Adolf Brand (1874-1945) was born in Berlin. He was influenced by his reading of Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum by Max Stirner. Brand founded the periodical Der Eigene (translated: Mine!) and early issues included egoist essays.
Selections from Vol. I No. 1:
Ich. Du willst ein Programm. Nun gut, hier ist es: Ich. – Mehr weiss ich dir nicht zu sagen. Du findest das am Ende wenig und weist wohl gar nicht einmal…
Mensch nur zu sein, das genügt mir nicht. Ich bin weit mehr als Mensch! Ich bin Ich. – Ich bin Mein eigen. Mensch ist alles um mich her. Mensch ist jed weder Kerl, der mir im Innersten zuwider ist, Mensch ist der Hottentotte und l’euerländer und sogar der Chimpanse ist “menschenähnlich.” Nicht was wir alle mit einander gemein haben. Ich und du — und du und der Hottentotte und Feuerländer, reizt. nicht der aus rechte Gang, die Nase im Gesicht, nicht mal der Grad des Verstandes und der Vernunft, sondern das, was uns von einander scheidet, was wir ein jeglicher besonderes haben. Das erweckt erst Interesse, erst der Gegensatz zieht an. Nicht den Menschen achte ich in dir – wahrlich. Ich hätte dann zu viel zu verachten nicht cinmal dich selber, sondern das, was du aus dir zu machen verstehst. […] Aber hüte dich, dass ich dir nicht eines Tages deine Ideale zer störe, so wie jeden Umgang mit den Anderen deine Ideale knickt.
Translation:
I. You want a program? Well, here it is: me – I can not tell you more. You will find only that in the end, and probably not even that…
Just being human is not enough for me. I am far more than human! I’m me. – I am my own. Man is all about me. Man is not my brother, he is at heart against me. Man is the Hottentot, and outsider, even the chimpanzee is man-like. What excites me is not what we all have in common with each other, I and you – and you and the Hottentot and Tierra del Fuego. What excites me is not how we all walk, the noses on all our faces, not even our degrees of reason and rationality. What excites me is what separates us from each other, what we each have that is unique. I do not respect the human being in you – verily, I would then have too much to despise. […] Beware that I will not one day destroy your ideals, just as any dealings with others will break your ideals.
Later issues dealt with what Brand referred to as “der freiheit fur mannliche kultur” and contain no egoist essays. His life’s work was destroyed by fascist Germany in the 1930s. He and his wife were killed by an anti-fascist bomb in 1945.
Note: Both the March 3 1896 issue and the April 1 1896 are printed as “No. 1.”
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 1 | March 3rd, 1896
| Ich by G | [1] |
| An alle Leser! by Die Redaktion | 3 |
| Gedanken uber Egoismus by Die Redaktion | 3 |
| Vaterlandsliebe u. Eigenheit by Dr. E. Horn | 3 |
| Freie Concurrenz by Georg Pusch | 4 |
| Das Eigentum! by Walther Mensch | 5 |
| Ein Beitrag zur Stirner-Biographie by Dr. E. Horn | 7 |
| Die Egoisten am Hausvoigteiplatz [uncredited] | 8 |
| Mertkt’s Euch! by G | 8 |
| Allherrscher Ich by Benno Schleuther | 9 |
| Der Ubermensch by Adolf Brand | 9 |
| Advertisements | 10-12 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 1 | April 1st, 1896
| Deises Blatt by Adolf Brand | [1] |
| Fruhlingsleid by Rudolf Base | [1] |
| Eigenen-Worte [uncredited] | 2 |
| Vom Kaukasus [uncredited] | 4 |
| Die Gesetze by Adolf Brand | 5 |
| Das Ideal der Selbstsucht by Eugenie Jacobi | 5 |
| Fruhrot by Heinrich Vormann | 7 |
