Publication details
Brünner Trunkenheit, Theresienstädter Stille. Zu Tragik der jüdischen Assimilitation bei Karl Kreisler (1882-1942)
| Title in English | Karel Kreisler and the Tragedy of Jewish Assimilation |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | This article deals with the tragic issue of jewish similation in Moravia. It is based on Karl Kreisler's biography and on some of his works. The young graduate Karl Kreisler converted to Catholicism. He moved to Moravia and taught in Kroměříž and, since 1909, in Brno. He was a german writer and critic in Brno in the interbellum. His transportation to the concentration camp Terezín and the extermination camp Sobibor (1942) put an abrupt end to his work. This article concentrates in antisemitists attack on Kreisler in 1925. Rather surprisingly, Kreisler subsequently tried to gain support from nationalistic and (since 1933) national-socialistic authors, especially Erika Spann-Rheinsch and Robert Hohlbaum. Kreisler's short novel "Die Ewige Liebe der Frau Lilly Schwarz" about characters from Brno and his historical novel "Catilina" complete the picture. |