Max Jungmann

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Max Jungmann (born April 1, 1875 in Ostrzeszów , German Reich ; died 1970 in Haifa ) was a German doctor , editor-in-chief and Zionist .

Life

Jungmann studied medicine in Berlin and Freiburg, was a member of the Jung-Israel student association and diplomatic representative of the Zionist organization in London . He was a member of a fraternity of the cartel Jewish connections . He practiced as a doctor.

In May 1903 a single issue of the satirical, Zionist magazine Der Schlemihl - Illustrated Jewish magazine for humor and satire appeared . The editors were Sammy Gronemann and Leo Winz . In addition to Jungmann, employees were Emil Simonson and Theodor Zlocisti . Julius Moses took over the publishing house and Jungmann became editor-in-chief of the paper for copyright reasons under the new title Schlemiel. Jewish sheets of humor and art . Gronemann, Simonson and Zlocisti were there again. The last regular issue appeared in May 1905, followed by two special issues in 1907 and 1908. After the First World War , Berlin's Welt-Verlag reissued the magazine, and Jungmann was again editor-in-chief. The editor at the time was Menachem Birnbaum .

Jungmann was probably the main author for Birnbaum's letters from Neu-Neuland .

After the handover of power to the National Socialists , Jungmann emigrated to Palestine in 1938 .

Works

  • Heinrich Heine, a national Jew . 1896
  • Thorns [poems]: Leonhard Simion NF., 1906
  • Jochanan von Giskalda: a play . Berlin: Horoditsch & Marx, 1928
  • Memories of a Zionist. Mass Publishing House, Jerusalem 1959.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. a b Fritz Roubicek: From Basel to Chernivtsi - The Jewish-academic student associations in Europe. ( Contributions to Austrian student history , Volume 12), Vienna 1986, p. 66.
  2. ^ A b Hanni Mittelmann: Sammy Gronemann (1875-1952): Zionist, writer and satirist in Germany and Palestine. Campus Verlag, 2004, p. 50 f. ISBN 978-3-593-37511-3
  3. ^ David A. Brenner: German-Jewish Popular Culture Before the Holocaust. Kafka's kitsch. Routledge, 2008, pp. 35 ff. ISBN 978-1-134-04155-8 .