author

Ernst Schulz-Besser

1873–1933

A Leipzig bookseller, art dealer, and writer, he is remembered for a vivid early study of wartime caricature. His work opens a window onto how images and satire shaped public feeling during World War I.

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Die Karikatur im Weltkriege

Die Karikatur im Weltkriege

by Ernst Schulz-Besser

About the author

Born in Berlin in 1873 and dying in Leipzig in 1933, Ernst Schulz-Besser worked across several book-world trades: bookseller, publisher, art and antiquarian dealer, and writer.

He is best known today for Die Karikatur im Weltkriege (1915), a study of caricature and political imagery during World War I. The surviving catalog and library records also show his close connection to the rare-book and art market in Leipzig, where an antiquarian book and art business carried his name in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Although not a widely known literary figure now, Schulz-Besser stands out as a sharp observer of visual culture. For listeners interested in books that capture the mood of their time, his work offers a compact and revealing look at propaganda, humor, and public opinion in wartime Europe.