Gottfried Bermann Fischer

Gottfried Bermann, later Gottfried Bermann Fischer (31 July 1897, Gleiwitz, Silesia – 17 September 1995, Camaiore), was a German publisher. He owned the S. Fischer Verlag.[1]

Biography

After serving as an officer in World War I, Bermann Fischer studied medicine at the universities of Breslau, Freiburg and Munich. In 1924 he met the daughter of the publisher Samuel Fischer, Brigitte, and married her in February 1926.

In 1936 Fischer moved from Berlin to Vienna, and thereafter to Stockholm and to the United States. In 1942 in New York he formed the imprint of L.B. Fischer, together with Fritz Landshoff.[2]

Literary works

References

  1. ^ Eric Roll (26 September 1995). "OBITUARY: Gottfried Bermann Fischer".
  2. ^ "L.B. Fischer Corp". Publishing in Exile. Leo Baeck Institute. Retrieved 24 March 2013.