Arno Schirokauer
Encyclopedia
Arno Schirokauer was a German-Jewish literary scholar, best known for his biography of Ferdinand Lassalle
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In 1939 Schirokauer managed to travel to Havana, Cuba and on to Memphis. There he taught at Southwestern College
as a Visiting Lecturer in Medieval Studies - his salary provided by other Jews in Memphis, since college rules prohibited non-Christian faculty - until he moved on to the Carl Schurz Foundation of Philadelphia. He taught at Yale University
from 1941 to 1943, at Kenyon College
from 1943 to 1944, at Yale again 1944 to 1945, and at Johns Hopkins University
from 1946 until his death in 1954.
Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassalle was a German-Jewish jurist and socialist political activist.-Early life:Ferdinand Lassalle was born on 11 April 1825 in Breslau , Silesia to a prosperous Jewish family descending from Upper Silesian Loslau...
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In 1939 Schirokauer managed to travel to Havana, Cuba and on to Memphis. There he taught at Southwestern College
Rhodes College
Rhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Originally founded by freemasons in 1848, Rhodes became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in 1855. Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students pursuing bachelor's and master's...
as a Visiting Lecturer in Medieval Studies - his salary provided by other Jews in Memphis, since college rules prohibited non-Christian faculty - until he moved on to the Carl Schurz Foundation of Philadelphia. He taught at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
from 1941 to 1943, at Kenyon College
Kenyon College
Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private college in Ohio...
from 1943 to 1944, at Yale again 1944 to 1945, and at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
from 1946 until his death in 1954.
Works
- Lassalle, die Macht der Illusion, die Illusion der Macht. Translated into English by EdenEden PaulMaurice Eden Paul, most commonly known simply as Eden Paul was a socialist physician, writer and translator.-Biography:...
and Cedar PaulCedar PaulCedar Paul, née Gertrude Mary Davenport was a singer, author, translator and journalist.-Biography:Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the grand-daughter of the composer George Alexander Macfarren and the daughter of the composer Francis William Davenport...
as Lassalle; the power of illusion and the illusion of power. London: G. Allen & Unwin Ltd., [1931]. - (ed. with Wolfgang Paulsen) Corona: studies in celebration of the eightieth birthday of Samuel Singer, professor emeritus, University of Berne, Switzerland. Durham, NC, 1941.
- Germanistische Studien. Hamburg: E. Hauswedell, 1957.