Julius Friedrich Lehmann (28 November 1864, in Zurich – 24 March 1935, in

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) was a

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of medical literature and nationalist tracts in

. He was the brother of the bacteriologist

Karl Bernhard Lehmann Karl Bernhard Lehmann (27 September 1858 – 30 January 1940) was a German hygienist and bacteriologist born in Zurich. He was a brother to publisher Julius Friedrich Lehmann (1864–1935). Lehmann studied medicine at the University of ...

. In Zurich he first went to the private school ''Beust'sche Privatschule'' and then to the Gymnasium. In 1900, Lehmann left Switzerland and moved to Germany, where he bought the medical journal "''Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift''" (i.e. "Munich Medical Weekly Magazine"), which he soon managed to make the most widely circulated journal of its kind in Germany. Many of the articles dealt with subjects that were to shape national-socialist ideology, like compulsory sterilization. Lehmann became a member of the Deutsche Vaterlandspartei in 1917. He also became a member of the

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. He established the ''Deutsche Volksverlag'', which he handed over to

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. Lehmann also published the journal ''Deutschlands Erneuerung'' (Germany's Renewal), which was edited by the

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. Lehmann's publishing house was an important connection between the German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation, the

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, then the

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and the

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.Niels H.M. Albrecht, Die Macht einer Verleumdungskampagne: Antidemokratische Agitationen der Presse und Justiz gegen die Weimarer Republik und ihren ersten Reichspräsidenten Friedrich Ebert vom "Badebild" bis zum Magdeburger Prozeß. Dissertation Universität Bremen 2000 In 1923, Lehmann took part in the

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. He joined the

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in 1928, and became a member of the

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in 1931. In 1934, at his 70th birthday, he received many honors, including the Eagle Shield of the German Reich.

Works

*''Hülfsbuch bei Herstellung und Preis-Berechnung von Druckwerken'', (i.e. Guide for creating printing-works and determining the price), Leop. Freund, 1890, Breslau, together with Hans Paul, 2nd extended edition *''Warum die Bücherpreise erhöht werden müssen!'' (Why book-prices should be higher!), Börsenverein d. Deutschen Buchhändler, 1925 *''Warum wählt das nationale Deutschland im zweiten Wahlgang Adolf Hitler?'' (i.e. Why does the national Germany vote for Hitler at the second ballot?), J. F. Lehmanns Verl., 1932

References

*Sigrid Stöckel (ed.): Die "rechte Nation" und ihr Verleger. Politik und Popularisierung im J.F. Lehmanns Verlag 1890-1979, Heidelberg: Lehmanns Verlag, 2002.

External links

Publisher J. F. Lehmann as Promoter of Social Psychiatry under Fascism by Peter Lehmann
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehmann, J. F. 1864 births 1934 deaths People from Zürich Alldeutscher Verband members Militant League for German Culture members Swiss publishers (people) Swiss psychologists Thule Society members Nazi Party members German book publishers (people)