Ludwig Hirschfeld (writer)

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Ludwig Hirschfeld (born May 21, 1882 in Vienna , † between November 7, 1942 and May 4, 1945 in Auschwitz concentration camp ) was an Austrian writer, journalist and theater secretary who lived in Vienna.

Life

Theater program: "The woman everyone is looking for" (1928)

Ludwig Hirschfeld worked as a journalist for the Neue Freie Presse and from 1918 to 1925 as editor-in-chief of the Viennese illustrated bi-monthly publication for art, literature and fashion "Moderne Welt", which was published from 1918 to 1939.

In 1927 the Piper Verlag series “Was nicht im 'Baedeker” published his alternative travel guide “The Book of Vienna and Budapest”, which was also published in an English translation in 1929 under the title The Vienna, that's not in the Baedeker . Hirschfeld also wrote a large number of novels, plays and libretti and also worked as a translator of stage works and as a columnist.

From 1910 he directed the Viennese Possentheater "Max und Moritz" with Ferdinand Grünecker .

On November 6, 1942, he was deported with Transport 42 from the Drancy assembly camp , France, to Auschwitz , where he was murdered.

effect

Hirschfeld is mentioned by Karl Kraus in his monumental drama “ The Last Days of Mankind ” in scene 5/30 (in front of the Hotel Imperial). And in the torch Kraus writes critically: “With reference to the article by Ludwig Hirschfeld published in the number […] of August 12, 1917 of the 'Neue Freie Presse' under the heading 'Juliabend in Lemberg', I allow myself in the interest of the truth to politely request the publication of the following lines: I do not know how long Mr. Ludwig Hirschfeld spent in Lemberg [...]; one thing seems certain, however, that the premises on which he built his conclusions are fundamentally wrong. ”[Die Fackel 462, October 1917, p. 124f]

On the other hand, Hermann Broch put him in line with the local columnists Eduard Pötzl and Daniel Spitzer as early as 1921 . Felix Salten then summed up on the occasion of the publication of Hirschfeld's “The Book of Vienna and Budapest” in 1927 that he “almost always shows himself to be a writer with an extremely journalistic temperament”.

Works (selection)

prose

  • The Book of Vienna and Budapest . Series: "What is not in the 'Baedeker'", Piper Verlag, Munich 1927 (2nd edition only: The Book of Vienna )
  • The sounding city. Sketches from noisy and quieter Vienna . Robert Mohr, Vienna 1912
  • Tennis, bridge and wedlock. The stories of Manzi and Mully . Drei Masken Verlag, Munich 1927
  • The Vienna, that's not in the Baedeker . Series: "What is not in the 'Baedeker'", Piper Verlag, Munich 1929 (translation: TW Mac Callum)
  • Where are the times ... Ten years of Vienna in sketches . Vienna Literary Institute, Vienna 1921

Pieces and libretti

  • The stone mask (comedy). 1921
  • Play of the senses. 6 pictures (acting). Theater Verlag Otto Eirich, Vienna 1923
  • with Paul Frank: The silver dancer. Operetta in 3 acts . Eigenenschütz & Berte, Leipzig 1924
  • with Paul Frank: Stiefmama , Vienna 1926
  • The woman everyone is looking for . Felix Bloch Erben , Berlin 1928
  • with Paul Frank: doing business with America . Marton, Vienna 1930
  • with Rudolf Österreicher : A lot of love - little money! 5 pictures from today . Georg Marton, Vienna London Berlin 1936
  • with Rudolf Österreicher and Oscar Strauss: Two smiling eyes. Direction and prompting book. Operetta in 3 acts (music by Oscar Straus). Karczag, Leipzig, Vienna 1933

Further works can be found on the website of the Austrian Library Association.

literature

  • Hans Giebisch, Gustav Gugitz: Bio-Bibliographisches Literaturlexikon Austria from the beginnings to the present . Hollinek, Vienna 1963
  • Harry Zohn: Austrian Jews in Literature. A bio-bibliographical lexicon . Olamenu, Tel Aviv 1969

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ May 4th 1945 is the date of the declaration of death according to the web link of the Austrian Music Lexicon . Compare with the date of death the information on the website "A letter to the stars" ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lettertothestars.at
  2. ↑ The issues can be viewed at ANNO Online .
  3. ↑ Ludwig Hirschfeld in the central database of the names of Holocaust victims at the Yad Vashem memorial
  4. ↑ Compare the entry on the website AUSTRIAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE OF THE 20s - Ludwig Hirschfeld (project of the University of Klagenfurt).
  5. ^ For Budapest and Hungary a separate volume was published in 1928 by his friend Géza Herczeg , for which Hirschfeld wrote the preface.
  6. ^ Library of Congress: Catalog of Copyright Entries for the year 1923 . Government Printing Office, Washington 1924, p. 578 ( online )
  7. ↑ "Self-criticism" in the Wiener Sundays and Mondays newspaper of 27 December 1926 p 6 ( ANNO Digitalisat ).
  8. ^ Works by Ludwig Hirschfeld at the Austrian Library Association: Online .
personal data
SURNAME Hirschfeld, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, journalist and theater secretary
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH between November 7, 1942 and 1945
Place of death Auschwitz