Doerk<p>Klaus Willbrand, who ran an antiquarian bookshop in Cologne, died at the age of 83 in cologne. He became a social media star on TikTok, after he stepped into the public and talked regularly about literature. When listening to his videos, you could notice how passionate he was about books and literature. He was a man of deep knowledge, but also always humble.</p><p>He started his internet career after he thought about closing his shop because nobody came any more to buy his books.A young friend recommended him to put some videos on TikTok, where he was talking about his passion, literature. The videos went viral and the literature boxes he sold were regularly sold out.</p><p>He was in influencer in a positive and intellectual way.</p><p>Now he passed away. Who will carry the torch now?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/antiquarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiquarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influencer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bookshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookshop</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.zeit.de/news/2025-01/30/tiktok-antiquar-willbrand-gestorben" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zeit.de/news/2025-01/30/tiktok</span><span class="invisible">-antiquar-willbrand-gestorben</span></a></p>