Friedrich W. Herzog

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Friedrich Wilhelm Herzog (born March 30, 1902 in Oldenburg ; † November 3, 1976 ibid) was a German writer and music critic .

Life

Herzog joined the NSDAP in 1931 and became head of the music department of the National Socialist cultural community . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he and 87 other writers signed a pledge of loyal allegiance to Adolf Hitler in October 1933 . In 1934 he published the book Was ist deutsche Musik , in which he wrote: “We want music that is filled with the expressive power of the National Socialist idea.” On July 1 of the same year, he became editor of the magazine Die Musik, organ of the NS -Cultural community . At the end of August 1935, Herzog was briefly imprisoned by the Gestapo because, according to Goebbels' diary , he had seriously insulted his wife Magda . However, this only hurt him for a short time, because in 1936 he was promoted from editor to editor of the magazine Die Musik . However, he was later replaced by Herbert Gerigk . He judged Herzog: "Herzog has made Die Musik an uncompromising organ of National Socialist cultural maintenance."

After the Second World War , Herzog worked as a music teacher. He died in Oldenburg in 1976.

Works

  • Wilhelm Backhaus . The pianist of totality , Berlin 1935 (= musical series of the Nazi cultural community, no.8)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 238.
  2. ^ Quotation from Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 238.
  3. ^ A b Ernst Klee: The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 239.
  4. ↑ Klee, Kulturlexikon, p. 179.
  5. ^ Quotation from Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 239.
personal data
SURNAME Herzog, Friedrich W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duke, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and music critic
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 1976
Place of death Oldenburg (Oldenburg)