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Walter Julius Bloem

1898–1945

Writing under the name Kilian Koll as well as his own, he was a German author whose life was closely tied to the upheavals of the first half of the 20th century. His work is often remembered alongside the complicated, troubled political world in which he lived.

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The soul of the moving picture

The soul of the moving picture

by Walter Julius Bloem

About the author

Born on October 22, 1898, Walter Julius Bloem was a German writer and the son of novelist Walter Bloem. To avoid confusion with his father, he also published under the pseudonym Kilian Koll.

Available reference works describe him not only as an author but also as a military officer during both World War I and World War II. Those same sources connect his life and reputation to the nationalist and SS milieu of his time, which makes his career part of a difficult and controversial chapter in German literary history.

He is generally listed as having died in 1945, though some records qualify this as a presumed death rather than a fully confirmed one. Detailed biographical information appears to be limited, so the surviving picture of his life remains fairly brief.