Julius Levin

Julius Levin (born January 21, 1862 in Elbing , † January 29, 1935 in Brussels ) was a German medic , writer and violin maker .

Life

Julius Levin was the son of a Jewish religion teacher . He attended a humanistic grammar school and received violin lessons at an early age . After graduating from high school , he studied medicine at the universities in Berlin , Rostock and Königsberg . In 1886 he received his doctorate in medicine and then worked as a general practitioner in Berlin . During this time Levin became increasingly involved in literature , art , music and violin making ; In 1894 he gave up the medical profession and went to Paris as a correspondent for the " Berliner Börsen-Courier " . After his contract was not renewed, he trained as a violin maker . In 1909 he returned to Berlin, where he now worked as a violin maker and writer . In addition, Levin took an active part in the literary life of the Reich capital and was one of the founders of the Berlin Doctors Orchestra in 1911 . After the National Socialist seizure of power , Levin went into exile in Belgium in July 1933 . He accepted an invitation from the Belgian royal family; Plans to set up a violin-making school in Brussels came to nothing in the course of 1934. Levin, who had been suffering from cancer for a long time , died in 1935 after an operation in Brussels.

In addition to journalistic articles, Julius Levin wrote a number of novels and stories about Jewish life in his West Prussian homeland as well as a biography of Johann Sebastian Bach .

Levin, Julius. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 15: Kura – Lewa. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22695-3 , pp. 345-351.

personal data
SURNAME	Levin, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medic, writer and violin maker
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Elbląg
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 1935
Place of death	Brussels