Julius Bab (December 11, 1880 – February 12, 1955) was a German

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and

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. He was a cofounder of the Kulturbund Deutscher Juden. Bab was a close friend of journalist and theater critic

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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

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.Noack p.72 In 1939 he emigrated to the

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through

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. In 1951 he visited Germany in a lecture tour. He died in

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in 1955.

Works

Around 90 books and biographies about the theater including: *''Der Mensch auf der Bühne''

References

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

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* 1880 births 1955 deaths People from Roslyn Heights, New York Place of birth missing 19th-century German Jews German emigrants to the United States German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German male writers {{Germany-playwright-stub