Ernst Schertel

Ernst Schertel (20 June 1884 – 30 January 1958) was a German author, probably best known for his 1923 Magic: History, Theory and Practice. He had an "astonishingly diverse career" including running an eight-member dance troupe, Traumbuehne Schertel, active from 1925 to 1927.[1] From 1927 to 1931 Schertel edited ASA – Das Magazin für Körper, Kunst und neues Leben.[2]

Schertel's Magic: History, Theory and Practice was found to be one of the most-heavily annotated books in Adolf Hitler's personal library.[3] "Hitler’s extensive markings (sixty-six in all) in his copy of Magic were in the form of vertical lines in the margins."[4]

Publications

  • Die Nachtwandlerin (drama) 1909.
  • Schellings Metaphysik der Persönlichkeit (dissertation) Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1911.
  • Die Sünde des Ewigen oder Dies ist mein Leib (novel) Die Wende, Berlin 1918.
  • Das Blut der Schwester (occult movie in five acts). Wende Film, München 1922.
  • Magic: History, Theory and Practice. Anthropos-Verlag, Prien 1923.
  • François Grillard [pseudonym]: Das Mädchenschloß (privately published), ca. 1930.
  • Der Flagellantismus als literarisches Motiv, 4 Bde. 1929–1932.
  • Der Flagellantismus in Literatur und Bildnerei, 12 Bde. Decker Vlg., Schmiden b. Stuttgart 1957 (enlarged ed. of Der Flagellantismus als literarisches Motiv).

References

  1. ^ Karl Eric Toepfer (1997). Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935. University of California Press. pp. 62–66. ISBN 978-0-520-91827-6. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ Louis, Matthias (2023). "Erotica Auction 2023-12-19". www.Dorotheum.com (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  3. ^ "Hitler's Forgotten Library". The Atlantic. May 2003. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  4. ^ "Magic: History, Theory, Practice". dokumen.pub. Retrieved 2025-09-08.

See also

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