Siegfried Thalheimer
Siegfried Thalheimer (born January 10, 1899 in Düsseldorf , † September 13, 1981 in Seeon ) was a German journalist , publicist , writer and art dealer.
Life
After his studies, which he obtained with a doctorate to become Dr. phil. he was editor-in-chief of the Düsseldorfer Lokal-Zeitung from 1928 to 1933 . In the spring of 1933, as a Jew and as a journalist, he had to flee from Düsseldorf with uncomfortable convictions. In 1934 he went to Saarbrücken , after the annexation of the Saar region to the German Reich in 1935 to France ( Paris ). Thalheimer was editor of the dissident German-language publications Westland. Independent German weekly newspaper in Saarbrücken and Ordo in Paris. In 1941 he went to the USA, where he worked as an art dealer in New York , supported by his brother-in-law Max Stern , who had emigrated to Montreal .
He returned to Germany in 1949 and lived in Seeon in Upper Bavaria . His wife Gerda, b. Stern (1902–1994), with whom he was married since 1928, and their daughter Ruth (* 1929) stayed in New York. Part of the estate (1st delivery) is in the exile archive of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main , another part in the library of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
Works
- The German fleet law of 1898. Fritz, Düsseldorf 1926, plus Bonn, Phil. Diss., 1926.
- Talk about Germany's future. CH Beck, Munich 1959 (= Beck's black series. Volume 4).
- Power and justice. A contribution to the history of the Dreyfus case. Beck, Munich 1958
- The Dreyfus Affair. A documentary volume. German Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1963 (= dtv pocket books. 112).
- The Ghent Altarpiece. Beck, Munich 1967.
literature
- Ingo Piel: Siegfried Thalheimer. In: John M. Spalek (Ed.): German-language exile literature since 1933. Saur, Bern et al. 2004, ISBN 3-907820-43-6 , pp. 537-576.
- Helmut Hirsch : Siegfried Thalheimer and the Düsseldorfer Lokal-Zeitung. An emigration and re-immigration study. In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch 63, 1991, ISSN 0342-0019 , pp. 167-186.
Web links
- Literature by and about Siegfried Thalheimer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Search for Siegfried Thalheimer in the German Digital Library
- Search for Siegfried Thalheimer in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Siegfried Thalheimer's estate in the German Exile Archive of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Düsseldorfer Lokal-Zeitung: Organ for trade and commerce, property and housing market , data sheet in the portal zdb-katalog.de ( magazine database )
- ↑ After the occupation of the Saar, the name changed to "Grenzland. Independent German weekly paper", moved to Forbach , occupied until 1935.
- ↑ from April 1, 1938 to October 15, 1938. Copies or data carriers in the German National Library, no longer online access.
- ^ Estate in the catalog of the German National Library.
- ^ Thalheimer Family Fund
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thalheimer, Siegfried |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1981 |
Place of death | Seeon |