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Editora Leo Jeronimo Schidrowitz

Leo Schidrowitz founded the Editora Leo Jeronimo Schidrowitz in Porto Alegre after his arrival there in 1938. He published many of his own books.

Schidrowitz had fled Austria after the Anschluss. He had worked in the publishing industry since the end of World War I, becoming manager of the Frisch & Co. Verlag in 1919. He founded a number of other publishing houses, including the Gloriette-Verlag (1920-1924).

Resources

Fischer, Ernst. Verleger, Buchhändler und Antiquare aus Deutschland und Oesterreich in der Emigration nach 1933. Stuttgart: Verband Deutscher Antiquare, 2011.
Marschik, Matthias, and Georg Spitaler. "Der vergessene Propagandist." Ballesterer, 2008. Web. 03 Dec. 2012.
Marschik, Matthias, and Georg Spitaler. Leo Schidrowitz: Autor und Verleger, Sexualforscher und Sportfunktionär. 1. Auflage. Jüdische Miniaturen Bd. 167. Berlin: Hentrich & Hentrich., 2015.

  • Location: Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro
  • Period: after 1938-at least 1947
  • Publisher(s): Leo Schidrowitz (March 20, 1894, Vienna - November 6, 1956, Vienna)
  • Number of Titles Published: unknown