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Leo Leixner
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<h2 id="early-life-and-education">Early life and education</h2> <p>Leo Leixner, a schoolteacher's son, was born in Thörl-Maglern, Austria, on March 26, 1908, and graduated in 1918 from the German National Real Gymnasium in Villach. He studied German Literature at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Graz/jnUvU22r">University of Graz</a> and received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1932, with a dissertation entitled <i>Mohammed in German Poetry</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="journalist-and-war-correspondent">Journalist and war correspondent</h2> <p>After 1933, Leixner wrote for <i><a href="/facts/Der_Angriff/J4dkIqKP">Der Angriff</a></i> newspaper, and was assigned to the Vienna office. He also wrote for the <i><a href="/facts/V%25C3%25B6lkischer_Beobachter/TnN1l9SM">Völkischer Beobachter</a></i> and other Nazi publications. On August 22, 1939, Leixner volunteered for the <a href="/facts/Wehrmacht/cVGQH8JW">Wehrmacht</a>. His most popular book was the illustrated <i><a href="https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1543059252">From Lemberg to Bordeaux</a>: Front Experiences of a War Reporter</i> (1941).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="death">Death</h2> <p>Leixner was killed on 14 August 1942 in <a href="/facts/Krasnodar/qxKoNzd6">Krasnodar</a>-Kuban (Russia). He was shot through the head while crossing the <a href="/facts/Kuban_River/xL5oFsPX">Kuban River</a> in an inflatable boat. He was awarded an <a href="/facts/Iron_Cross/Wh9hYXbC">Iron Cross</a> First Class on the day of his death.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="books">Books</h2> <ul><li><i>Von Lemberg bis Bordeaux: Fronterlebnisse eines Kriegsberichters</i> (<a href="https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1543059252"><i>From Lemberg to Bordeaux: Front Experiences of a War Reporter</i></a> by Leo Leixner. 11 editions published between 1941 and 1942 in German and held by 71 <a href="/facts/WorldCat/TLr4VYzI">WorldCat</a> member libraries worldwide)</li> <li><i>Generaloberst <a href="/facts/Eugen_Ritter_von_Schobert/ulUExKDw">Eugen Ritter von Schobert</a>; Lebensbild eines deutschen Armeeführers</i> by Leo Leixner. Four editions published in 1942 in German and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Erich Nussbaumer, Josef-Friedrich-Perkonig-Gesellschaft. Kärnten im Wort: Aus d. Dichtung eines halben Jahrhunderts, 1971, p. 279 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Joh. Leon. Carinthia I.: Mitteilungen des Geschichtsvereins für Kärnten. 2004, p. 105 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pruckner, Marion. Dr. Leo Leixner – ein typischer Vertreter der nationalsozialistischen Kriegsberichterstatter? Thesis, University of Vienna 2009 <a href="http://othes.univie.ac.at/7194/" target="_blank">http://othes.univie.ac.at/7194/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>From Lemberg to Bordeaux in the Library of Congress catalog <a href="https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=leo+leixner+steven+lehrer&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=25" target="_blank">https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=leo+leixner+steven+lehrer&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=25</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Leo Leixner on Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. <a href="http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_igverlustsuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=8482ecd719594b1e3364a44da0c27fd2&cHash=3872d6f5824edcdc17fce0ab479516b1" target="_blank">http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_igverlustsuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=8482ecd719594b1e3364a44da0c27fd2&cHash=3872d6f5824edcdc17fce0ab479516b1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>