Eduard Engel

born Stolp, Nov 12, 1851; died Potsdam, Nov 23, 1938

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Author of histories of literature, and philologist, who fought for the purification (Entwelschung) of the German language by excluding all foreign loan-words (especially those from Romance languages) and substituting German word-forms. In 1933, despite his German nationality, he was stripped of his pension, his books denounced and suppressed by the Nazi regime because he was a Jew.

He published some twenty-eight books between 1875 and 1928, including histories of French, English, and German literature (1882, 1883, 1906). Most influential were:

  • Deutsche Stilkunst (Vienna: Tempsky & Freitag, 7/1911)
  • Sprich Deutsch! Zum Hilfsdienst am Vaterland (Leipzig: Hesse & Becker, 1916)
  • Entwelschung: Verdeutschungswörterbuch für Amt, Schule, Haus und Leben (Leipzig: Hesse & Becker, 1917)

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  • Marko Deisinger with Ian Bent

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Correspondence

  • OJ 15/16, [42] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 11, 1920

    Weisse wishes Schenker an enjoyable summer holiday, and looks forward to visiting him. He inquires about the possibility of moving into Reisnerstraße 38, in the event that the Schenkers move elsewhere, and informs his teacher about the organization of a lecture series at the Vienna Urania. He concludes with some remarks about literary works, Wedekind's Schloß Wetterstein and Jean Paul's Levana.

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