Wolfgang Kraus (journalist)

Wolfgang Kraus, Corps Guestfalia zu Greifswald

Wolfgang Kraus (born August 3, 1887 in Libau , Kurland ; † January 4, 1952 in Altenburg ) was a German-Baltic journalist and writer.

Life

Wolfgang Kraus comes from Baltic fathers who had been in charge of a pastorate in Courland since around 1800. One of his ancestors was Gerhard von Kügelgen . In Ostseegouvernement grew Kurland, Kraus began at the Royal University of Greifswald philosophy , history , German and economics to study. In 1909 he became active with Curt Bräuer in the Corps Guestfalia Greifswald . As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin. She received his doctorate in 1912 as Dr. phil.

In 1913 he was a trainee at the Berliner Zeitung Die Post , 1913/14 foreign policy editor at the Leipziger Neue Nachrichten and from 1916 again editor in Berlin. There he headed the office of the Königsberg newspapers . In 1918 he took over the management of the monthly Die deutsche Nation published by the democratic November Club . In 1924 he became editor-in-chief of the Liegnitzer Tageblatt , which he directed until the occupation of Liegnitz by the Red Army on February 8, 1945. After his escape from Silesia he lived in Altenburg and temporarily tried a new professional perspective in Hamburg. Due to illness and political restrictions, he worked as a freelance journalist and writer. Oda Schaefer is his sister. He was buried in Berlin-Steglitz in 1952.

Kraus was a proven expert on Waldemar Dyhrenfurth and his alter ego Bonifazius Kiesewetter .

Works

• Corps history of the Guestfalia zu Greifswald . Schlueter, Hagenow 1927.
• ABC of politics. Keyword book of the main concepts of political and parliamentary life . Krumbhaar, Liegnitz 1930.
• The constitutional and international legal position of British India . Leipzig 1930 (= Frankfurt treatises on modern international law, issue 17).
• Pastor Cross. A story from the old Courland . Zeitwende 14 (1937/38), pp. 29-39.
• Sword and plow . Wiking, Berlin 1939 (Crusader novella) with woodcuts by Wasyl Masjutyn .
• The Baltic chatterbox , anecdotes. Franckh, Stuttgart 1942.
• Audience at Windsor , short stories. Karlsbad 1945, Braunschweig 1948.
• Rudolf Diesel. A life for the engine . Nuremberg 1949.
• Bonifazius Kiesewetter. A heroic life Purrs, pranks, anecdotes. Reported by Wolfgang Kraus . 1st issue in magazine format, Berlin 1951; 2nd and 3rd slightly expanded edition in paperback format, Berlin 1954 and 1955.

Web links

• Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 756 .
• Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. Nekrolog 1936-1970.
• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Kraus, Wolfgang. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Kraus, "Bonifazius Kiesewetter A heroic life", 2nd edition, 1954, p. 94.
2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 52/305.
3. ^ Kraus, Wolfgang (Culture Portal West-East)
4. ↑ Dissertation: The strategy of Archduke Carl in 1796 with special consideration of the battle of Würzburg .
5. ^ Schaefer, Oda (Culture Portal West-East)