author
Max Kemmerich
1876–1932
A German art and cultural historian who turned curiosity into a career, he became widely known in the 1910s and 1920s for books on strange beliefs, prophecy, and the odd corners of human history. His work blends scholarship with a fascination for the unusual, making him an intriguing guide to the intellectual fringes of his time.
4 Audiobooks
Kultur-Kuriosa, Erster Band
by Max Kemmerich
Kultur-Kuriosa, Zweiter Band
by Max Kemmerich
Prophezeiungen : Alter Aberglaube oder neue Wahrheit?
by Max Kemmerich
Aus der Geschichte der menschlichen Dummheit
by Max Kemmerich
About the author
Born in Koblenz on May 6, 1876, Max Kemmerich was a German art and cultural historian, independent scholar, and writer. Reference sources describe him as a private scholar who studied history, philosophy, anthropology, and economics in Leipzig and Munich, and later lived and worked in Munich.
He wrote across a wide range of subjects, but he drew his biggest readership through books on esotericism and unusual cultural history. His titles explored prophecy, superstition, curious historical anecdotes, and the stranger side of human belief, which helped him gain noticeable public attention in the 1910s and 1920s.
Kemmerich died in Munich on April 6, 1932. Today he is remembered less as a conventional academic specialist than as a lively compiler of cultural oddities whose books opened a window onto the mysteries, obsessions, and eccentric ideas that fascinated readers of his era.