Fritz Demuth
Fritz Demuth (born January 11, 1876 in Berlin , † May 9, 1965 in London ) was a German economist .
Demuth worked as in-house counsel for the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was temporarily chairman of the board of trustees of the Berlin School of Commerce . In 1933 he had to emigrate. In Switzerland he was a co-founder of the Notgemeinschaft Deutscher Wissenschaft im Abroad . In 1936 he went to England and headed the emergency community there. He had contacts with the Labor Party and participated in the Central European Joint Committee's Germany program and in the political re-education of prisoners of war .
After 1949 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
Fonts
- (Co-author.): The importance of rationalization for German economic life. Stilke, Berlin 1928.
- Hans J. Schneider: Basics of German-French economic relations. With an introduction by Demuth about France's attitude towards Germany. C. Heymann, Berlin 1931.
- List of displaced German scholars. Emergency Association of German Scientists Abroad, London 1936.
literature
- Werner Röder (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der Deutschensprachigen Emigration nach 1933. Vol. 2: The arts, sciences, and literature. Part 1: A – K , Saur, Munich / New York 1983, ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 124 f.
Web links
- Fritz Demuth in the DRAFD Wiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Humility, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Demuth, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1965 |
| Place of death | London |