Siegmund Haber

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Siegmund Haber

Siegmund Haber (born September 11, 1835 in Neisse , † February 27, 1895 in Berlin ) was a German publicist and writer .

Life

Haber completed a commercial apprenticeship and was a business traveler for several years, then a clerk and clerk in Wroclaw. In 1870 he went to Berlin, where he became acquainted with Rudolf Mosse . In 1872 Mosse founded the Berliner Tageblatt with Haber, whereby Haber was particularly responsible for the humorous supplement Ulk , of which he remained editor-in-chief until his death. In this politically satirical and locally humorous joke, he introduced very popular characters, the corner stallion Nunne, the confection mamsell Paula Erbswurst from Hausvogteiplatz on the left and Ms. Rentier Schladeberg from Manteuffelstraße, who regularly commented on current political and social issues. For a long time Richard Schmidt-Cabanis worked for Habers Blatt, who took over as chief editor in 1895. Haber wrote for many newspapers, among other things he regularly delivered a “Sunday chat” for the National-Zeitung for many years . In addition to his newspaper work, Haber published over thirty tales, comedies and humorous collections. He was a member of the Jewish Writers' Association and the Berlin Press Association .

Works (in selection)

  • Mrs. Fortuna. Sway. 1866.
  • The masked ball. Burlesque. 1867.
  • Salon pour la coupe des cheveux. Posse with singing. 1867. [1]
  • An hour on the Comptoir. Posse with singing. Bloch, Berlin 1872. Digitized
  • Over there. Genre picture with singing. 1867 digitized
  • The dark point. Comedy in three acts. Berlin 1877. Digitized
  • Berlin at night. Imperial city pub studies. Jakobsthal, Berlin 1887.
  • On the Moselle. Patriotic painting with singing. Reclam, Leipzig 1889. Digitized
  • Paragraph eleven. Imperial city pub studies. 1889.
  • Seriously aside. Funny modesty. Freund & Jeckel, Berlin 1891.
  • Wanderlust. All sorts of things about floating around and staying at home. Freund & Jeckel, Berlin 1894.
  • Funny and cunning. Edited by Fritz Engel. Freund & Jeckel, Berlin 1899.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers. 6th edition. Volume 3, Reclam, Leipzig 1913, DNB 986740314 , p. 28.
  2. ^ Herbert Jacob (edit.): Deutsches Writer Lexicon 1830-1880. Volume 5: H. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-05-003566-8 , pp. 35-38.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Haber, Siegmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Neisse
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1895
Place of death Berlin