Rudolf Olden (Szczecin, January 14 1885 - Atlantic Ocean, September 18, 1940) was a German lawyer and journalist. In the Weimar-period he was a well known voice in the political debate, a vocal opponent of the Nazis and a fierce advocate of human rights and one of the first to alert the world to the treatment of Jews by the Nazis in 1934. He is the author Hitler der Eroberer. Entlarvung einer Legende ("Hitler the Conqueror, Debunking the Myth") which is considered part of the german exile literature. The book was promptly banned by the nazis, shortly after being published by Querido in Amsterdam, Oldens citezenship was revoked and he emigrated, together with his wife, to the United States. On september 18th both died in a U-boat attack on the SS City of Benares in the Atlantic.
Bibiography
- Stresemann. Eine Biographie. Rowohlt, Berlin 1929
- Propheten in deutscher Krise. Das Wunderbare oder Die Verzauberten. Eine Sammlung. published by Rudolf Olden. Rowohlt, Berlin 1932.
- Schwarzbuch über die Lage der Juden in Deutschland, Paris 1934.
- Briefe aus den Jahren 1935-1936 (Rudolf Olden, Peter Olden) published by Charmian Brinson
- Hindenburg oder der Geist der preussischen Armee, Paris 1935. Reprinted by Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1982, ISBN 3-8067-0911-4.
- Hitler der Eroberer. Entlarvung einer Legende, Amsterdam 1935. Reprinted by Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 1984, ISBN 3-596-25185-0.
Postumous publications
- Die Geschichte der Freiheit in Deutschland. Verlag "Das andere Deutschland" 1948.
- In tiefem Dunkel liegt Deutschland. Von Hitler vertrieben, ein Jahr deutsche Emigration. Metropol-Verlag, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-926893-20-6.
- So viele Bücher, so viele Verbote. Ausstellung "Der deutsche PEN-Club im Exil 1933-1948". Buchhändler-Vereinigung, Frankfurt/M. 1981, ISBN 3-7657-1039-3.
Sources
- Hitler der Eroberer, preface by Werner Berthold, Fisher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, January 1984, in the series verboten und verbrannt/Exil, ISBN 1280-3-596-25185-0