Diederichs started his publishing company in
Florence, Italy, in 1896. He moved on to
Leipzig, His publishing firm, the Eugen Diederichs Verlag, played a central role in Germany's neo-conservative or revolutionary conservative movement in the late 19th and early 20th century. Diedrichs married
Helene Voigt in 1898; the couple separated in 1911. He married the writer
Lulu von Strauss und Torney in 1916. Diederichs died in Jena in 1930. Since 1988,
Diederichs became an
imprint of the Hugendubel publishing house. == References ==