Ottomar Beta

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Ottomar Heinrich Beta (actually Bettziech) (born February 7, 1845 in Berlin , † February 20, 1913 in Steglitz ) German journalist , writer and ethnic anti-Semite . He also published under the pseudonyms Mann aus dem Monde , Aron Halmlos , Caduceus and Maltus II.

Life

Ottomar Beta was born as the son of the journalist Heinrich Beta and his wife Aug. Carol. Wilh. Franziska Thebesius (1817–1848) was born in Berlin. His father emigrated to London in 1849. His stepmother was Mathilde Beta, geb. Rolf. His stepsister Clara Beta (* 1850) was later a teacher in Berlin.

He was raised in Stettin by his uncle and in 1857 traveled to his father in London . After the general amnesty in 1861 when Wilhelm I of Prussia came to power , he returned. He attended the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin from 1861 to 1863 , but without attaining the Abitur . Afterwards he was an inspector on agricultural goods. He tried to study agronomy in Halle and Leipzig , but here too without a degree.

He tried his hand at writing novels, comedies and short stories. But its real purpose was the social question. In various writings he made the Jews responsible for the consequences of industrialization and the effects of Roman law. He changed publishers frequently. However, he was not organized in any political party, the only known thing is that he gave a lecture at the congress of the German Social Reform Party (1902). He was a member of the "German-Völkisch Writers' Union" in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1934 he was celebrated as an early pioneer of the National Socialist land policy.