| Advertisements | 8 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 2 | June 15th, 1896
| Vorbemerkung by Der Herausgerber | [9] |
| Das hohe Lied vom Egoismus by Robert Reitzel (Der arme Teufel) | [9] |
| Das Ideal der Selbstucht by Eugene Jacobi | 12 |
| Kontra-egoistische Monologue eines Egoisten by B. Erzer | 13 |
| Wurzelknollen [uncredited] | 15 |
| Ich by Saxnot | 15 |
| Advertisements | 16 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 3 | July 1st, 1896
| Leitendes by Der Herausgerber | 17 |
| I. C. H. / Die Verheissung der Eigenheit by Maximilian Ferdinand | 18 |
| Eine Wandlung im Anarchismus? by Karl Herman | 18 |
| Was ergiebt die Geschichte kommunistischer Wirtschaftsversuche? by D. H. | 21 |
| Fruhrot [uncredited] | 23 |
| Advertisements | 24 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 4 | July 19th, 1896
| Die Wiederkunft des Zarathustra by R. Ed. Liesegang | [25] |
| Blutbruderschaft by Jacob Bohme | 26 |
| “Dort, bei der Eichengruppe war’s…” by Bruno Wille | 26 |
| Wurzelknollen by Saxnot | 26 |
| Zur Wandlung im Anarchismus by Eugen Heinrich Schmitt | 29 |
| Fruhrot by Heinrich Vormann | 31 |
| Advertisements | 32 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 5 | August 10th, 1896
| Sintflut by Heinrich Vormann | [33] |
| Rede und Gegenrede by M. von Egidy | [33] |
| Aus einem offenen Briefe Joh. Guttzeit’s an der Herausgerber by Johannes Guttzeit | 34 |
| Gleiehnisse by Ignaz Sammer | 35 |
| Aus einem Briefe an den Herausgerber by G. Balzer | 35 |
| Sehr geehrter Herr! by Dr. E. von Hartmann | 36 |
| Von Berg zu Berg by Vagabundus | 37 |
| Sehnsucht by Adolf Brand | 39 |
| Advertisements | 40 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 6 & 7 | September 15th, 1896
| Freiland in Deutschland by Erich Bruckner | [41] |
| Wuzelknollen by Saxnot | 47 |
| Waldabend by Ernst Manuel | 48 |
| Rede und Gegenrede by Dr. E. H. | 49 |
| Der hohere Egoismus by R. Ed. Liesengang | 50 |
| Zur “anarchistischen” Debatte by Rudolf West | 50 |
| “Weltverbesserer” by E. B. | 51 |
| Mein Winkel by Vagabundus | 52 |
| Kleinigkeiten by Heinrich Vormann & various | 53 |
| Eingelaufene Druckschriften [uncredited] | 54 |
| Vermerke [uncredited] | 55 |
| Advertisements | 55-56 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 8 | October 22nd, 1896
| So ihr nicht werdet wie die Kinder by Karl Merz | 58 |
| Herbstahnung by Adolf Brand | 59 |
| Wanderleid by Ernst Manuel | 59 |
| Herbstabend in Wald by Ernst Manuel | 59 |
| Zwanglose Randzeilen by Karl Herman | 60 |
| Freiland in Deutschland by Erich Bruckner | 62 |
| Mein Winkel by Vagabundus | 67 |
| Eingelaufene Druckschriften [uncredited] | 67 |
| Advertisements | 68 |
Der Eingene | Vol. I No. 9 & 10 | March 15th, 1897
| Steuerfrei by Heinrich Vormann | [69] |
| Unsre Kolonie by Karl Merz | [69] |
| Vom Pan by Hans Volker | 73 |
| “Ammerkung… “ by Der Herausgeber | 75 |
| Kahnfahrt by Adolph Brand | 76 |
| Zwanglose Randglossen aus dem philosophisehen Liegesellel by Karl Herman | 76 |
| Ein Zeil! by Hans Volker | 79 |
| In Laune by Karl Merz | 79 |
| Das Lied de Todes by Franz Evers | 79 |
| Bucher und Menschen by Ernst Manuel | 80 |
| Zwanglose Randglossen aus dem philosophisehen Liegesellel by Karl Herman | 84 |
| Fruhrot by Heinrich Vormann | 85 |
| Literarische Vierer-Ausstellung by [various] | 87 |
| Advertisements | 88 |
Der Eingene | Vol.II No. 1 | Jul 1898
| Prolog by Adolf Brand | 3 |
| Du und Ich by Adolf Brand | 5 |
| Der Eigene by Theo Schafer | 6 |
| Spielmannslos by Adolf Brand | 7 |
