Alfred Lichtenstein was born on the 23rd August 1889, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. He grew up in Berlin before studying law at Erlangen in Bavaria.

A writer in the Expressionist style his poems and stories are short but beautifully honed works. His tragically curtailed life allowed only a small part of his talents to rest with us. Undoubtedly a full life would have given the world a very gifted literary force.

Alfred Lichenstein volunteered for duty in the German Army for World War I. He died on the front at the Somme in the early months of combat on the 25th September 1914. He was 25.

01 - Alfred Lichtenstein - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction

02 - The Winner by Alfred Lichtenstein

03 - The Café Klösschen by Alfred Lichtenstein

04 - The Virgin by Alfred Lichtenstein

05 - The Suicide of the Pupil Mueller by Alfred Lichtenstein

06 - Mieze Meier by Alfred Lichtenstein

07 - Kuno Kohn by Alfred Lichtenstein

08 - Mabel Meier by Alfred Lichtenstein

09 - Siegmund Simon by Alfred Lichtenstein

10 - The Friend by Alfred Lichtenstein

11 - Konrad Krause by Alfred Lichtenstein

12 - The Family by Alfred Lichtenstein

13 - Leopold Lehmann by Alfred Lichtenstein

14 - Conversation About Legs by Alfred Lichtenstein