!!!Kompert, Leopold

Kompert, Leopold, b. Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic (then Muenchengraetz), May 15, 1822, 
d. Vienna, Nov. 23, 1886, narrative writer and journalist. 1843-1847 
tutor to the children of Count G. Andrássy in Pressburg. From 
1840 literary contributions to magazines, 1848-1852 feuilleton editor 
of the "Oesterreichischer Lloyd", 1852-1857 tutor in Pest, Hungary, 
from 1857 free-lance writer. Created the "juedische Problemnovelle", 
novellas describing the problems of Jews in the Bohemian ghettos ("Aus 
dem Ghetto", 1848; "Neue Geschichten aus dem Ghetto", 2 vols., 
1855). As a city councillor of Vienna (1873-1881) and member of the 
executive committee of the Jewish Community he fought for the 
assimilation and integration of Jews. His circle of friends included 
H.  Laube, F.  Kuernberger and E.  Kuh.

!Further Works
narratives: Boehm. Juden, 1851; Geschichten einer 
Gasse, 2 vols., 1865; Franzi und Heini, 1881. - Novels: Am Pflug, 
2 vols., 1855; Zwischen Ruinen, 3 vols., 1875. - Edition: 
Saemtliche Werke, ed. by S. Hock, 10 vols., 1906 (with 
biography); Ghetto-Geschichten, ed. by B. Bittrich, 1988.

!Literature
T. Winkelbauer, L. K. und die boehm. Landjuden, in: 
H. O. Horch and H. Denkler (eds.), Conditio Judaica, part 2, 
1989; M. T. Wittemann, Draussen vor dem Ghetto. L. K. und 
die "Schilderung jued. Volkslebens" in Boehmen und Maehren, 
1998.



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