Fritz Kühn (Author)

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Monument by Fritz Kühn in Iserlohn

Fritz Kühn (born October 11, 1883 in Iserlohn-Obergrüne , † August 3, 1968 in Iserlohn ) was a German author . He was a primary school teacher in Berchum and Hohenlimburg , and later a secondary school principal in Iserlohn. He was also organist and presbyter in the district of the Supreme City Church , head of the Haus der Heimat and the city ​​archives in Iserlohn . His literary work included narrative research in Westphalia .

Kühn and National Socialism

Kühn was an opponent of the Weimar Republic and a member of corresponding associations from the start. He was enthusiastic about the war and glorified the “sacrificial death” of soldiers at the front.

In March 1933 Fritz Kühn received a seat on the city council for the black-white-red battle front and joined the NSDAP faction (together with the other city council of the battle front, the manufacturer Karl Klute). With an application dated September 8, 1937, Kühn became a member of the NSDAP on May 1, 1937 . In the course of denazification after the war, he was classified in category V by the Iserlohn Denazification Appointment Committee on July 2, 1948.

After the war, Kühn remained silent about the fate of the Jewish people from Iserlohn and about his role as a National Socialist. In 1963 he was still enthusiastic about the "brilliant leadership" of the Nazi mayor Hans Damrau and the "new spirit" of the 1930s.

Honor

  • Fritz-Kühn-Platz in Iserlohn, central square in front of the city museum
  • In 1956 Kühn became an honorary citizen of Iserlohn, but honorary citizenship is considered controversial.

Works (selection)

  • Fables and funny animal stories. 1924
  • Legends of the Sauerland. 1938
  • No one has greater love ... . Meschede 1939
  • Cheerful Iserlohn. 1959
  • Haus der Heimat 1763 - 1963. Two hundred years of Iserlohn town history. Iserlohn, undated
  • Dear old Iserlohn. Dortmund undated (around 1956), new edition Iserlohn 1967

literature

  • Arno Herzig , Konrad Rosenthal: Fritz Kühn in memory. Contributions to history. Haus der Heimat, Iserlohn 1968

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Iserlohn City Archives, civil status register, Iserlohn registry office, birth register no. 606/1883.
  2. ↑ Stadtarchiv Iserlohn, civil status register, registry office Iserlohn, death register no. 551/1968.
  3. ^ Fritz Kühn in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
  4. ↑ FK: Nobody has greater love. Meschede 1939, pp. 57-64, chap. The new day
  5. ↑ Bundesarchiv Berlin (formerly BDC), NSDAP Gaukartei No. 5494808.
  6. ^ Landesarchiv NRW, Rhineland Department, inventory NW 1103 No. 2707.
  7. ↑ to: Dear old Iserlohn.
  8. ↑ House of Home. 200 years of Iserlohn town history, p. 15
personal data
SURNAME Kühn, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Iserlohn-Obergrüne
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 1968
Place of death Iserlohn-Obergrüne