Reinhold Braun (writer, 1879)

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Reinhold Braun (actually Emil Paul Reinhold Braun-Eckelsbach ; born on December 10, 1879 in Berlin ; died on December 14, 1959 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German storyteller, poet and author of biographies.

life and work

Braun was the son of a police sergeant. After he had acquired the license to serve as a one-year volunteer , he attended the teachers' seminar in Drossen from 1898 to 1901 , then worked as a teacher first in Grabow near Landsberg an der Warthe , from 1904 in Weißensee near Berlin and from 1906 in Berlin. In 1918 he had to retire from service because of an eye problem. He then worked as a journalist, freelance writer and speaker. Since 1913 he was with Katharina, geb. Löber, married and had two sons by her. After 1945 Braun lived in Lochham near Munich.

Especially during the First World War, Braun showed himself to be a patriotic writer of untiring productivity and unshakable belief in the German cause. After the end of the World War, Braun turned to more contemplative topics, he continued to glorify his homeland, but in a less militarized form, extolled marriage, friendship and other virtues, and was intensely involved in communicating both through his writings and his numerous lectures Joy of life, happiness, encouragement and consolation in the event of strokes of fate and difficult times. Braun was also a traveling speaker for the Association of German Freemasons .

In 1933, Braun struck again more martial tones. From the poem Fliegerkampf from 1934:

Second is life! Second is death!
I am flying through flames.
The engine rustles; the propeller roars
faster and faster. -
Wings and
cables are surrounded by an early shine.
Day and flight so regal!
Eagle carry me! - - - [...]

In addition to his narrative and lyrical works, he wrote a study on Heinrich von Kleist (1911) and biographies of Albert Schweitzer (1956) and Helen Keller (1957).

Works

  • Verses. Berlin & Leipzig 1910.
  • Heinrich von Kleist. Gotha 1911.
  • Home away from home. 1914.
  • How it came from my heart. Poems. 1914.
  • We are stronger than death! War seals. Berlin 1915.
  • The soul wins! Reflections and sketches on the world wars. Potsdam around 1915.
  • German women - German loyalty! Berlin 1916.
  • Heroism at home. Images of German power. Berlin 1916.
  • Heil Hindenburg! Presented to the German people in their homeland and in the field. Hamburg 1916.
  • A German hero boy. A warrior's experience. Leipzig 1916.
  • O German homeland! A little book of poems from the world war for outside the enemy and at home. Berlin 1917.
  • From storm to silence. New poems and sketches. Potsdam 1917.
  • We shake hands with Kaiser Wilhelm! An imperial birthday booklet for the field and home. Hamburg 1918.
  • German homeland. A people's evening. Gotha 1918.
  • O dear home you! A Pentecost greeting for at home and outside. Hamburg 1918.
  • Gottfried Mann. From a youthful life. Story for the youth. Hamburg 1918.
  • Fighter. Silent stories from the world war. Hamburg 1918.
  • Fighters. Silent stories from the world war. Hamburg 1918.
  • Paths to Joy. Herborn 1920.
  • The home happiness book. Herborn 1920.
  • The open window. Poems. Chemnitz around 1920.
  • The morning book. Berlin 1922.
  • For your heart, my brother! A book for freemasons. Berlin 1922.
  • From deep wells. A book of strength and joy. Berlin 1922.
  • Women's happiness and longing. Berlin 1923.
  • The silent island. A book about marriage. Chemnitz 1924.
  • When two are in one heaven. Chemnitz 1925.
  • The way to the mountain. Thoughts of a German light fighter. Herborn 1925.
  • New German cheerfulness. A lecture and reading book. Chemnitz & Leipzig 1925.
  • Mother. Chemnitz 1926.
  • Mosaic for contemplative people. A way to happiness. Chemnitz 1926.
  • The friendship booklet. Berlin 1929.
  • Happy art of living. Herborn 1927.
  • The consolation book. Berlin. 1929.
  • People you don't forget. Herborn 1929.
  • The book from the German father. Chemnitz 1929.
  • The bride and groom booklet. Chemnitz 1929.
  • The little book Herzgemut. A way to a strong life. Berlin 1929.
  • The birthday booklet. Berlin 1929.
  • Of the right life. Berlin 1929.
  • In the evening sun. A cheerful and warm book for mature people. Chemnitz around 1930.
  • See what a light they give. Stories. Herborn 1930.
  • The German Boy and Youth Book. Berlin 1930.
  • The German Girl Book. Berlin 1930.
  • Advent and Christmas books. Berlin 1930.
  • The strange world of Annetraut Ohnzeit. Novel of an unfolding. Herborn 1931.
  • A happy household book for the soul. Herborn 1931.
  • The happy Goethe mother. A booklet of life mastery. Berlin 1931.
  • The cheerful and lively Goethe. A booklet of lifestyle. Berlin 1938.
  • German Christmas Eve stories. Herborn 1932.
  • From brave life. Parables of mastery of existence. Frankfurt am Main 1948.
  • Life, be lived! Aphorisms. Dortmund 1949.
  • Faith, hope, love of Frau Rat Goethe. A little book about strength and consolation and right human existence. Constance 1949.
  • Life pictures for our youth. Biographical booklet series. Dortmund approx. 1950 ff.
  • The cheerful and brave heart. Memmingen 1955.
  • Albert Schweitzer. Constance 1956.
  • Helen Keller. Light in the darkness. Constance 1957.

literature

  • Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. 6th edition. Reclam, Leipzig 1913, sv
  • Hans-Christoph Kaergel: Reinhold Braun. In: The tower keeper. Vol. 32, Volume 1 (1929/1930), pp. 253-255.
  • Elisabeth Willnat: Braun, Reinhold. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Edition. Volume 2, de Gruyter, Berlin 2008, p. 142.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Eligibility for service as a one-year volunteer is a description for secondary school leaving certificate or a comparable school leaving certificate. It seems unclear whether Braun with such a qualification and a 2-year training in a teacher training college, as elsewhere (e.g. Killy), claims that he worked as a high school teacher or was qualified to do so seems unclear.
  2. ^ The Association of German Girls was founded in June 1930.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner: Internationales Freemaurerlexikon. Unchanged reprint of the Vienna 1932 edition. Amalthea, Vienna 1980, sv Braun, Reinhold .
  2. ↑ Quoted from: Waldemar Oehlke: Deutsche Literatur der Gegenwart. German Library Publishing Company, Berlin 1942.
personal data
SURNAME Braun, Reinhold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braun-Eckelsbach, Emil Paul Reinhold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German storyteller, poet and author of biographies
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1959
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau