Udo Rukser

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Udo Rukser (born August 19, 1892 in Posen ; † June 6, 1971 Quillota , Chile ) was a German lawyer and publicist , among other things he was co- editor of the exile magazine "Deutsche Blätter".

Life

After graduating from high school in 1910, Udo Rukser studied law under pressure from his father, without giving up his strong literary and artistic interests. After the First World War, his specialization in international and Eastern law enabled him to successfully defend clients who had lost their property as a result of the war. He invested the fees of his successful Berlin law firm in a high-level collection of modern art. Rukser also sought the acquaintance of artists such as Richard Janthur , Ludwig Meidner , Walter Trier or Ewald Mataré and worked on magazines ("Der Einzige", "Feuer", etc.). Through his brother-in-law, the film pioneer Hans Richter , he was close to Dadaism . In 1932 he acquired the Villa Schade van Westrum on Griebnitzsee in Potsdam .

After 1933 he resigned from his post as editor of the “Zeitschrift für Ostrecht”, which he co-founded, because he refused to dismiss his Jewish employees. Assessing his possibilities as a lawyer in National Socialist Germany without illusions, he gave up his law firm and retired to Lake Constance with his partner Otto Blumenthal . On the Schienerberg near Radolfzell , Udo and Dora Rukser (Richter-Rothschild) acquired the Oberbühlhof, a large agricultural property that was successfully converted to fruit growing. The racing driver Hans Stuck rented the house on Griebnitzsee . The penetration of anti-Semitism and the Nazis into this remote corner of the empire ended the “inner emigration” that Rukser had initially considered possible due to the proximity to the Swiss border.

In 1939 he emigrated to Chile with his wife Dora, where he ran a farm. From 1943 to 1946, together with his compatriot Albert Theile, he published the "Deutsche Blätter" (subtitle: "For a European Germany. Against a German Europe"), one of the most important German exile magazines, which Rukser published largely through the sale of his art collection financed. Many important authors from exile collaborated on it. Since the 1950s, Rukser has been researching the influence of German intellectual life on Hispanic culture using the example of Goethe, Nietzsche and Heine .

Awards

Fonts

  • The theft according to the Lex Ribuaria . Dissertation, 1913.
  • Citizenship and minority protection in Upper Silesia. A guide. 1922.
  • German sheets . (Ed.): 1943-1946. ( Reprint 1970)
  • Goethe in the Hispanic world . 1958.
  • Nietzsche in Hispania . 1962.
  • About the thinker Rudolf Pannwitz . 1970.
  • Bibliografia de Ortega . 1971.

literature

  • Otto Blumenthal: The arrest . In: Gerhard Schoenberner (Ed.): We saw it. Eyewitness reports on terror and persecution of the Jews in the Third Reich . 1962.
  • Lotte Maass: German exile press in Latin America . 1978.
  • Irmtrud Wojak: Exile in Chile . 1994.
  • Ralph Peter Vander Heide: German sheets . 1975.
  • Angela Huss-Michel: Literary and Political Journals of Exile 1933–1945 . 1987.
  • Manfred Bosch : For a spiritualization of politics. For the 100th birthday of Udo Rukser. In: Hegau. Volume 49/50.
  • Manfred Bosch: Udo Rukser and the "Deutsche Blätter" . In: Manfred Bosch (Ed.): Bohème am Bodensee . 1997.
  • Manfred Bosch: "... the country that has given us so much grief". Udo and Dora Rukser's Oberbühlhof in rails . In: Manfred Bosch, Oswald Burger: “It was a dream of a life again.” Fate of Jewish farmers on Lake Constance 1930–1960 . UVK Verlagsgesellschaft Konstanz 2015, ISBN 978-3-86764-630-7 , pp. 17–35.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The Schade van Westrum country house
  2. ↑ On Udo Rukser as a farmer on the Oberbühlhof from 1934 until his emigration in 1939 cf. Manfred Bosch: "... the country that has given us so much grief". Udo and Dora Rukser's Oberbühlhof in rails . In: Manfred Bosch, Oswald Burger : “It was a dream of a life again.” Fate of Jewish farmers on Lake Constance 1930–1960 . UVK Verlagsgesellschaft Konstanz 2015, ISBN 978-3-86764-630-7 , pp. 17–35.
personal data
SURNAME Rukser, Udo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jerk, Udo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1971
Place of death Quillota