| Echte Liebe by Norbert Langner | 8 |
| Gut und Blut by Ferd. Max Kurth | 11 |
| Nobody by G. Balzer | 13 |
| Das Gechehen als Entwickelung by Nermak Krecke | 21 |
| Diavolessina by Albert Konig | 22 |
| Frauenemanzipation by Emil F. Ruedebusch | 23 |
| Meine Base, die Nonne by Emmanuel von Bodmann | 31 |
| “Iggdrasil” by Maximilian Ferdinand | 32 |
| Politika by [uncredited] | 37 |
| Kunst und Leben by Hille, Schafer, Franche, Sodalis | 38 |
| Der Fruhe Tag by Bruno Wille | 2 |
| Advertisements |
Der Eingene | Vol.II No. 2 | August – September 1898
| In Traum by Theo Schafer | [53] |
| Die Fruhmesse by Heinrich Ernst Kromer | 54 |
| Vom farhrended Pfeifer by Ferdinand Max Kurth | 62 |
| Der Surm bei den Senegambiern by Arthur Roessler | 64 |
| Die Schwachheit des Weibes by [uncredited] | 66 |
| Friedrich Nietzsche by Ferdinand Max Kurth | 68 |
| Moriuri by [uncredited] | [69] |
| Volkrrecht und Gewaltstaat by Hermann Hoerenz | 69 |
| Die schaumende Schnecke by Peter Hille | 73 |
| Politische Bierpauke by Albert Konig | 74 |
| Zur Friedensaktion des Kaisers von Russland by Dr. Eduard Lowenthal | 77 |
| Lord Byron by Albert Konig (tr.) | 79 |
| Sonnenuntergang by Hans Bethge | 81 |
| Kunst und Leben by Arthur Rossler | 95 |
| Lyrik | 98 |
| Zeitschriften by Hans Bethge | 99 |
Der Eingene | Vol. III No. 1 | June 1899
| Caleotto by Hanns Heinz Ewers | 1 |
| Von Hella by Hanns Heinz Ewers | 3 |
| An einem Morgen by E. von Bodmann | 8 |
| Lenziahri by Adolf Brand | 9 |
| Eros im Bordell by Josef Kitir | 10 |
| Menschheitsgeschichte by Landgerichts-Rat Krecke | 12 |
| Der Enmundigungsfall Dr. Sternberg… by Rechtsanwalt Hoerenz | 19 |
| Kunst und Leben by von Mayer, von Kupffer | 25 |
| Mulbergers Proudhon by Dr. Fanz Oppenheimer | 27 |
| Advertisements | 31-32 |
Der Eingene | Vol.III No. 2 | July 1899
| Ecce Venus-genus! by Theodor Etzel | 33 |
| Armer Junge! by Hanns Neinz Ewers | 37 |
| Verwirkt by Adolf Brand | 45 |
| Weltanschauliches by Karl Hermann | 46 |
| Kosmische Wanderung by Hans Benzmann | 52 |
| Die wirtschaflliche Entwicklung by Hermann Krecke | 54 |
| Volgers Versankene Gloke in Bildern by Ferdinand Max Kurth | 63 |
| “Celallene Madchen” by Adolf Brand | 66 |
| Advertisements | [69] |
| “Lieblingmine und Freundsliebe… ” by Fidus | [back cover] |
Der Eingene | Vol.III No. 3 | August 1899
| Nach dem Gewitter by Adolf Brand | 69 |
| Sonja by Ludmilla von Rehren | 71 |
| Liebeslied by Louis Franche | 76 |
| Klassische Nacht by Ferdinand Max Kurth | [77] |
| Liebe? by Hanns Heinz Ewers | 78 |
| Nonnenmesse by Theodor Etzel | 86 |
| Der Freund by Ferdinand Max Kurth | [87] |
| Umrahmung by Fidus | [87] |
| Reigen der Totentanze by Ferdinand Max Kurth | 88 |
| Kunstblatt by Joseph Sattler | [97] |
| Von der Zunkunft unseres Erkenntnisstrebens by Herman Esswein | 99 |
| Bildschmuk by Hans Kurth | 106 |
| Novelle by Dr. Eduard von Mayer | 107 |
Der Eingene | Vol.III No. 4 & 5 | September 1899
| Von der goldnen Katie by Hans Heinz Ewers | 109 |
| Mein Antinous by Paul R. Lehnhard | 117 |
| Waldfrei by Adolf Brand | [123] |
| Reigen der Totentanze by Ferdinand Max Kurth | 124 |
| Kunstblatt by Otto Seitz | [131] |
| Paquitad Tod by Joaquin Miller | 133 |
| Max Klinger by Ferdinand Max Kurth | 138 |
| Traurige Herbstnachtgeschichte Ferdinand Max Kurth | 138 |
| Der Kampf ums Recht im Falle Sternberg by Dr. J. H. Bergfeldt | 140 |
| Dem Hohen Bundersrate Adolf Brand | 148 |
| Entschulss by Johannes Guttzeit | 164 |
