Rudolf de Haas

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Rudolf de Haas (* 1870 ; † 1944 ) was a German Protestant pastor and writer.

Life

Coming from the Rhineland, de Haas studied at the universities of Bonn , Jena and Breslau . After a brief activity as a teacher in London , he took over a pastor's post in Charters Towers in the Australian state of Queensland for three years in early 1897 . He described his experiences there many years later in The Nugget. Stories from the Australian gold rush life , To the gold of the South Seas - A story from Australia's rough days and Fata Morgana. Experiences in the Australian bush .

He married Thea de Haas in Eisenach's Georgenkirche . The marriage produced a son. The six-month honeymoon took them to Africa. He was later transferred to Nazza , where he served as pastor from December 1911 to May 1913. Another trip to Africa in 1914, which was originally supposed to last four months, became a seven-year stay in the wake of the outbreak of the First World War , as Rudolf de Haas was drafted and later became a prisoner of war . He described his experiences from this time in several works, namely Der Poacher von Deutsch-Ost , The victim of the Wagogo , The mutineers , Askaritreue , The planter in the Kalundatal and In the highlands of the giant crater .

His book Die Meuterer , first published in 1927, was on the list of harmful and undesirable literature during National Socialism .

Publications (selection)

  • Theodore the hunter. Experiences of a young East African. Ullstein, Berlin 1922.
  • Piet Nieuwenhuizen, Lettow-Vorbeck's scout. Safari publishing house, Berlin 1922.
  • In the highlands the giant crater. Publisher Deutsche Buchwerkstätten, Dresden 1923.
  • Mirage. Experiences in the Australian bush. Verlag Deutsche Buchwerkstätten, Dresden 1924.
  • For the gold of the South Seas. A tale from Australia's rough days. W. Goldmann, Leipzig 1925.
  • The elephant hunter van der Merwe , Leipzig W. Goldmann 1925.
  • The Mozambique Lion. W. Goldmann, Leipzig 1925.
  • The rider's baptism of fire. Historical tale from the struggle for German East Africa. With pictures by K. Näthe. Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1926.
  • The victim of the wagogo. W. Goldmann, Leipzig 1927.
  • The nugget. Stories from the Australian gold rush life. W. Goldmann, Leipzig 1927.
  • The mutineers. Adventure of scattered riders in the heart of Africa. Hesse & Becker Verlag, Leipzig 1927.
  • Askari loyalty. Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1928.
  • The Australian's revenge. Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1928.
  • The planter in the Kalundatal. Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1928.
  • The orange planter by Sarona , Reutlinger, Ensslin & Laiblins 1930.

literature

  • Günter Schmitt: Rudolf de Haas 1870–1944. Biography. In: Friedrich Schegk (ed.): Lexicon of travel and adventure literature, loose-leaf collection, Munich 1988ff., Part 1, authors, 26th edition of March 1995, pp. 1-9.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alan Corkhill: The Image of Queensland in the Writings of Stefan von Kotze and Rudolf De Haas. In: Literature in North Queensland. Volume 14, 1986, pp. 12-22 ( full text, PDF file )
  2. ↑ a b c d A whole village fondly remembers the painter and writer , December 11, 2015, Thüringer Allgemeine
  3. ^ South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA), Dec. 31, 1896 .
  4. ↑ a b c Biography on the website of the Nazza community ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ http://verbrannte-und-verbanned.de/list/5313
personal data
SURNAME Haas, Rudolf de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1870
DATE OF DEATH 1944