Kindler Verlag

Kindler Verlag is a German book publisher founded in 1945 in Berlin by Helmut Kindler and his wife Nina together with Heinz Ullstein as a book and magazine publishing house. After three years it moved to Munich. Its first book title, published in 1951, was the memoirs of Ferdinand Sauerbruch, which with 1.5 million copies sold remains the highest-circulation title in the programme. Through biographies, contemporary-history publications and large-scale series and encyclopedias — among them Kindlers Literaturlexikon, Kindlers Malereilexikon, Kindlers Kulturgeschichte, Kindlers Enzyklopädie Der Mensch and Grzimeks Tierleben — the company developed over the following decades into one of the most important German book publishers. Authors published by Kindler included Willy Brandt, Ludwig Marcuse, Fritz Kortner, Walter Jens, Robert Jungk, Albert Schweitzer, Horst Stern, Eugen Kogon ("Der SS-Staat") and Sebastian Haffner ("Anmerkungen zu Hitler"). Not least because of ambitious but risky projects that sometimes pushed the publisher to the edge of its financial capacity, Kindler Verlag had to be sold in 1977 to Droemer Knaur (today part of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck). From 2000 to 2004 the publisher briefly resided in Berlin again, then in Reinbek and today in Hamburg, where it is an imprint within the Rowohlt publishing group, which joined Holtzbrinck in 1982.

Kindler Verlag was founded in 1945 in Berlin by Helmut Kindler and his wife Nina together with Heinz Ullstein as a book and magazine publishing house. After three years the company moved to Munich. Its first book title appeared in 1951: the memoirs of the surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch, which sold 1.5 million copies and remains the highest-circulation title in the publisher's programme. Over the following decades Kindler built a reputation for biographies, contemporary-history publications and large-scale series and encyclopedias, including Kindlers Literaturlexikon, Kindlers Malereilexikon, Kindlers Kulturgeschichte, Kindlers Enzyklopädie Der Mensch and Grzimeks Tierleben. The list of authors published by Kindler included Willy Brandt, Ludwig Marcuse, Fritz Kortner, Walter Jens, Robert Jungk, Albert Schweitzer, Horst Stern, Eugen Kogon ("Der SS-Staat") and Sebastian Haffner ("Anmerkungen zu Hitler"). These ambitious but risky projects repeatedly stretched the publisher's finances, and in 1977 Kindler Verlag had to be sold to Droemer Knaur, which is today part of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. From 2000 to 2004 the publisher briefly returned to Berlin, then moved to Reinbek and today is based in Hamburg, where it operates as an imprint within the Rowohlt publishing group, which itself joined Holtzbrinck in 1982.

• 2004

  Moved to Reinbek, and today is based in Hamburg.

• 2000

  Publisher briefly resided in Berlin again.

• 1982

  Rowohlt publishing group, of which Kindler is now an imprint, joined Holtzbrinck.

• 1977

  Sold to Droemer Knaur (today part of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck) due to financial pressures.

• 1951

  Published its first book title, the memoirs of Ferdinand Sauerbruch, which sold 1.5 million copies.

• 1948

  Moved from Berlin to Munich after three years.

• 1945

  Founded in Berlin by Helmut Kindler, Nina Kindler and Heinz Ullstein as a book and magazine publishing house.

Prestige non-fiction and reference publisher known for ambitious encyclopedias, biographies and contemporary-history titles.

• Kindlers Literaturlexikon

• Kindlers Malereilexikon

• Kindlers Kulturgeschichte

• Kindlers Enzyklopädie Der Mensch

• Grzimeks Tierleben

• Der SS-Staat by Eugen Kogon

• Anmerkungen zu Hitler by Sebastian Haffner

1. 1Kindler Verlag – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
2. 2Kindler Verlag – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Rowohlt Kindlerrowohlt.de