Walter Landauer (publisher)

Walter Landauer (born August 31, 1902 in Berlin ; † December 20, 1944 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ) was a German publisher.

Life

Landauer studied in Frankfurt am Main together with Fritz H. Landshoff and Hermann Kesten and from 1927 worked as an editor for the Gustav-Kiepenheuer-Verlag , in which Landshoff had recently been accepted as a partner.

After the National Socialists " seized power " in 1933, three quarters of publishing was banned. While fleeing through Austria and Switzerland, he looked for work in various publishing houses. It was only in Amsterdam that he found what he was looking for at Allert de Lange Verlag . Gerard de Lange, the son of the late founder, offered him a position as head of the “German department” of the publishing house. He intended to give German writers in exile a new home to write. Walter Landauer began his work in autumn 1933, with Hermann Kesten at his side as a lecturer. The first author Landauer signed was Georg Hermann . Under Landauer's direction, Allert de Lange became one of the most successful exile publishers. After the German occupation of the Netherlands , the publishing house had to close in May 1940. Thomas Mann tried in vain to help Landauer escape to the USA . Walter Landauer was initially able to go into hiding, but was arrested and deported in 1943.

Landauer starved to death in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in December 1944.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 350.

personal data
SURNAME	Landauer, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German editor and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 20, 1944
Place of death	Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

[Klee350-1] Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 350.