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Otto Corbach

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Otto Corbach (1877–1938) was a German journalist and publicist.

Corbach was born in Herscheid and moved to Qingdao in 1900, at that time the administrative centre of the Kiautschou Bay concession. He had a position as an accountant, probably for Kappler & Sohn as he was staying in Kappler's house. He started editing the paper Deutsch-Asiatische Warte (German-Asian Viewpoint).[1] However in 1902 he got in trouble for criticising the authorities and returned to Germany.[1] He worked as an editor first in Kassel and then in Wroclaw before moving to Berlin.[1]

Corbach was a friend of Franz Pfemfert and shared his readiness to use the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche to criticise Wilhelminian Germany.[2] He was a regular contributor to Pfemfert's Die Aktion.

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  1. ^ a b c Matzat, Wilhelm. "Corbach, Otto (1877 – 1938), Journalist und Publizist | Tsingtau.org". www.tsingtau.org (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ Taylor, Seth (2013-02-06). Left-Wing Nietzscheans: The Politics of German Expressionism 1910-1920. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-085341-4.