Leo Grünstein
Leo Grünstein (born July 18, 1876 in Lemberg ; died January 10, 1943 in Theresienstadt concentration camp ) was an Austrian art and literary historian .
Life
Grünstein first attended the German high school in Lemberg. He completed a degree in law and political science and then in philology , German and art history at the University of Vienna . He had been working as a freelance writer and translator from Slavic since 1895 , and in 1901 was a candidate for teaching in secondary schools. He was on 16 July 1907, the thesis " Johann Heinrich Merck as a writer on art" in German with Jakob Minor Dr. phil. PhD . Several study trips through Germany followed. He wrote essays on Viennese and international cooperation, comparative literature and art historical writings, lexical entries and poetry .
Grünstein was also a board member of the German Association of Writers and Journalists in Austria and the Society of Picture and Miniature Friends. He lived at Kraftgasse No. 8 in Vienna before he was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto . The obituary report shows that he was single. The cause of death is given as an intestinal infection with pneumonia .
Publications (selection)
- Poems. Academic publishing house, Leipzig / Vienna 1906.
- Silhouettes from the time of Goethe. From the estate of Johann Heinrich Merck. Löwy, Vienna 1909 ( archive.org ).
- Minnelieder from Austria. Austrian publishing company E. Hölzel & Co., Vienna 1921.
- Moritz Michael Daffinger and his group. Manz-Verlag, Vienna 1923.
- The Professor Dr. Emerich Ullmann. (= Portrait miniature and its masters. 1). A. Wolf, Vienna 1925.
- The old Viennese face. Portraits and people from the first half of the 19th century. 2 volumes, Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Vienna 1931.
literature
- Greenstone, Leo . In: Franz Brümmer (ed.): Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . 6th edition. tape 2 : Dennert to Grütter . Reclam, Leipzig 1913, p. 477 ( deutschestextarchiv.de ).
- Hans Ankwicz-Kleehoven : Dr. Leo Grünstein of the sixties. In: Wiener Zeitung July 18, 1936, p. 7 ( digitized version ).
- Greenstone, Leo . In: Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe (eds.): Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin, 18th to 20th century . tape 1 : A-I . KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-11-094900-8 , p. 476-477 ( books.google.de ).
- Greenstone, Leo . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 4 : Görres – Hittorp . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094654-8 , p. 213 ( books.google.de ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Grünstein, Leo 1876–1943 in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Dr. Leo Grünstein holocaust.cz
- Leo Grünstein In: Estates in Austria - Personal Lexicon
- Gustinus Ambrosi : Bust of Leo Grünstein in the Belvedere, Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doctoral file, University Archives Vienna .
- ^ Grünstein Leo: Obituary, Ghetto Theresienstadt. In: Database of Digitized Documents - Holocaust. holocaust.cz, accessed on March 27, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greenstone, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian art and literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1943 |
| Place of death | Theresienstadt concentration camp |