Fritz Fink

Fritz Fink (born September 10, 1893 ; † May 9, 1945 ) was a German writer , bookseller , antiquarian and local researcher of regional importance.

Life

Fritz Fink was born in the Hessian-Thuringian border region. He spent his childhood and youth in Römhild .

He completed a degree in Protestant theology at the University of Jena . It is very likely that Fink was active as a soldier in the First World War . After 1918 he lived in Weimar as a bookseller and antiquarian . His first shop was on the market, where the well-known Hoffmann'sche bookstore used to be, whose customers were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . Fink emerged early on as an author , especially as a sensitive poet . His volumes of poetry, which were published by various publishers and most recently self-published, are largely forgotten today.

Bookstore in Weimar

In the following years the Fink'sche Buchhandlung, together with the second-hand bookshop, moved to Jenaer Str. 20 in the east of Weimar. Fink bought the stately house as a home for his family, the bookstore and the publishing house. The Fritz-Fink-Verlag was around since 1919/20. The first work is likely to have been the script Weimar and German Culture by the literary historian Adolf Bartels , who advised and promoted him.

As a bookseller, he dealt intensively with the history of his chosen hometown of Weimar. He published this work in his yellow series of articles on the history of the city of Weimar . After 1932 the Fritz-Fink-Verlag was transferred to his second wife, Bertha Fink. With her, who was also in business, the businessman had a daughter, Renate.

During this time, the Vimaria-Verlag was added for the city history literature . Of the writers in Weimar, Fink u. a. known with Adolf Bartels, Siegfried Paris , Johannes Schlaf and Hans Severus Ziegler .

Second World War

Until about 1942/43 he was regional director for Thuringia of the Reichsschrifttumskammer (RSK). During the Second World War , Fink joined the German armed forces . Active publishing came to an end in the early forties, probably with the last volume of poetry from his pen, dedicated to the landscape around Weimar-Tiefurt.

Fritz Fink died on May 9, 1945 in the heavy fighting against the Red Army in the Kurland basin . After 1945, his wife was taken to special camp No. 2 in Buchenwald by the Soviet occupying forces and from there deported by train to the Soviet Union .

Many of his writings were placed on the list of literature to be segregated during the period of the Soviet occupation zone and the German Democratic Republic .

Published works (selection)

history

• Heinrich Gutberlet. An introduction to the poet's work , 1930
• On fires, water shortages and plague epidemics in the city of Weimar , 1931
• The women's plan. On the history of the Weimar Frauentorviertel , 1931
• Herderplatz and its history , 1931
• The Jakobsviertel. The primordial cell of Weimar's urban development , 1931
• Old Weimar. Goethe's Weimar and its history , 1932
• The city of Weimar from the end of the 30 Years War to the beginning of the classical period (1648-1775) , 1932
• The cityscape of Weimar in the classical period , 1932
• The city fortifications. Walls, gates and towers in old Weimar , 1932
• The cemetery. History of the current Weimar cemetery and the city's former burial grounds , 1932
• The street names of the city of Weimar according to origin and meaning , 1932
• The business life of Weimar through the ages , 1932
• The historic restaurants and rest stops in Weimar and their history , 1932
• The fountain in the city of Weimar , 1933
• The ditch. The story of a Weimarer Strasse , 1933
• Fürstenplatz and its history , 1933
• From the history of the Weimar bakery trade , 1933
• On the history of the book trade in the city of Weimar , 1933
• Folk festivals and customs in the city of Weimar then and now , 1933
• Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch. The creator of the Weimarer Landes-Industrie-Comptoir (1747-1822) , 1934
• Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray. The master builder of classic Weimar , 1934
• Carl Ludwig Fernow. The librarian of the Duchess Anna Amalia (1763-1808) , 1934
• Minor characters from the classical period in Weimar , 1935

poetry

• The silver bowl. Poems , 1927
• Cathedral of the soul. Sonnets , 1929
• The great mother. Sonnets , 1929
• The neverending song. Poems , 1930
• From golden abundance. Poems , 1931
• Things live. Sonnets , 1934
• Call to the people. Poems , 1935
• Struggle and belief. Poems , 1937
• We are duty. Poems , 1938
• Germany, we build you up! Poems , 1939
• Your people and country. Poems , 1939
• Beloved valley. Poem , 1941

Others

• Adolf Bartels: Weimar and German Culture , 1921 (3rd extended edition 1937)
• Adolf Bartels: The Volkish Thought. A signpost , 1922
• Ernst Mann: The choice of spouses in good families. A warning to the German doctors and leaders , 1927
• Johannes Schlaf Bibliography , 1928
• The market , 1931
• Thuringian country and people. Home calendar in words and pictures , 1934
• The daily bread. Forest stories , 1938
• Langemarck - Feldherrnhalle (radio address) , 1938
• Elisabeth grace . Personality and work of the poet. (Commemorative speech for the 75th birthday) , 1938

Own works (selection)

• Volk und Volkstum , in J. Beltz: Langensalza / Berlin / Leipzig, 1937
• The Jewish question in class , Der Stürmer, Dept. Buchverl .: Nürnberg 1937

Secondary literature

• Wilhelm Schier: Fritz Fink. A German poet. Weimar: Fink. 1932.
• Gitta Günther , Wolfram Huschke, Walter Steiner (eds.): Weimar. Lexicon on city history. Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1993, p. 119.

Web links

• Literature by and about Fritz Fink in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1946-nslit-f.html
2. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-f.html
3. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-s.html
4. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1953-nslit-f.html