Malik-Verlag, an avant garde publisher in Berlin

Malik-Verlag was an avant-garde publishing house founded in Berlin in 1917 by Wieland Herzfelde (1896-1988). It was known for its connection to the Dada movement and it was named after the novel Der Malik by the Expressionist writer Else Lasker-Schüler. It also published books of history, fiction, and theory, typically marked by a leftist political agenda.

Some of the book-covers of Malik-Verlag were done by George Grosz, John Heartfield (brother of Wieland Herzfelde) and other avant-garde artists. Malik-Verlag’s books occupied a conspicuous place in the infamous book-burning of May 10, 1933 by the Nazis.