Oscar Schmorl

Oscar Schmorl (born September 4, 1872 in Hanover , † May 30, 1950 in Isernhagen ) was a German bookseller and Freemason .

Life

family

Oscar Schmorl was the son of Ernst Victor Schmorl and father of Fritz Schmorl.

Career

On April 1, 1904, Oscar Schmorl initially became a partner in the Schmorl & von Seefeld bookstore co-founded by his father . In the same year he became a member of the board of directors of the German book trade association .

During the First World War , Oscar Schmorl served as a soldier from 1914 to 1918 , but also took over sole ownership of the bookstore in 1916 and appointed Julius Beek (" Monsieur Jules") as authorized signatory . During the Weimar Republic , Oscar Schmorl joined the Hanover Art Association in 1925 and appointed his son Fritz as a junior partner in 1928 .

Oscar Schmorl was a member and master of the chair in the Masonic lodge Zum Schwarzen Bär . When the Masonic lodges were banned during the Nazi era in 1935, he gave a final speech on July 16, 1935 " confidently ". Schmorl experienced the total destruction of his office building during the air raids on Hanover in World War II on the night of October 8th to 9th and on October 13th, 1943. After he continued to organize book sales in alternative quarters, this was completely stopped in October 1944 by the Reichsschrifttumskammer by means of a “closure order” .

The former Schmorl & von Seefeld building , today Hugendubel in Bahnhofstrasse in Hanover

It was not until 1945 that Oscar Schmorl was able to resume operations with the support of his son Fritz , first in Landschaftstrasse 6 , then in makeshift buildings on his own property in Bahnhofstrasse . Oscar Schmorl did not live to see the completion of the new building for Schmorl & von Seefeld by his son Fritz; he died in Isernhagen in 1950.

literature

M. Schmorl (Ed.): A stage for the book. 150 years Schmorl & von Seefeld ... , supplement in the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from February 1, 2002
Hugo Thielen : SCHMORL (3), Oscar. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 318; online through google books

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hugo Thielen: SCHMORL (3), Oscar (see literature)
^ Klaus Mlynek : Masonic lodges. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 190.
↑ Hugo Thielen: SCHMORL, (2) Georg Friedrich (Fritz). In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 318f.

personal data
SURNAME	Schmorl, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German bookseller and freemason
DATE OF BIRTH	September 4, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	May 30, 1950
Place of death	Isernhagen

[HBL-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hugo Thielen: SCHMORL (3), Oscar (see literature)

[2] Klaus Mlynek : Masonic lodges. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 190.

[3] Hugo Thielen: SCHMORL, (2) Georg Friedrich (Fritz). In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 318f.