fights for Hitler (Schneider, Berlin & Leipzig 1940), colonies in view of today. A reading book (Völkischer Verlag, Düsseldorf 1940), Karl Peters, a fighter for Germany (Fichte-Verlag, Munich 1942) and Ein Kontinent gets closer ( Hugendubel , Munich 1942) as well as the one written by Fritz H. Chelius and others and edited by Viera Far from the Fatherland (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1937) placed on the list of literature to be sorted out.

In the German Democratic Republic , Mit Lettow-Vorbeck in Africa (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1926), Lettow-Vorbeck, undefeated in the World War (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1936), The Tanga Battle. How German East Africa was defended under Lettow-Vorbeck in the World War (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1936), Die Mikindani-Patrouille. With Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa. Told from life (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1938), raiding party in Africa. With Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa. Told from life (Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1940) and In all storms of the world (Völkischer Verlag, Düsseldorf 1942).

Works

Josef Viera wrote a large number of books that deal in a transfigured way with German colonial history and travels and adventures in distant lands. These include:

  • Adventure in Abyssinia and Somaliland
  • Adventure with wild animals.
  • Adventure under the southern stars. (5 booklets of ...)
  • African migrations by Karl Anbauer ...
  • Riots in Batongoland. Adventure story ...
  • Wilderness pioneer. African narrative
  • Bana Situtuu. Adventure story from Africa.
  • Bigirimana. African robinsonade
  • The African Robinson
  • The African ranger
  • The funnel of hell. South African ...
  • German East Africa is fighting
  • German East Africa is alive! Story from the ...
  • German East Africa never lost
  • The trip to the Gold Coast. Historical ...
  • The settlement of the African Robinson ...
  • The wilderness is calling (anthology by various authors ...)
  • A continent is getting closer
  • Exotic hunting adventures.
  • Exotic settler stories. Collection From more ...
  • Secret from afar
  • Gust in a tight spot
  • Heroes overseas, from wide world
  • Horst Wessel. Herald and warrior of the third ...
  • In the magical realm of the south. (5 booklets of the collection ...)
  • In all the storms of the world.
  • In bush and steppe - adventures from wide world ...
  • Battle for Wild - South
  • Fights and adventures in the jungle and steppe. From ...
  • Colonies in view today. A reader.
  • Kordula and the reindeer , with cover picture and illustrations by Carl Fr. J. Benedek. Göttingen youth volumes: W. Fischer Verlag, Göttingen around 1956.
  • Kordula and the reindeer , with cover picture and illustrations by Carl Fr. J. Benedek. Göttingen youth volumes: W. Fischer Verlag, Göttingen around 1956.
  • Kornel on a long journey. The story of a ...
  • Mary in Petersland
  • Nanga Parbat. Experiences of a loner ...
  • Reluctant Robinson
  • Sandy desert and palm land
  • Sonnenland southwest.
  • Petrel Adventure in Wild South
  • Under southern latitudes.
  • Ranger's youth country.
  • Wild South. Adventure of traveling companions. With many ...
  • Miracles of the South and other tales
  • Xandi in search of traces 1st ed
  • Xandi, the private detective
  • Xandi starts the adventure
  • Between Cape and Cairo.

literature

  • Günter Schmitt: Viera, Josef F. In: Heinrich Pleticha, Siegfried Augustin: Lexicon of adventure and travel literature from Africa to Winnetou. Edition Erdmann in K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart, Vienna, Bern 1999, ISBN 3 522 60002 9 , p. 341 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 631.
  2. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1946-nslit-v.html
  3. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1947-nslit-v.html
  4. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-f.html
  5. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-v.html
  6. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1953-nslit-v.html
personal data
SURNAME Viera, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vierasegerer, Josef Sebastian; Viera, Josef S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 1970
Place of death Munich