Ludwig Herzer

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Ludwig Herzer
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Ludwig Herzer in the 1920s
BornLudwig Herzl
(1872-03-18)18 March 1872
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died17 April 1939(1939-04-17) (aged 67)
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Occupation Librettist, writer, physician
Language German
NationalityAustrian

Ludwig Herzer, born Ludwig Herzl, (born 18 March 1872 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, died 17 April 1939 in St. Gallen, Switzerland) was an Austrian physician and librettist.

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Life

Ludwig Herzl, later better known under his pseudonym Ludwig Herzer, was born on 18 March 1872 in Vienna, at the time part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. There he studied medicine at the University of Vienna and worked as a gynecologist as his main profession. He also wrote operetta librettos, often in collaboration with other well-known librettists such as Alfred Grünwald or Fritz Löhner, for Edmund Eysler, Franz Lehár and Robert Stolz, among others.

After the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, he was forced to flee as a Jew. With great difficulty he was able to reach Swiss territory near Hohenems-Diepoldsau on 29 November 1938. [1]

Herzer died on 17 April 1939 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Works

Librettos

Stage works

Literature

(here obviously erroneous entry as “Ludwig Herzek”)

Notes

  1. Jörg Krummenacher: Archived (Date missing) at volmamas.at (Error: unknown archive URL)