Fritz Karsch

Fritz Hermann Karsch (* 1893 in Blasewitz , † 1971 in Kassel ) was a philosopher and educator and taught from 1925 to 1939 at the Matsue Senior Gymnasium (now Shimane University ).

life and work

Karsch was born in Blasewitz near Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony . From 1899 he attended the municipal elementary school and from 1903 the Royal High School Dresden-Neustadt , in 1906 he switched to the vocational school in Blasewitz. After graduating from high school in 1914, he entered the Technical University of Dresden , but was called up for military service in the same year, which he completed as a communications soldier. After demobilization, Karsch studied philosophy at the Philipps University in Marburg from 1919 and received his doctorate in 1923 under Nicolai Hartmann , a neo-Kantian .

At the invitation of the Japanese government, he taught German and German literature at the Matsue Senior Gymnasium from 1925 to 1939 . During this time he received a visit in 1930 from his father-in-law Theodor Axenfeld , who in 1930 traveled to Japan for several months. After a year in Berlin, he returned to Japan to work at the German Embassy in Tokyo . There he stayed in Karuizawa until 1947 after the war . After his forced repatriation to Germany, he taught in Marburg (as part of the Ford Founds) until his retirement in 1961. In 1960, he received an invitation to the Japanese Week, hosted by His Imperial Highness Takahito Mikasanomiya . The Karsch couple moved into the Alberto Kolbe home of the Christian community in Kassel in 1965 . At the invitation of his former students, he visited Japan again in 1968 with his daughter Mechtild. He died in Kassel in 1971.

Karsch contributed to the introduction of Rudolf Steiner's pedagogy. In addition, you can find his extensive contributions, which include more than 15,000 pages of his own manuscripts on philosophy, around 80 paintings and more than 2,000 photos of ancient Japan from 1925 to 1939.

Hermann Karsch had been with Emmela, born in 1921. Axenfeld (* 1896 in Godesberg) married. The couple had two daughters, Mechtild (* 1928) and Friederun (* 1937).

Books by Karsch

• Fritz Karsch, Kiichi Nagaya : Hartmann's philosophy (Harutoman no Tetsugaku), Chubunkan-shoten, Tokyo 1936
• Fritz Karsch, Kiichi Nagaya: New Metaphysics (Sin-Keijijyogaku), Kinndai-sha, 1-140, 1932

Recording and news

Book to Karsch

• H. Wakamatsu : Kohan no Yubae (Sunset on the Lakeshore), Bungeisha, Tokyo (2002) ISBN 4-8355-3855-2
• H. Wakamatsu: Bridge Builders, ed. Japanese-German Center Berlin & Japanese-German Society Berlin (2005). ISBN 3-89129-539-1
• H. Wakamatsu: Wasureenu-Ijin (A great person never to be forgotten), Matsumoto, Kitakyushu (2007)
• H. Wakamatsu: Yottsudeami no Kioku (Network of Memory), Wanrain, Shimane (2007) ISBN 978-4-948756-43-4
• H. Wakamatsu: Enishi no Wa (Wheel of Fortune) Zaikei-hukusi-kyokai, Tokyo (2012) ISBN 978-4-904723-05-0
• H. Wakamatsu: Asagiri no Se (rapids in the morning mist), Zaikei-hukusi-kyokai, Tokyo (2012) ISBN 978-4-904723-04-3
• H. Wakamatsu: Karushu-hakushi: Doktor Karsch (newspaper article collection), (private press edition), Tokyo (2012)
• H. Wakamatsu: Memories from the Quadrangular Diving Net, Matsumoto, Kitakyushu (2016)

Web links

• Dr. Fritz Karsch (Shimane University) (Japanese)
• Fritz Karsch (Japanese)
• Dr. Fritz Karsch (Japanese)