| Kritik der Religiousforschung by Heinrich Tannenberg | 165 |
| Moderne Distichen by Elisar v. Kupffer | 170 |
| Der Lieblingsjuger by vrieslander, Kurth | 171 |
| Bildscmuck by Vrieslander, Kurth | 172 |
| Advertisements | 177-180 |
| “Lieblingminne und Freundeslibe… ” by Fidus | [back cover] |
Der Eingene | Vol.III No. 6 & 7 | October 1899
| Bekehrung by Ferdinand Freiherz | 181 |
| Die ethisch-politische Bedeutung der Lieblingminne by Elisar von Kupffer | 182 |
| Aus der Harte des Todges by Brand, Freiherz | [200] |
| Zeichnung by Hans Kurth | [205] |
| Reigen der Totentanze by Ferdinand Max Kurth | 207 |
| Kunstblatter by Sattler, Kurth | [213] |
| Todes-Kuss by Karl von Levetzow | 221 |
| Der Kapf ums Recht fur Dr. Sternberg by Adolf Brand | [223] |
| Bildscmuck by Fidus, Kurth, Vrieslander | 224 |
| Kunst und Leben by Kurth, Hamecher, Peters | 231 |
| Advertisements | 239-244 |
Der Eingene | Vol. III No 8 & 9 | December 1900
| Im Huhnerhol by Theodor Etzel | 245 |
| Maikafer und Spinne by Theodor Etzel | 248 |
| Die Cottesanbeterin by Hanns Heinz Ewers | 250 |
| Der Reisende und der Fels by Hanns Heinz Ewers | 252 |
| Heinrich von Kleist by Peter Hamecher | 254 |
| Immer lustig! by Adolf Brand | 261 |
| Jesus und die Religion “unsere Tage” by Michael Sawka | 265 |
| Der Wanderbursche by Ferdinand Freiherz | 274 |
| S 175 des Reichs… by Adolf Brand | 279 |
| Liebling von der Gasse by Adolf Brand | 281 |
| Justizbankrott by Adolf Brand | 282 |
| Kunst und Leben by Hamecher, Kurth, Tannenberg, Postzeitung | |
| Extra-Post by Adolf Brand | 312 |
| Advertisements | 317 |
Der Eingene | Vol. III No. 10 | January 1900
| Zur Mystik des Naturlichen by H | 321 |
| Drei bescheide Leidchen fur meinen Schaltz by Peter Hamecher | 325 |
| In die Ferien by Adolf Attenhofer | 327 |
| Jesus und die Religion “unsere Tage” by Miachael Sawka | 333 |
Der Eingene | January 1903
| Motto by Friedrich Nietzsche | [2] |
| Zur Wanderfahrt by Clitus | [5] |
| Ein Word Voraus an die Besseren by Caesareon | [7] |
| “Was Thust du fur mich?” by Wulf Schwerdifeger | 10 |
| Der Offiziersposten by Victor Helling | [12] |
| Der Schone Jungling in der bildenden kunst aller zeiten by Dr. O. Kiefer | [13] |
| Der Abend by Adolf Brand | [27] |
| Der Stellvertreter by Carl Wilhelm Geissler | 28 |
| Der Arme Lelian by Arthur Roessler | [30] |
| Busstag by A. Rumer | 43 |
| Mannliche Kultur by Dr. Eduard von Mayer | [46] |
| Wenn Du by Max Katte | 60 |
| Der Schopf by Hadrian | 61 |
| Im Garten by Peter Hamecher | 62 |
| In die Zukunft! by Gotamo | [64] |
| Entgegnung by Paul R. Lehnard | 74 |
| Bucher und menschen by Kiefer, Vois, Falk, Blank | [76] |
Der Eingene | February 1903
| Motto by Marcus | [83] |
| Dein Sturmpanier! by Hans Benzmann | [85] |
| Sterben in Schonheit by Caesaron | [87] |
| Beim Feste by Emanuel Geibel | 96 |
| Raphael by Adolf Brand | [97] |
| Im Kerker by Adolf Brand | 99 |
| Neue Liebe by Adolf Brand | 100 |
| Hirte am Brunnen by W. von Gloeden | 101 |
| Der Schone Jungling in der Bildenden Kunst Aller Zeiten by Dr. O. Kiefer | [103] |
| Am Rhein by Nikolaus Lenau | 115 |
| Dolabella by W. von Gloeden | [118] |
| Dolabella by Hadrian | 119 |
| Die Homoerotik in der Weltlitteratur by Johannes Gaulke | [120] |
| Judas by Hans Benzmann | 134 |
| Christus by Wulf Schwerdtfeger | [135] |
| Vier Poesien von Andre Dalio by [uncredited] | [137] |
| In Sonnenseligkeit by [uncredited] | 141 |
| Gewitternacht by Hanns Fuchs | [144] |
| Bucher und menschen by Lindemann, Vois | [151] |
Der Eingene | March 1903
