Paula von Reznicek

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Paula with her father Georg Heimann around 1920
Paula Heimann, the Breslau poet and sportswoman (1922). With a dedication to Alfred Flechtheim

Paula Stuck von Reznicek , née Paula Heimann (born October 17, 1895 in Breslau , † October 12, 1976 in Munich ) was a German tennis player , journalist and writer .

Life and accomplishments

Paula Stuck von Reznicek was the daughter of the banker and doctorate lawyer Georg Heimann and his wife Valesca (Vally) Molinari, both from Breslau. Leo Molinari , a member of the Reichstag, was her maternal grandfather. Her first marriage (1925 to 1931) was to the sports journalist Burghard Freiherr von Reznicek (1896–1971), President of the German Dance Sports Association DTV (1923/24), the first sports reporter for the Berlin radio hour and wearer of the Johny Rozendaal watch (1965), and in his second marriage from 1932 to 1948 with the German racing driver Hans Stuck . That's why she called herself Paula Stuck von Reznicek. After 1945 Erich Kästner brought her to Munich.

Paula von Reznicek won almost two dozen major tennis titles between 1928 and 1939 and was in the world tennis rankings (No. 8 in 1924). Among other things, she won the 1929 International Tennis Championships in Germany . After her tennis career, she worked as a journalist and writer. So she wrote in detail about the boxer Max Schmeling . Through countless reports, she brought sport closer to society, not only in Germany. She worked for the magazine Die Dame .

Paula's books, The Perfect Lady and The Perfect Adam , which were written together with her first husband Burghard, belong to the literature of manners and manners . The intention was to 1788, first published Knigge to transfer to the conditions of the Weimar Republic. Today this publication is considered an important source in folklore for the changed self-image of women after the First World War with their (at least in the bourgeois classes) approaches to emancipation, which are also widely reflected in contemporary literature ( bob hairs , smoking in public, women's sports) was discussed.

Paula Stuck von Reznicek was a public figure, especially during her marriage to Hans Stuck. Through her first marriage she was the daughter-in-law of the composer Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek . She served as a model for the billionaire daughter Gladys Thunderbolt, the modern figure of the Circe and main character of his opera Petrol (1929).

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote in its obituary for Paula Stuck von Reznicek:

“She liked telling stories best. For example, how the Mafia boss Lucky Luciano bought her an expensive bracelet in Paris and she didn't know who this new admirer was. Or how she slapped the mother of her competitor, Cilly Aussem , for claiming she had the evil eye. 'I glued one for her,' said Paula. Or her registry office scene, when the aviator Ernst Udet - still heavily overtaxed from his hen party - fell asleep in front of the official as best man and then, suddenly woken up, shouted: 'Who gives?' At the table covered with festive green felt. Paula was a disrespectful person with a quick mind and quick tongue. "

- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : October 14, 1976, page 19.

Works

  • Resurrection of the Lady, 1928
  • The perfect lady, 1928
  • The perfect Adam, 1928 (together with Burghard von Reznicek)
  • What you want to know, madam, 1931
  • 4 x love, 1937
  • Women are weird, 1938
  • 1-0 for him ?, 1947
  • Love in the Square, 1948
  • Gottfried von Gramm. The gentleman of Wimbledon, 1949
  • You are beautiful too. A manual for the well-groomed lady, 1953
  • Love at the Lido, 1963
  • Tennis fascination, 1969
  • King legend
  • War legend
  • God and the heart
  • Vienna Chronicle
  • Lost home
  • Collected Works

Web links

Commons : Paula von Reznicek  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 14, 1976, page 19.
  2. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 16, 1975, page 18.
  3. ↑ http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=4248&language=german
personal data
SURNAME Reznicek, Paula von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reznicek, Paula Stuck von (full name); Heimann, Paula (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tennis player, journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1976
Place of death Munich