Author, Pacifist. Siegfried Jacobsohn was recognized as the editor of the "World Stage," a weekly political magazine in pre-World War II Germany, which had been started in April of 1918. He published leftist articles on pacifist and antisemitism that were read around the world. His publication was the first step in unfolding a major historical event. After his unexpected 1926 death, one of his staff writers, Carl von Ossietzky eventually became the publication's editor, carrying on his ideas and leading to a Nobel Peace Prize. In March of 1927, Ossietzky published an article criticizing the paramilitary organizations being formed by the German government. Although he was not the author of the article, he was charged, as the publication's editor, with libel and served a month in prison. Not intimidated, he published in March of 1929 an article written by Walter Kreiser, which exposed the secret creation of a German Air Force in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Arrested in August of 1929, he was tried in November of 1931 charge with betrayal of military secrets, found guilty and sentence to 18 months in Spandau Prison but served seven months before released. As the political climate in Germany was changing rapidly, the "World Stage" continued to inform the public of this approaching darkness of the Nazi Party. On February 28, 1933 Ossietzky was arrested by the SS and sent to a Berlin prison, before going to Sonneburg and later at Esterwegen-Papenburg concentration camps. First nominated as a candidate in 1934, Ossietzky was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his publications, but was unable to receive it. At this point, the Nazi government issued a decree on January 31, 1937 that forbade German nationals to accept any Nobel Prize, thus three Nobel Prize recipients did not receive the award until after the end of World War II and without the monetary prize . Jacobsohn began his writing career as a theater critic writing for various Berlin daily newspapers. After several months of traveling to Europe, including Vienna, Rome and Paris, he returned to Berlin at the end of May of 1905 with plans for a weekly theater magazine, "Look at the Stage." After this was a success, he published the annual magazine, "The Year of the Stage" from 1919 until his death, which became a 10-volume collection. In 1915, he married Edith Schiffer, who was the heir to a wealthy Jewish family. Besides the "World Stage," his wife purchased a publishing company, was an author using several pen names and a translator of books for publication. He wrote two books on the Berlin theater, in 1904 "The Theater in the Capital City," which dealt with the history of the theater from 1870 and has been compared to earning a PhD in theater history, and in 1910 a sequel, "Max Reinhardt." As the political climate was changing in Germany, he changed his writings from theater critic to political, which were vigorously attacked by both the Nazi Party and Communist Party. He condemned newspaper writers who were antisemitic. For this, he made many government enemies, yet gained supporters as these publications were widely read by German-speaking Jewish intelligentsia throughout Europe. Born with a Jewish ancestry, he left school at 16 without graduating, but later took some college courses. He learned quickly in on-the-job experiences. While still a college student, he was hired to cover the theater for a newspaper under the direction of the theater critic. Many sources state, "He knew every actor in every role, and he knew all of the stage literature. At the same time, the accuracy of the judgment that seemed unimaginable with such youth." This talented writer's career began at this point as a theater critic to advancing to being a strong political writer. He died suddenly after an epileptic seizure and was buried in appreciation in a State of Berlin Honor Grave, which is the final resting place for those, who have an "outstanding lifetime of achievements with close links to Berlin and provided or have distinguished themselves through their outstanding life's work around the city." With the warnings of the fate to the Jewish population in Germany, his widow sold their publication businesses. On February 27, 1933 the German parliament building was burnt to the ground or the "Reichstag fire." On February 28, 1933, the same day that Ossietzky was arrested by the SS and eventually sent to a concentration camp, Jacobsohn's widow escaped Nazi Germany, through Austria and Switzerland to London. Within a week of his wife's escape, on March 7, 1933 an order was made to stop all German newspaper publications. His wife remarried to secure her English citizenship, took the surname of "Forster," and died penniless in 1935. His grandson, who settled in the United States, did file a case in Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation, and the family was awarded 172,875 Swiss Francs for their parents and grandparents' loss from Nazi prosecution. The 1979 biography by Rolf Michaelis, "From the Stage World to the World Stage: Siegfried Jacobsohn and Die Schaubühne" tells many details of his life.