Hugo Zuckermann

Hugo Zuckermann

Hugo Zuckermann(15May 1881 – 23December 1914) was a Jewish-Austrian poet andZionist.

Zuckermann was born inCheb.In 1907 he founded, together with writerOskar Rosenfeld,Egon Brecherand others a Jewish theatre group to play modern Yiddish dramas in the German language. The initiative lasted for one or two years. Later he became a lawyer inMeran.He fell early in theFirst World Warafter having written the very popular "Österreichisches Reiterlied". His work, published in one volume with an introduction by Otto Abeles in 1915, consists of poems including some translations from the Bible (Shir Hashirim,psalms). He also translated poems byIsaac Leib Peretz,Sholem Asch,Abraham Reisen,S. Schneir and otherYiddishauthors. He died in Eger.

Literature

• Meier M. Reschke, Hugo Zuckermann: A Great Jewish Leader, Vantage Pr., 1985.ISBN0-533-06136-9
• Hugo Zuckermann, Gedichte (edited byOtto Abeles),R. Löwit Verlag,Wien, 1915.

External links

• Works by or about Hugo Zuckermannat theInternet Archive
• Österreichisches Reiterlied(German text)
• Austrian Cavalry Song(translated by Margarete Münsterberg)