!!!Sommer, Ernst

Sommer, Ernst, b. Jihlava, Czech Republic (then Iglau), Oct. 29, 
1888, d. London (United Kingdom), Oct. 20, 1955, writer. 
Solicitor in Karlsbad from 1920; together with B. Adler founded the 
literary magazine "Die Provinz" 1924; emigrated to England 1938, 
British nationality 1951. Author of historical novels (e.g. "Die 
Templer", 1935; "Botschaft aus Granada", 1937), which bore hidden 
criticism of the crimes committed by the National Socialists. 
S.´s most famous book, the story "Revolte der Heiligen" (1944, 
1948 under the title "Revolte der Wehrlosen") deals with the mass 
extermination of Jews.

!Further works
novels, stories, hist. studies.

!Literature
S. Bauer, Ein boehm. Jude im Exil. Der Schriftsteller 
E. S., 1995.


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