Landauer, Gustav, 1870-1919
Variant namesWerfel had met Landauer earlier in 1915 when, on the invitation of Martin Buber, Werfel met in Berlin with Buber, Landauer and Max Scheler, who had together formed a secret anti-militarist group.
From the description of Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1915. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863758
Born in Karlsruhe in 1870, Landauer was a philosopher, literary critic, Shakespeare scholar, and anarchist-socialist writer and politician. In November 1918, he became a member of the central council of the revolutionary government of Kurt Eisner in Munich. After Eisner's assassination, he served briefly as Minister of Public Enlightenment in the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic. He was murdered in prison on 1919 May 2 during the suppression of the revolutionary government.
From the guide to the Gustav Landauer Collection, 1888-1947, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Landauer, Gustav, 1870-1919. Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1915. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Constantin Brunner Correspondence Collection, 1847-1945 | Leo Baeck Institute Archives | |
| referencedIn | Clark, Hugh, 1914-2005. Walter Landauer collection, 1919-1996. | University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library | |
| creatorOf | Gustav Landauer Collection, 1888-1947 | Leo Baeck Institute Archives | |
| referencedIn | Kurt Wolff archive, 1907-1938 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Havel, Hippolyte. Gustav Landauer [n.d.] | University of Michigan | |
| creatorOf | Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé : manuscript : [n.p., ca. 1903]. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | Walter Landauer Collection., 1919-1996. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Julius Bab Collection, 1895-1977, (bulk 1895-1955) | Leo Baeck Institute. | |
| referencedIn | Eduard Rudnicki Collection, 1907-1977, bulk 1922-1977 | Leo Baeck Institute. |
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| associatedWith | Bab, Julius, 1880-1955 | person |
| associatedWith | Berndl, Ludwig | person |
| associatedWith | Braune, Wilhelm, 1850-1926 | person |
| associatedWith | Brunner, Constantin, 1862-1937 | person |
| associatedWith | Clark, Hugh, 1914-2005. | person |
| associatedWith | Clark, Hugh (collector). | person |
| associatedWith | Eisner, Kurt, 1867-1919 | person |
| associatedWith | Havel, Hippolyte. | person |
| associatedWith | Loewenberg, Frank M. | person |
| associatedWith | Mauthner, Fritz, 1849-1923 | person |
| associatedWith | Meyer, Alfred Richard, 1882-1956 | person |
| associatedWith | Rudnicki, Eduard, 1898-1979 | person |
| associatedWith | Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. | person |
| associatedWith | Wolff, Kurt, 1887-1963. | person |
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| Munich (Germany) | |||
| Berlin (Germany) |
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| Anarchism |
| Bavaria (Germany) |
| Germany |
| Revolutions and socialism |
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Person
Birth 1870-04-07
Death 1919-05-02
Germans
German
