Moltke-Harden-Trial 1907 Postcard
A 1907 postcard praising the acquittal of journalist Maximilian Harden (1861–1927) in the first libel trial emerging from the scandalous Eulenburg Affair. Kuno von Moltke (1847–1923) sued Harden for what amounted to outings of allegedly homosexual members of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s entourage, including Prince Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (1847–1921), a close friend of the Kaiser.
Vindex by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Published in 1864, Vindex is Karl Heinrich Ulrichs’ first text on male homosexual affection. Writing with the pseudonym Numa Numantius, Ulrichs presents his theory of the Urnings, a prototype of modern homosexual identity that Ulrichs argues is set at birth.
Wilbrandt – Fridolin’s Mystical Marriage
Adolf Wilbrandt (1837-1911) wrote the novel Fridolins heimliche Ehe in 1875. Clara Bell (1835-1927), a prolific translator, translated it into English as Fridolin’s Mystical Marriage for this edition published by William S. Gottberger in New York.
Freud – Interpretation of Dreams
One of Sigmund Freud’s most influential publications, Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams), was published in late 1899 (imprint of 1900) by Franz Deuticke’s small publishing house.
Kurt Hiller – §175
Kurt Hiller’s §175: Die Schmach des Jahrhunderts (§175: The Disgrace of the Century) was published by the Paul Steegemann Verlag in Hanover in 1922. Hiller (1885-1972) was a lawyer, pacifist, leftist political activist, and a gay Jewish man.
Maximin: Ein Gedenkbuch
Maximin: Ein Gedenkbuch (Maximin: A Memorial Book), published in 1907, was the work of German poet Stefan George (1868-1933). Dedicated to the memory of poet Maximilian Kronberger (1888-1904), who died young after contracting meningitis, the book is a beautiful art nouveau presentation of grief from Stefan George and the literary circle that famously orbited him. […]
