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Ernst Lissauer
Ernst Lissauer (16 December 1882 in Berlin – 10 December 1937 in Vienna) was a German-Jewish poet and dramatist remembered for the phrase ''Gott strafe England'' ("May God punish England"). He also created the ''Hassgesang gegen England'', orSong of Hate against England. Biography Lissauer was "a round little man, a jolly face above a double double-chin, bubbling over with self-importance and exuberance," according to his friend Stefan Zweig.Zweig, Stefan (1964). The World of Yesterday'. Translation first published 1943; original German: ''Die Welt von Gestern'' (1941). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 231. He was a committed nationalist and a devotee of the Prussian tradition as well as an ambitious poet. Zweig said of him: "Germany was his world and the more Germanic anything was, the more it delighted him." His devotion to German history, poetry, art and music was, in his own words, a ''monomania'', and it only increased with the outbreak of World War I, when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Lissauer
Ernst Lissauer (16 December 1882 in Berlin – 10 December 1937 in Vienna) was a German-Jewish poet and dramatist remembered for the phrase ''Gott strafe England'' ("May God punish England"). He also created the ''Hassgesang gegen England'', orSong of Hate against England. Biography Lissauer was "a round little man, a jolly face above a double double-chin, bubbling over with self-importance and exuberance," according to his friend Stefan Zweig.Zweig, Stefan (1964). The World of Yesterday'. Translation first published 1943; original German: ''Die Welt von Gestern'' (1941). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 231. He was a committed nationalist and a devotee of the Prussian tradition as well as an ambitious poet. Zweig said of him: "Germany was his world and the more Germanic anything was, the more it delighted him." His devotion to German history, poetry, art and music was, in his own words, a ''monomania'', and it only increased with the outbreak of World War I, when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
