Friedrich Hermann Wolschke
Friedrich Hermann Wolschke (born July 31, 1893 in Rauno , Niederlausitz , † 1963 in Ueno , Japan ) was a German butcher and entrepreneur who worked in Japan.
Life
Hermann Wolschke was born the son of a machinist in the no longer existing village of Rauno in the then Prussian province of Brandenburg . He served as a cook in the German Army and when mobilized in the First World War in November 1914, he was stationed as a sailor artilleryman in the 2nd company of the Kiautschou sailor artillery division .
At that time, Tsingtau was the capital of the Kiautschou area in the south of the Shandong Peninsula, leased from the Chinese Empire to the German Empire .
After the siege of this German colony by Japan shortly afterwards , Wolschke was brought to Japan as a prisoner of war to a prison camp in Osaka and from February 1917 was interned in a camp in Ninoshima .
After his release in December 1919, Wolschke stayed in Japan and in 1920, together with Karl Juchheim , with whom he was imprisoned in Ninoshima, took over the Café Europe on the Ginza in Tokyo , which was well known in Japanese literature . In 1922 he became responsible for the meat production of the company Meiji Shokuryô KK
In 1934, Wolschke produced hot dogs for a baseball game in Japan for the first time - but these were only sold with moderate success. In 1948 he tried again as a pioneer in the production and distribution of western meat products in Japan, but this time with frankfurter sausages .
In 1948, Hermann Wolschke founded the Ham Sausage company, which was later taken over and managed by his son. In 1949, the Wolschkes also opened a restaurant with a production facility for delicacies and catering in Karuizawa .
A plaque of honor is dedicated to Friedrich Hermann Wolschke in the beer hall of the Japanese beer manufacturer Yebisu in Tokyo.
Web links
- Wolschke, Hermann ウ オ ル シ ュ ケ ・ ヘ ル マ ン (1893–1963), butcher, entrepreneur 肉 屋, 実 業 家 at das-japanische-gedaechtnis.de
- Tsingtau and Japan 1914 to 1920 - historical-biographical project (tsingtau.info)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wolschke, Friedrich Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German butcher and entrepreneur working in Japan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rauno , Lower Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1963 |
| Place of death | Ueno , Japan |