Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag was a German children's publisher best known for the

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Else Ury Else Ury (1 November 1877 – 13 January 1943) was a German-Jewish novelist and children's book author. Her best-known character is the blonde doctor's daughter Annemarie Braun, whose life from childhood to old age is told in the ten volumes of th ...

Early years

Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag’s history began on January 1, 1869, when Hermann Joseph Meidinger (b 20 Jun 1842, Rödelheim, d 15 May 1898, Berlin) founded in Berlin the publishing company Herm. J. Meidinger. After his death in 1898, his widow Therese Meidinger took over the business. As of May 1, 1907, the children’s book department was spun off from the company. This was the birth of Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag GmbH. On May 18, 1907, Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag GmbH was taken over by the Wertheim Department Store and combined with Globus Verlag GmbH, founded 1898, which was the publishing house of Wertheim. Globus published the works of

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Later years

Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag’s main office was at Globus Verlag, but it was known as Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag GmbH. Until 1908 the headquarters was at Voßstraße 33 in Berlin W 9, then in the Kaiserhofstraße 1, Berlin W 66. From 1919 all publishers belonging to Wertheim moved to a new business address at Wilhelmstraße 45, Berlin W 66 (later W 8 at Postbezirk 1). At the same time Globus founded their own book printing company, the Globushaus Druckerei, Berlin W 66.

Else Ury

Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag gained fame among readers in the 1920s and 1930s through the 1.25 million book series

. Ury’s books were immensely popular among the pre-World War II generation of youth. On her fiftieth birthday, 1 November 1927, Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag honored Ury with a large reception at the

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. Ury was Jewish and not allowed to publish after the beginning of the Nazi period. She was murdered at

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Aryanization

After the National Socialist seizure of power in 1933 and the associated Aryanization of Wertheim, the changes in Meidingers Jugendschriften Verlag are difficult to follow. Around 1937, the company moved to Bellevuestraße 5 in Berlin W 9. In 1939 the Managing Director Emil Kersten liquidated Meidingers. In 1941 all Meidingers’ books went out of print and existing stocks went to the Globus Verlag GmbH.

References

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