| Motto by Friedrich Nietzsche | [154] |
| Gluckliche Fahrt! by Ernst Burchard | [157] |
| Beichte by Ernst Burchard | 158 |
| Dede by [uncredited] | [159] |
| Lied by Karl Vanselow | [169] |
| Mein Traumengel by John Gambril Nicholson (von B. Esmarch, tr.) | [170] |
| Der Schone Jungling in der Bildenden Kunst Aller Zeiten by Dr. O. Kiefer | [173] |
| Chanson de Clarens by Elisar von Kupffer | 182 |
| Brief an ein mutter by Caesareon | 185 |
| Heimatlos by Karl vanselow | [189] |
| Eine Reisenbekanntschaft by Hanns Fuchs | [190] |
| Dammerstunde des Gefangenen by Adolf Brand | 202 |
| Meine Selle by Adolf Brand | 205 |
| Wiegenlied by Adolf Brand | 206 |
| Sehnsucht by Adolf Brand | 209 |
| “Es Lebe die Tugend!” by Immoralicus | [210] |
| Zur erziehung des homosexuell veranlagten knaben by D. Lucifer | [216] |
| Bucher und menschen by Kaufmann, Kiefer | 219 |
Der Eingene | April 1903
| Motto by Geibel | 90 |
| Mein garten der sehnsucht by John Gambril Nicholson (von B. Esmarch, tr.) | 230 |
| Sonderlicher, denn frauenliebe ist by Ludmilla von Rehren | [233] |
| Das fischerhaus by Adolf Brand | 239 |
| Minnelied by Adolf Brand | 240 |
| Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse by Adolf Brand | 243 |
| Der schone jungling in der bildenden kunst aller zeiten by Dr. O. Kiefer | 244 |
| Hermaphroditus by Charles Algernon Swinburne (von Walther Ehrenfried, tr.) | [257] |
| Marcel by Hans Arden | [259] |
| Ganymedes by Fidus | [265] |
| Zeus und Ganymed by Mark Katte | 267 |
| Ganymedes by Hadrian | 269 |
| Kennst du das weh? by Imago | 270 |
| Manor by C. E. Ulrichs | [273] |
| Bucher und Menschen by Hamecher, Brand | [283] |
Der Eingene | May 1903
| Inselen des eros by Adolf Brand | [293] |
| Waldfrei by Adolf Brand | 296 |
| Maienglocken by Adolf Brand | [299] |
| Kahnfahrt by Adolf Brand | 300 |
| Es Soll by Caesareon | [303] |
| Alkibiades by Otto Wetter | 308 |
| Die Freundschaft by Schiller | 313 |
| Streiflitchen by H. Z. | 315 |
| Liebeslied by Walther Ehrenfried | 319 |
| Verlorenes Gluck by R. V. | [322] |
| Heinrich Vogeler-Worpswede by Dr. Hans Bethge | [325] |
| Das Plauderstundchen by Hans Fuchs | [337] |
| Im Fruhlingsgarten by Ein Erosjunger | [351] |
| Bucher und menschen by Spetcater, Kiefer, O. | 356 |
Der Eingene | June 1903
| Motto by Friedrich Nietzche | [362] |
| Antinonus by Frido Lindemann | [365] |
| Sophokles by Peter Hille | 368 |
| Auf einen Schonen Knaben by Frido Lindemann | 370 |
| Freundschaftesweihe by H. C. Andersen (von Otton Wetter, tr.) | [373] |
| Unterwegs by Wulf Schwerdtfeger | 383 |
| Schlussakkord by Wulf Schwerdtfeger | 384 |
| Herder by [undredited] | [385] |
| Frauenbewegung und mannliche kultur by Edwin Bab | [393] |
| Schwartze Nachte by Max Mayer | 408 |
| Ist es Notig? by Diogen | [411] |
| Fidus by Dr. Hans Bethge | [419] |
| Im strudel der Hauptstadt verloren by Amand Ernesti | [424] |
| In Sanssouci by Orestes | [425] |
| Bergnacht by Adolf Brand | [428] |
| Bucher und Menschen by Tiberius, Sincerus | [429] |
Der Eingene | July 1903
| Motto by Benedict Friedlaender | [434] |
| Ver Sacrum by Publius Plautus | 438 |
| Der untergang des eros in mittelalter und seine ursachen by Benedict Friedlaender | [441] |
| Ganymed by Faustino | 456 |
| Unter den sternen by [uncredited] | [458] |
| Letzte fahrt by C. B. S. | 464 |
| Der junge Pan by Lysis | 465 |
| Hylas by Hugo C. H. Meyer | 469 |
| Wenn der ginster bluht by Ein Erosjunger | 477 |
| Bucher und menschen by Bertz, Orestes | [481] |