Erich Kühn (writer, 1878)

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Erich Kühn (born October 5, 1878 in Rogehnen near Preussisch Holland , East Prussia ; † April 26, 1938 ) was a German writer , nationalist publicist and editor .

Life

Kühn was the son of a landowner. After graduating, he studied economics, statistics, history and philosophy and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . He worked as a lawyer for the Görlitz Chamber of Commerce . In 1913 he wrote a pamphlet against universal suffrage and called for a right to vote based on “performance, education and character”. He took part in the First World War. In April 1917 he was in Munich , the first chief editor (editor in chief) that of Julius Friedrich Lehmann laid ethnic monthly magazine Germany's renewal , for which he also wrote after the war leaflets. He was a member of the Pan-German Association and later a leader in the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund . In the first years of the Weimar Republic, Kühn was one of the well-known anti-democratic and anti-Semitic propagandists and publicists:

“In February 1920, for example, against the background of the Versailles Treaty, Kühn accused the government of slave morality vis-à-vis the victorious powers and certified the latter 's moral standards . In doing so, he stated that the enemy's goals coincided with the intentions of the Jewish race , which, in its drive to power , preached precisely the slave morality from which contemporary anarchy and social decline resulted. Lehmann's close confidante urged his countrymen to leave their dog-like slave morals behind and to use the toughest master morale against enemies of the people . "

Despite political differences with the German nationals, Kühn also acted as a propaganda speaker for the DNVP at German national election campaign events. On October 16, 1919, Kühn appeared as the main speaker at a public meeting of the DAP in Munich's Hofbräukeller . In front of an audience of 111 he gave a lecture on The Jewish Question - a German question . In the discussion that followed, Adolf Hitler spoke up and spoke for the first time as a party speaker. Also on November 26, 1919, Kühn and three other Schutz- und Trutzbündler gave a lecture on the political situation at a DAP meeting, followed by Hitler's speech. Early in 1920 received Kühn the NSDAP - Membership number 587th

Kühn remained chief editor of Germany's renewal until 1925 . In the same position he worked for the Coburger Zeitung from 1926 to 1930 and then for the Coburger National-Zeitung . On October 1, 1933, he resigned from the main editorial department of the Coburger National-Zeitung and finally became the main editor of the Deutsche Wochenschau in Berlin .

In 1937 the book Create decent guys was published , which became a bestseller . When the 27th edition appeared in 1942, the total edition was 260,000 copies. Kühn died on April 26, 1938 as a result of a heart attack.

Fonts (selection)

  • Race? A novel. Deutscher Volksverlag Dr. E. Boepple, Munich 1921.
  • The roped up. A time novel. Deutscher Volksverlag Dr. E. Boepple, Munich 1922.
  • Make decent guys! Timeless thoughts of time. Weicher, Berlin / Leipzig 1937.

literature

  • Uta Jungcurt: Pan-German extremism in the Weimar Republic. Thinking and acting of an influential bourgeois minority. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045477-2 , p. 180 f.
  • Armin Mohler : The Conservative Revolution in Germany 1918–1932. A manual. 3. Edition. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1989, ISBN 3-534-03955-6 , p. 397.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Obituary for Kühn. In: German press. Volume 28, 1938, p. 200.
  2. ↑ a b Uta Jungcurt: Pan-German extremism in the Weimar Republic. Thinking and acting of an influential bourgeois minority. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045477-2 , p. 180 f.
  3. ↑ Dirk Stegmann : The heirs of Bismarck. Parties and associations in the late phase of Wilhelmine Germany. Collection policy 1897–1918. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne / Berlin 1970, p. 515.
  4. ↑ Thomas Mittmann: From “Favorite” to “Urfeind” of the Jews: The anti-Semitic Nietzsche reception in Germany until the end of National Socialism. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2006, ISBN 3-8260-3273-X , p. 109 - with reference to: Erich Kühn: image of the situation . In: Germany's renewal. 4th year, issue 2, February 1920, pp. 136–146.
  5. ↑ Uwe Lohalm: Völkischer Radikalismus. The history of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutz-Bund 1919–1923. (= Hamburg contributions to contemporary history. Volume 6). Leibniz, Hamburg 1970, ISBN 3-87473-000-X , p. 199.
  6. ^ Paul Bruppacher: Adolf Hitler and the history of the NSDAP. A chronicle. Part 1: 1889-1937. 3. Edition. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7322-6870-2 , p. 61 f.
  7. ↑ Uwe Lohalm: Völkischer Radikalismus. The history of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutz-Bund 1919–1923. (= Hamburg contributions to contemporary history. Volume 6). Leibniz, Hamburg 1970, ISBN 3-87473-000-X , p. 295.
  8. ↑ Werner Maser : The early history of the NSDAP. Hitler's path until 1924. Athenaeum, Frankfurt am Main / Bonn 1965, p. 177.
  9. ^ Newspapers in Coburg. In: bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  10. ↑ Jürgen Müller-Hohagen: Denied, suppressed, concealed. The emotional effects of the Nazi era. Kösel, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-466-34216-3 , p. 63.
personal data
SURNAME Bold, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German national writer, national publicist and editor
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Rogajny (Pasłęk)
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1938