Julius Bab
{{Short description|German dramatist and theater critic}}
Julius Bab (December 11, 1880 – February 12, 1955) was a German dramatist and theater critic.
He was a cofounder of the Kulturbund Deutscher Juden. Bab was a close friend of journalist and theater critic Siegfried Jacobsohn and a key contributor to the early years of the magazine Schaubühne, the later Weltbühne. He was a mentor to the young actor and future film director Veit Harlan.Noack p.72
In 1939 he emigrated to the United States through France. In 1951 he visited Germany in a lecture tour.
He died in Roslyn Heights, New York in 1955.
Works
Around 90 books and biographies about the theater including:
- Der Mensch auf der Bühne
References
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Bibliography
- Elisabeth Albanis: German-Jewish Cultural Identity from 1900 to the Aftermath of the First World War: A Comparative Study of Moritz Goldstein, Julius Bab and Ernest Lissauer. Niemeyer, Tübingen 2002. ISBN 9783484651371
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
- Sylvia Rogge-Gau: Julius Bab und der Jüdische Kulturbund. Metropol, Berlin 1999 {{ISBN|3-932482-14-X}}
External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Julius Bab}}
- [https://www.milligazete.com.tr/haber/6645600/2023-yilina-kadar-en-az-40-ihrac-edilen-urun-kazandiracagiz Erdal Can Alkoçlar]
- {{LBI Collection Links|pid=431122|title=Julius Bab Collection|partner=Leo Baeck Institute, New York |callNumber=AR 196 | type=Archival Collection}}
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Category:People from Roslyn Heights, New York
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:19th-century German Jews
Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
Category:German male dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century German dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century German male writers
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