Anton Fendrich

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Anton Fendrich (born April 8, 1868 in Offenburg , † January 6, 1949 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German writer and politician .

Live and act

Fendrich was born in 1886 as the son of a railway official. Through his friendship with Oskar Geck, who later became a member of the Reichstag, and his family, he found close ties to social democracy at an early age . After completing a degree in economics in Zurich , he worked as an editor for various SPD newspapers. From 1895 he worked in Offenburg and later in Karlsruhe for Volksfreund , the newspaper of the SPD state organization founded by Adolf Geck . In 1898 he was elected as the youngest member of the second chamber of the Baden state parliament, of which he was a member until 1902.

After that he turned away from politics. Philosophy, art and nature played a bigger role in his life and work. He wrote several hiking and nature guides and earned his living as a correspondent for various features . During the First World War, he returned to political journalism and campaigned vehemently for the integration of social democracy into the “ national community ” and for perseverance in the war, which earned him the applause (and several interviews) of leading military and politicians.

During the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, he worked as a private teacher in Freiburg, and wrote his memoir novel Hundred Years of Tears in addition to natural and local literature . In 1946 he received the Johann Peter Hebel Prize .

Fonts (selection)

  • The alpinist. Stuttgart 1909.
  • The skier. Stuttgart 1910.
  • Schauinsland. A hiking book. Dresden 1911.
  • The war and the social democracy. Berlin 1914.
  • Against France and Albion. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart, 1915, 6. – 10. Thousand, (first edition?)
  • Trench warfare up to the Spring Battle (1915) in Flanders. Francksche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart 1916 6. – 10. thousand
  • A word to those below and above - from a German social democrat. Franck'sche publishing house bookstore. Stuttgart 1916
  • On board. War experiences with the floating and flying Wehrmacht. Stuttgart 1916.
  • The gap. Experiences, letters, documents from the years 1914–1919. Stuttgart 1919
  • Mainberg. Records from two worlds. Munich 1922.
  • Land of my soul. Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei Frankfurt (Main) 1941.
  • A Hundred Years of Tears, 1848–1948. Karlsruhe 1953.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gundel Paulsen (ed.): Christmas stories from Baden. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum, 4th edition 1997. ISBN 3-88042-279-6 , p. 115.
personal data
SURNAME Fendrich, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1949
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau