Who is who?

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Who is who?
The German Who's Who

description German dictionary of persons
publishing company Schmidt-Römhild (DE)
First edition 1905
attitude 2015
Web link weristwer.de (offline)
ISSN (print) 0172-911X

Who is who? The German Who's Who was an encyclopedia of persons that was first published in 1905 under the title Wer ist's? appeared. The publisher stated: "It is the German equivalent of the English-language Who's Who founded in 1847 "; however, there was no connection. The 2013/2014 edition contains around 25,000 short biographies. The last edition was published in 2015. In February 2017 the weristwer.de website went offline.

history

The reference work was published in 1905 by Herrmann AL Degener under the title Wer ist's? Contemporaries lexicon established. Further editions appeared, the ninth in 1928 still during the republic. In the era of National Socialism 1935, the tenth edition appeared.

After the Second World War , another edition appeared in 1948 under the current title Who is who? , 1951 Walter Habel took over the editor. The publisher was the Arani-Verlag in Berlin up to the sixteenth edition (1970) , then the Societäts-Verlag in Frankfurt am Main up to the nineteenth edition (1977) . Since 1979 appeared Who's who? at Schmidt-Römhild in Lübeck.

The 49th edition was published in 2010. It contains around 30,000 short biographies and around 1,800 portrait photos. Living personalities from public life are entered who, according to the editorial team, “have achieved remarkable achievements and have become known as a result”. In 2011 the anniversary edition (50th edition) was published, it contains around 25,000 short biographies with around 1,300 portrait photos. The 2015/16 edition delivered in 2015 remained the last; in 2017, the website www.weristwer.de belonging to the plant was switched off.

The work was also available on CD-ROM and can be downloaded from the Internet for a fee.

admission

According to the publisher, inclusion in Who is Who? cannot be bought. Only personalities were accepted who had become known through “remarkable achievements”, based on an extensive catalog of criteria. The publication was free of charge; however, for the printing of portrait photos “a cost reimbursement of 19 euros per photo for image processing was requested”.

content

Im who is who you can find the short biographies of people from the following areas:

  • Federal and state governments and parliaments
  • Authorities, administrations and institutions
  • Parties, political organizations and trade unions
  • Diplomatic and consular missions
  • Economy and industry
  • Judiciary
  • Associations and Organizations
  • Research and science
  • Universities and colleges
  • medicine
  • church
  • Culture
  • Literature and journalism
  • Sports
  • Show and entertainment
  • liberal professions

In addition there is an overview of the highest authorities of the federal government and the federal states as well as the colored representation of the orders of merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition, there are statistical gimmicks such as a birthday list with information on which zodiac sign most people are born in, which birthdays are most common and who is the youngest and who is the oldest registered person.

expenditure

  • Herrmann AL Degener (Ed.): Who is it? Contemporaries lexicon, containing biographies and bibliographies, information about origin, family, curriculum vitae, works, favorite activities, party membership, membership in societies, address. AL Degener, Berlin / Leipzig 1905. Digitized
  • Who is it Contemporaries lexicon, containing biographies and bibliographies, information about origin, family, curriculum vitae, works, favorite activities, party membership, membership in societies, address. AL Degener, Berlin / Leipzig 1906. Digitized
  • Who is it Contemporaries lexicon, containing biographies and bibliographies, information about origin, family, curriculum vitae, works, favorite activities, party membership, membership in societies, address. AL Degener, Berlin / Leipzig 1908. Digitized
  • Who is it Contemporaries lexicon, containing biographies and bibliographies, information about origin, family, curriculum vitae, works, favorite activities, party membership, membership in societies, address. AL Degener, Berlin / Leipzig 1909. Digitized
  • Who is it Contemporaries lexicon, containing biographies and bibliographies, information about origin, family, curriculum vitae, works, favorite activities, party membership, membership in societies, address. AL Degener, Berlin / Leipzig 1911. Digitized
  • Who is it Contemporaries lexicon, containing biographies and bibliographies, information about origin, family, curriculum vitae, works, favorite activities, party membership, membership in societies, address. AL Degener, Berlin / Leipzig 1912. Digitized
  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German Who's Who. XI. Edition of Degener's “Who is it”? Arani, Berlin 1951.
  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German Who's Who 2013–2014. 51st edition. Lübeck 2013, ISBN 978-3-7950-2054-5 .
  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German Who's Who 2015–2016. 52nd edition. Lübeck 2015, ISBN 978-3-7950-2055-2 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Who is it. Lexicon of contemporaries, containing biographies and bibliographies . Date of publication: 1.1905–10.1935. In: SWB online catalog.
  3. ↑ DNB 455466580
  4. ↑ Anniversary edition of the biographical standard work of German literature published: 50 Years of Who is Who? The German Who's Who 2011/2012. ( Memento of October 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Press release. Verlag Max Schmidt-Römhild, October 6, 2011 (PDF; 114 kB).