Erich Czech

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Erich Czech (born January 30, 1890 in Warnsdorf ; † June 4, 1966 in Munich ) was an Austrian journalist .

Life

After attending school in Litomerice and Matura in Arnau studied Czech in Prague , Graz and Vienna Law . In Prague he was a member of the Corps Austria . After completing his studies, he worked as a journalist in Olomouc , Mährisch-Ostrau and Vienna until he moved to Germany in 1929. He signed his publications in Germany with a German suffix as Erich Czech-Jochberg . In 1930 he published a widely acclaimed biography of Adolf Hitler . As a result, he was courted by the National Socialists and wrote a large number of other books, mostly in support of National Socialism. In 1932 he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1935, Czech's rise came to an end. It all started with the magazine of the Reichsstelle for the Promotion of German Literature , Bucherkunde . The literary achievements of Czech as “economic literacy” were presented in two booklets in multi-page articles. The books Adolf Hitler and his staff and From January 30th to March 21st were banned by the National Socialists because they were included in the list of harmful and undesirable literature . In 1938 the work So Lives Russia - A Journey to Soviet Russia followed . In the following years he published under the pseudonym Ernst Clam . After the Second World War , Czech managed to publish again under the pseudonym Erich Galdiner .

Many of Czech's writings were placed on the list of literature to be segregated in the Soviet occupation zone .

Fonts

As Erich Czech

  • The ski companion , Warnsdorf: Strache 1924
  • The memoirs of Count Tamás von Erdödy , Vienna: Amalthea-Verlag. 1930 (with Paul Szemere )

As Erich Czech-Jochberg

From January 30th to March 21st. The Days of the National Revolt , Leipzig: The New Germany 1933 (front page)
  • Hitler. A German movement , Oldenburg: Stalling 1930
  • Those responsible for the World War , Leipzig: Köhler 1932
  • The youth book by Horst Wessel , Stuttgart: Union 1933
  • The politicians of the republic , Leipzig: Köhler 1933
  • Adolf Hitler and his staff , Oldenburg: Stalling 1933
  • Adolf Hitler. A picture of life for German youth , Langensalza: Beltz 1933
  • Hitler, Reich Chancellor , Oldenburg: Stalling 1933
  • From January 30th to March 21st. The days of the national uprising , Leipzig: The new Germany 1933
  • German history, seen from a National Socialist perspective , Leipzig: Reclam and publishing house “Das neue Deutschland” 1933
  • Caesars. Portraits of Roman Emperors. Based on the historical work of Suetonius , Leipzig: New Germany 1934
  • Our leader. A German boy and girl book , Stuttgart: Union 1934
  • The drama in the forest of Compiegne , Leipzig: Schneider 1934

As an Ernst Clam

  • War without mercy. From Tannenberg to the Battle of the Future , Zurich: Scientia AG 1937 (with Eugen Bircher )
  • This is how Russia lives - A trip to Soviet Russia , Bern: Hallweg 1937
  • The riddle of the Russian soul , Leipzig: Haase & Köhler 1939
  • German Dream Venice , Berlin: Siegismund 1941

As Erich Galdiner

  • Albrecht Dürer , Zurich: Schweizer Druck- u. House 1952
  • The song of the Skupschtina , Biberach ad Riss: Koehler 1954
  • The demons of Prague , Zurich: Scientia 1955, Vienna: Gallus-Verlag 1955, Berlin: Nauck 1955
  • with you, Lili Marleen , Biberach ad Riss: Köhler 1960

literature

  • Munzinger Archive : International Biographical Archive 40/1948 from September 20, 1948
  • Alois Hofman: Anti-Czech revanchism in the West German contemporary novel , in: Claus Remer (general editor): On the trail of "Ostforschung". A collection of contributions from the working group to combat West German “Ostforschung” at the Institute for the History of European People's Democracies , Leipzig 1962.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Otto Gerlach (ed.): Kösener Corpslisten 1960 , Frankfurt am Main 1960 (official list of members of the Association of Corps)
  2. ↑ Erich Czech-Jochberg - a biographer of Adolf Hitler. In: Bücherkunde (1935), Issue 5, pp. 159–161.
  3. ^ Addendum to the Czech-Jochberg case - Erich Czech Jochberg: "German History. From a National Socialist perspective ”. In: Bücherkunde (1935), No. 6, pp. 228–230.
  4. ↑ List 1 of harmful and undesirable literature, October 1935, p. 25.
  5. ↑ List of harmful and undesirable literature, December 1938, p. 23.
  6. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1946-nslit-c.html
  7. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1947-nslit-c.html

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personal data
SURNAME Czech, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Warnsdorf
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1966
Place of death Munich