Holtz, Julius

It consisted of Julius Holtz as treasurer, Emil Jacobsen and Otto Witt (who would collaborate on the humorous songs to be sung at the banquet), Carl Martius, Carl Scheibler, and Hermann Wichelhaus—all members of the executive committee of the DCG. The full report on the Benzolfest is Schultz, "Bericht" (1890). The celebration is also described in Anschutz, 1 615-41, and analyzed by Schiemenz, "Heretical Look," and by Rudofsky, "Benzolfest" (1993). 

On the other side, organizer Julius Holtz wrote Schultz, "In particular, 1 was very happy to see that you succeeded in preserving Kekule s magnificent speech word for word it is a real tonic to read it again. 

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