Luise Schneider
Luise Schneider (born August 20, 1894 in Berlin , † October 30, 1964 in Munich ) was a German publisher of books for children and young people .
Life
Luise Meier completed a commercial apprenticeship and was employed as a secretary in Oscar Tietz's company for several years .
In 1924 she married the publisher Franz Schneider, who founded the Franz Schneider Verlag in Berlin in 1913 . The following year their son Franz-Joachim Schneider was born. At that time, Franz Schneider Verlag had already specialized in books for children and young people, and the famous authors included Sophie Reinheimer , Margarete Haller and Peter Mattheus . In the time of National Socialism , in addition to many non-political books, numerous book titles adapted to the zeitgeist were offered, and later open war propaganda was carried out. Most of the production and storage facilities were destroyed after the Second World War. Franz Schneider died in 1946.
Immediately after the war, Luise Schneider moved from the Soviet occupation zone to Bavaria. With a British license, she began rebuilding and book production immediately after the currency reform in 1948 . She now focused exclusively on books for children and young people. In 1953 the new company headquarters were inaugurated in Munich-Schwabing . It was under her and later under her son that Franz Schneider Verlag achieved its popularity and annual circulation of millions of books. In addition to Haller and Mattheus, the publisher's authors also included Fritz-Otto Busch , Marie Louise Fischer , Oliver Hassencamp , Erich Kloss , Annik Saxegaard (as Berte Bratt) and Rolf Ulrici . In 1963, the contract was signed with Enid Blyton , whose youth crime novels were now published by Schneider.
After Schneider's death in 1964, her son Franz-Joachim took over the business as sole owner, after having been increasingly involved in the previous years.
Honors
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The publisher's own information on the Nazi era and post-war history
- ↑ Ursula Köhler-Lutterbeck; Monika Siedentopf: Lexicon of 1000 women , Bonn 2000, p. 320 ISBN 3-8012-0276-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Luise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meier, Luise (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher of books for children and young people |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1964 |
| Place of death | Munich |