Works

The book of our colonies , colored art supplement based on the original by Rudolf Hellgrewe
  • Schmollis, a dog's life . Albert Schmidt, Berlin 1870 digitized version ( Goldschmidt's Library for Home and Travel Volume IX.)
  • Germany's position between Russia, England and America. According to natural philosophy . Berlin 1871
  • Old-fashioned and modern, or: the opposition spirit. Comedy in 4 acts . Dreyer, Berlin 1876 ( library of German private and manuscript prints of the Society for German Literature 596)
  • The hitherto hidden core of the social question, or feudalism as the basis of constitutional freedom over Semitic and Germanic socialism and the relationship between race and rent. Open letter from the man from the moon . Second edition. Leipzig 1876
  • Russian picture sheets. Travel sketches with marginal glosses . Schulze, Leipzig 1877.
  • Darwin , Germany and the Jews, or Juda-Jesuitism. Thirty-three theses, along with a postscript on a forgotten factor in economics . Second edition. Berlin 1876. Digitized
  • The hitherto hidden core of the social question, or feudalism as the basis of constitutional freedom over Semitic and Germanic socialism and the relationship between race and rent. Open letter from the man from the moon . Leipzig 1876 (O. Beta; Second edition. Leipzig 1876)
  • Under weeds. Novel . 2 volumes. Schlicke, Leipzig 1877
  • In bonds of love. New novellas . Volume 1 Optimistic Stories . Volume 2 Pessimistic Stories . Leipzig 1877
  • The economic necessity and political significance of a German agrarian constitution for town and country, and the causes of Germany's dependence on England . Hugo Voigt, Berlin and Leipzig 1878 digitized
  • The olle Roman law - is it still there? Proof of the economic necessity and political importance of a German agrarian constitution . Hugo Voigt, Berlin 1878
  • In the world fire. Supplement to the 'Münchenerfremdenblatt' novel . Schuh, Munich 1880 (2nd edition 1886)
  • Everyone for everyone. Glosses on economic reform . George & Fiedler, Berlin 1886
  • The art of being married and yet happy. Strategy and Tactics in Marriage Wars. After 'How to be happy though married' . Hugo Steinitz, Berlin, 1887
  • The politics of the unconscious by Maltus II. Renger, Leipzig 1887 (2nd edition by Ottomar Beta. Renger, Leipzig 1891)
  • Peregrine. Novella . Callwey, Munich 1888
  • With the Baroness von Plettenbach. Highlife novel . Callwey, Munich 1888
  • The horrors of the French Revolution. Your natural history and pathology . R. v. Decker's Verlag G. Schenck, Berlin 1889
  • Ottomar Beta (Ed.): The spirit of Bleichröders and the spirit of Frederick the Great . An echo from the Sedan days. With the written consent of P. Förster and many other anti-Semites. Thormann & Goetsch (Antisemitic Association for Northern Germany), Berlin 1890.
  • Why? Why are we Germans in the chains of debt bondage? After a lecture about real and personal credit . German Social Anti-Semitic Association for Berlin and the Surrounding Area, Berlin 1892
  • The revenge is mine. Novel . German publishing company, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna 1893
  • Barbarossa's message. Satirical epic . Printing and publishing of the book printing company for trade and commerce, Berlin 1896
  • Some interesting things from my conversations with Theodor Fontane . I and II. In: Deutsche Warte , Berlin No. 272 ​​B of October 4, 1898. Morgenblatt p. 3; No. 276 B of October 6, 1898, Morgenblatt, p. 3
  • Healthy cities, healthy capital formation . Special print from Germany's rejuvenation . Verlag von J. Harrwitz successor, Berlin 1900, p. 104 139
  • To the emperor's trip to Palestine . Berlin 1900
  • Germany's rejuvenation. On the theory and history of the reform of land and credit law. Issues 1 to 10. Publishing house by J. Harrwitz successor, Berlin 1900-1091
  • The other marriage as a source of spiritual and social knowledge . Keil, Rudolstadt 1904
  • Hermann von Wissmann . A people's evening . Friedrich Emil Perthes, Gotha 1907 (Volksabende 11)
  • The book of our colonies. With 8 colored art supplements based on originals by Rudolf Hellgrewe, 107 pictures in the text and 2 colored maps of the German colonial possessions . Revised edition. Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, Leipzig 1908 (5th edition 1908)
  • The key to Goethe's Faust . 2nd edition, Leipzig. Hammer-Verlag, Leipzig; Theodor Fritsch. 1915 digitized
  • Werner von Siemens . A people's evening . Friedrich Emil Perthes, Gotha 1910 (People's Evenings 31)
  • Barrel and people of the Danaids. A contribution to the financial reform of the Reich . Rechtshort-Verlag, Weimar 1909
  • Old-Iniquity: (Goethe's "Faust" and Hermann Türck) . In: Bayreuth leaves . 31st year Bayreuth 1908 pp. 213–228 digitized
  • German law. Verlag'des patriotic writings association, Berlin 1911 digitized
  • 'He geottomarted me to the last'. Talks in London and Berlin . In: Wolfgang Rasch, Christine Hehle (Ed.): 'Don't be alarmed, it's me'. Memories of Theodor Fontane . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2003, pp. 34–43

literature

Honors

The beta line in Steglitz-Zehlendorf was named after him on March 15, 1939 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilfried Eymer: Eymers pseudonyms lexicon. Real names and pseudonyms in German literature . Kirschbaum Verlag, Bonn 1997 ISBN 3-7812-1399-4 , p. 27.
  2. ↑ “As I stepped out of the house, I greeted Clara Beta, who now, in Linkstrasse, has a job as a teacher.” Theodor to Emilie Fontane April 29, 1870. In: Theodor Fontane. The exchange of marriage letters . Volume 2. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1998 ISBN 3-351-03133-5 , p. 460.
  3. ↑ “Beta's boy is coming next. If your Stettin uncle does not write to you, then the matter is none of your business; Otherwise, make arrangements to have him join your caravan in Berlin or Hamburg. ”Theodor Fontane to Emilie Fontane July 16, 1857. In: Theodor Fontane. The exchange of marriage letters . Volume 2. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1998 ISBN 3-351-03133-5 , p. 98.
  4. ↑ Odal. Monthly magazine for blood and soil
  5. ^ Edition Luisenstadt
personal data
SURNAME Beta, Ottomar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bettziech, Ottomar Heinrich (maiden name); Man from the Moon (pseudonym); Maltus II. (Pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist, writer and ethnic anti-Semite
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1913
Place of death Steglitz