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Das Mädchen an der Orga Privat
Eine junge Frau, die neunzehnjährige Erna Halbe, kommt 1928 aus der Provinz nach Berlin, um eine Arbeitsstelle als Stenotypistin bei der Eisenverwertungs-Gmbh anzutreten. Erst ist sie Außenseiterin, dann, als es darum geht, Solidarität unter den Angestellten herzustellen, dank ihres Gerechtigkeitssinns und ihrer Entschlusskraft Führungsperson. Stehen zuerst persönliche Interessen der Frauen über der Gemeinschaft, halten sie doch gegen die Chefs zusammen, als eine von ihnen entlassen werden soll. Die Sorgen und Nöte in den 20/30er Jahren gleichen denen von heute. Es geht um die erste Liebe zu einem Mann und Familienplanung, um sexuelle Belästigung, um die miserablen Wohnverhältnisse und die Angst vor Arbeitslosigkeit. Die Gesellschaftskritik wird humorvoll in Szene gesetzt. Erna Halbes "Schicksal spiegelt ein Stück Geschichte am Ende der 20er Jahre." (I.Ortloff) Braunes Roman gilt "wegen der ungewöhnlichen Stilsicherheit und, bei aller Parteilichkeit, differenzierten Personenzeichnung und Handlungsführung als bedeutendes Beispiel der erzählerischen Neuen Sachlichkeit in der deutschen Literatur." schreibt Wikipedia. Das Buch steht in einer Reihe mit Irmgard Keuns berühmten "kunstseidenen Mädchen". Rudolf Braune ist am 16. 02. 1907 in Dresden geboren und ist am 12. 06. 1932 in der Nähe von Düsseldorf-Neukassel bei einem Badeunfall im Rhein ertrunken. Nach dem Abitur ging er nach Düsseldorf, wo er zunächst als Buchhändler und dann als Redakteur bei der Zeitung "Freiheit" gearbeitet hat. Sein schriftstellerisches Werk ist klein mehrere Erzählungen und nur zwei Romane, "Das Mädchen an der Orga Privat" von 1930 und "Junge Leute in der Stadt" von 1932. Beide Romane sind am 10. Mai 1933 im Zuge der Bücherverbrennungen von den Nazis verbrannt worden.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1960
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About the author
Rudolf Braune
6 books1 followerRudolf Braune was a German writer and journalist .
He was initially involved in the freethinking youth movement before joining the Communist Youth in 1924. In 1925, he and some school friends founded the satirical-political magazine "Mob" in Dresden, which was banned in July, after the fifth issue. The editors were arrested and interrogated, including Braune, who had since left school and started an apprenticeship as a bookseller. In April 1926, he went to Düsseldorf and continued his training as a bookseller at the "Julius Baedeker Book and Art Shop" on Königsallee. From 1927, he published sketches, poems and reports in the Düsseldorf KPD newspaper "Freiheit", initially as a trainee and later as a permanent editor. He devoted himself primarily to local cultural reporting and wrote film reviews. He subsequently published industrial reports, political poetry and glosses in other left-wing newspapers and magazines, such as Tucholsky's "Weltbühne", in the "Tagebuch", the "Linkskurve", the "Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung", the "Rote Fahne", but also in bourgeois newspapers such as the "Frankfurter Zeitung" and "Vossischen Zeitung". In addition, he increasingly worked as a storyteller and novelist.
His subject matter was the situation of workers and small employees, of young people looking for work in the modern city. In 1928, a longer story entitled "The Battle on the Kille" was published in "Freiheit" as a serial.
In 1930, his first novel, "The Girl at the Orga Privat", was published. He did not live to see the publication of his second novel, "Young People in the City"; shortly before its publication, on June 12, 1932, Braune drowned in the Rhine in Düsseldorf-Niederkassel on the left bank of the Rhine when he was caught in a whirlpool and carried away.
Although Braune's works have largely been forgotten as working-class literature , they are nevertheless considered to be important examples of the narrative New Objectivity in German literature due to their unusual stylistic confidence and, despite all bias, differentiated characterization and plot development.
He was initially involved in the freethinking youth movement before joining the Communist Youth in 1924. In 1925, he and some school friends founded the satirical-political magazine "Mob" in Dresden, which was banned in July, after the fifth issue. The editors were arrested and interrogated, including Braune, who had since left school and started an apprenticeship as a bookseller. In April 1926, he went to Düsseldorf and continued his training as a bookseller at the "Julius Baedeker Book and Art Shop" on Königsallee. From 1927, he published sketches, poems and reports in the Düsseldorf KPD newspaper "Freiheit", initially as a trainee and later as a permanent editor. He devoted himself primarily to local cultural reporting and wrote film reviews. He subsequently published industrial reports, political poetry and glosses in other left-wing newspapers and magazines, such as Tucholsky's "Weltbühne", in the "Tagebuch", the "Linkskurve", the "Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung", the "Rote Fahne", but also in bourgeois newspapers such as the "Frankfurter Zeitung" and "Vossischen Zeitung". In addition, he increasingly worked as a storyteller and novelist.
His subject matter was the situation of workers and small employees, of young people looking for work in the modern city. In 1928, a longer story entitled "The Battle on the Kille" was published in "Freiheit" as a serial.
In 1930, his first novel, "The Girl at the Orga Privat", was published. He did not live to see the publication of his second novel, "Young People in the City"; shortly before its publication, on June 12, 1932, Braune drowned in the Rhine in Düsseldorf-Niederkassel on the left bank of the Rhine when he was caught in a whirlpool and carried away.
Although Braune's works have largely been forgotten as working-class literature , they are nevertheless considered to be important examples of the narrative New Objectivity in German literature due to their unusual stylistic confidence and, despite all bias, differentiated characterization and plot development.
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