Ulrich Riemerschmidt
Ulrich Riemerschmidt (actually Bernhard Hartmut Ulrich Schmid , born August 29, 1912 in Forst (Lausitz) , † 1989 ) was a German publisher , editor and translator .
Live and act
Ulrich Riemerschmidt grew up in Berlin. He finished his school days with the Abitur in 1932. From 1932 to 1937 he studied art history and medicine and other subjects in Berlin , Zurich and Geneva , but did not achieve a degree. In Geneva he met the family of the later publisher Helmut Kossodo who had emigrated from Germany .
From 1937 Riemerschmidt worked in Karl Buchholz's gallery as the successor to Curt Valentin , who had to emigrate to New York as a gallery owner before the persecution of the Jews . Together with three other companies, the Buchholz Gallery received an order from the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda to sell works of so-called decay art confiscated from government depots abroad.
On April 1, 1939, he founded the Ulrich Riemerschmidt Verlag in Berlin. The foundation was financially supported by Philipp F. Reemtsma , who was a Buchholz customer.
Riemerschmidt, until then a member of the Reichskunstkammer , was admitted to the Reichsschrifttumskammer on March 1, 1940 , under the condition that the bookseller's assistant examination was passed within one year. In May 1940, Riemerschmidt was drafted into military service. Thereupon he transferred the publishing house to Antonie (Toni) Müller , daughter of James Loeb and employee at Buchholz.
Riemerschmidt was a member of the Heeres-Sanitäts-Staffel Berlin and continued his medical studies. At the end of the war he worked as an assistant doctor. After the war, Ernst Riemerschmidt was active as an editor and translator.
literature
- Hans Altenhein: The Ulrich Riemerschmidt Verlag 1939 to 1943. In: From the Antiquariat , New Series 11 (2013) No. 2, pp. 57–62.
- Godula Buchholz: Karl Buchholz. Book and art dealer in the 20th century. Cologne 2005.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Riemerschmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riemerschmidt, Ulrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmid, Bernhard Hartmut Ulrich (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher, editor and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forst (Lausitz) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1989 |