Erich Fritz Schweinburg (June 11, 1890 – July 7, 1959) was a Jewish-Austrian writer and attorney. He is best known for writing ''Eine weite Reise'', published in Austria, his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in

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Biography

Early life

Schweinburg was born on June 11, 1890, in Nikolsburg, Moravia. He was the eldest son of Emanuel and Leontine (née Czinczar). His younger brothers were Erwin and Franz. The family were builders. In Nikolsburg Moravia, there was a residential street named fo

his relative Emil Schweinburg a benefactor of Jews and Christians alike: Emil Schweinburg Strasse now called Husova Street. It was the hub street in the Jewish Ghetto.

Attorney

Schweinburg practiced in the law courts of Vienna. In New York, as an attorney, with Henrietta Kierman he compiled a "Bibliography on Political, Economic and Social Backgrounds of Certain European Countries", for the Department of Statistics in 1944 at the Russell Sage foundation. In 1945 he wrote the book "Law Training in Continental Europe, Its Principles and Public Function".

Dachau

Immigration

Writing career

Schweinburg was an author of novels, short stories. He also published a public service book entitled Law Training in Continental Europe: Its Principles and Public Function He is best known for his autobiographical work Eine Weite Reise, Wien : Löcker, 1988.

New York and Vermont

Schweinburg worked for the Russell Sage Foundation.

Personal life

Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Schweinburg attended the University of Vienna. He became an attorney. He and Rosa Gussman married in Austria and had one child, Raina Fehl, Raina Schweinburg, married to

Philipp Fehl Philipp Pinchas Fehl (May 9, 1920 – September 11, 2000) was an Austrian born American artist and art historian. Early life Fehl was born in Vienna, Austria, to Hugo Fehl and Friederike "Frieda" Fehl (née Beck - previous married name Singer) ...

Bibliography

*Eine weite Reise, Schweinburg, Erich F.. - Wien : Löcker, 1988 *Law training in continental Europe,Schweinburg, Erich F.. - New York, NY : Russell Sage Foundation, 1945 *Ein Weg zur Vorbereitung des menschlichen Singapparates für den Kunstgesang, Schweinburg, Ernst. - Wien : Europ. Verl., 1937 *Das Europäische Speditionsrecht, Wien VI : Zoll-Speditions- u. Schiffahrtszeitung, 1929 *Berliner politische Nachrichten, Berlin : Schweinburg

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180408/https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=Schweinburg * http://www.literaturepochen.at/exil/multimedia/pdf/exilantenlistereinhard.pdf * http://www.literaturhaus.at/buch/fachbuch/rez/bolbecher01/ * http://sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Raina_Fehl * https://openlibrary.org/b/OL1822868M/Eine_weite_Reise * https://www.amazon.com/Narrating-Holocaust-Continuum-Guide-Studies/dp/0826477682/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271361329&sr=8-2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Schweinburg, Erich Fritz 1890 births 1959 deaths 20th-century Austrian novelists Austrian male short story writers American male short story writers Austrian male writers Austrian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American novelists American male novelists Dachau concentration camp survivors The Holocaust in Austria Jewish American novelists Jewish American short story writers Austrian Jews American people of Czech-Jewish descent People from Mikulov 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American Jews