Grete Scheuer
Grete Scheuer (real name: Garzarolli, Grete Margaretha Rosina [Grete] Edle von Scheuer), born on 6.6.1900 in Thörl/Aflenz (Styria), died on 23.2.1988 in Graz. Daughter of an aristocratic doctor, maternal grandfather a converted Jew; attended the Pirckerth Higher Institute for Daughters in Graz (1909-1914), then Sacre Coeur until 1917; 1924 to 1929 marriage to the art historian Karl Garzarolli von Thurnlack, moved to Berlin, worked as a film extra, editor and typesetter, worked on the novel Der gelbe Mercedes, freelancer for the "Vossische Zeitung", joined the NSDAP in 1932, classified as "politically unreliable" in 1933 and deregistered; Novels Filmkomparsin Maria Weidmann (1933) and the old Austrian family chronicle Zerbrochene Posaunen (1935) are published by Rowohlt; moves frequently within Berlin in order to avoid being recognized as a "Mischling II. He was accepted into the RSK, moved to Vienna in 1938, commissioned work for Hermann Göring-Werke Erbarbeiter der Ostmark (1940), autobiographical novel Einer ohne Vater (1943); returned to Graz in 1947, important personality in post-war cultural life, key role at institutional level; played a key role in the re-establishment of the Styrian Writers' Association (Vice-President until 1963) and the founding of the Forum Stadtpark, was a successful cultural journalist for ORF Styria and various Graz print media.
Estate
Scope: 6 archive boxes
Contents:
Works, collections
12 typescripts
1 folder of notes, correspondence with authorities, short texts
Krypton estate Karl Hans Haysen, 5 typescripts
2 archive boxes of newspaper and magazine clippings by and about Grete Scheuer
Degree of processing: The fonds are roughly indexed.
Call number: FNI-SCHEUER
Acquisition: Gift 1996