Julius Bab was a German

Germany

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 dramatist and theater critic.

He was a cofounder of the Kulturbund Deutscher Juden. Bab was a close friend of journalist and theater critic Siegfried Jacobsohn

Siegfried Jacobsohn

Siegfried Jacobsohn was a German writer and influential theatre critic.- Life :Born in Berlin into a Jewish family, Jacobsohn decided at the age of 15 to become a theatre critic. In October 1897 he left school without gaining any diplomas and began studying at Friedrich-Wilhelm-University as it...

 and a key contributor to the early years of the magazine Schaubühne, the later Weltbühne

Die Weltbühne

Die Weltbühne was a German weekly magazine focused on politics, art, and business. The Weltbühne was founded in Berlin on 7 September 1905 by Siegfried Jacobsohn and was originally created strictly as a theater magazine under the title Die Schaubühne. It was renamed Die Weltbühne on 4 April 1918...

.

In 1939 he emigrated to the United States

United States

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 through France

France

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. In 1951 he visited Germany in a lecture tour.

He died in Roslyn Heights, New York

Roslyn Heights, New York

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in 1955.

Works

Around 90 books and biographies about the theater including:

• Der Mensch auf der Bühne