Hugo Bettauer

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Hugo Bettauer was an Austrian writer and journalist best known for his provocative social novels and for being assassinated in 1925 by a Nazi sympathizer due to his liberal and satirical views.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
journalist
activeYearsEnd 1925
activeYearsStart 1890s
causeOfDeath assassination
gunshot wound
convertedTo Protestantism
countryOfCitizenship Austria
dateOfBirth 1872-08-18
dateOfDeath 1925-03-26
ethnicGroup Jews
familyName Bettauer
genre crime fiction
satire
social novel
givenName Hugo
inspiredWork Film "Die Stadt ohne Juden" (1924)
Film "Die freudlose Gasse" (1925)
languageOfWorkOrName German
mannerOfDeath homicide
movement liberalism
notableFor depictions of post–World War I Vienna
provocative social novels
satirical critique of antisemitism
notableIdea anti-antisemitism
social criticism
notableWork Die Stadt ohne Juden
Die freudlose Gasse
Die freudlose Gasse. Roman aus Wien
occupation editor
novelist
publisher
placeOfBirth Austrian Empire
Baden bei Wien
placeOfDeath Austria
Vienna
politicalAlignment liberal
religion Judaism
residence New York City
United States
Vienna
sexOrGender male
spouse Helene Bettauer
subjectOf biographical studies on Austrian interwar literature
wasMurderedBy Otto Rothstock
workLocation Vienna

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Austrian Jews notableMember Hugo Bettauer
Exilliteratur wichtigeAutoren Hugo Bettauer