Fritz Sotke

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Fritz Sotke (born January 2, 1902 in Hagen ; † October 11, 1970 in Roth ) was a German commercial teacher, as well as an author and composer who wrote various travel songs and songs for the Hitler Youth .

Life

Sotke was a trained commercial teacher. Since 1921 he was also known as the author of travel songs. He joined the NSDAP in 1932 (membership number 1.351.237) and wrote the song of the new times in the same year , in which Adolf Hitler was glorified. The focus of his party activity was youth work with the Hitler Youth, where he last had the rank of Oberbannerführer.

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he worked in the radio department for the Hitler Youth from 1934. In 1939 he became head of school radio in the cultural office of the Reich Youth Leadership. In 1944 Sotke joined the SS and became Standartenführer there .

Sotke published various song books, including our songs , which appeared in several editions ( our songs was indexed in 1933). He also composed his own songs, such as the tune of Wir sind des Geyer's black heaps . In addition, he collected songs according to oral tradition, e.g. B. Wild fellows blown by the storm wind (1923).

In the Soviet zone of occupation , his writings were published Die Nazi Staatsidee (1932), Deutsches Volk und deutscher Staat. Citizenship for Young Germans (1936) and Our Songs (1938) placed on the list of literature to be discarded.

Works (selection)

  • Our songs , 1921; numerous other, also extended editions
  • Travel songs , 1922
  • We moved into the field. The traveling songs for the other part , 1923
  • German People and German State, Citizenship Studies for Young Germans , 1934 (11th edition 1941)
  • Peter Mantel: Business Administration and National Socialism: A Study of Institutional and Personal History . Gabler, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8349-8515-6 , pp. 841f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ernst Klee : The culture 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. 577.
  2. ^ TO Becker, P. Rode: Codex Patomomomensis (song book). Zauberwaldverlag 2nd edition 2012
  3. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1946-nslit-s.html
  4. ↑ http://www.polunbi.de/bibliothek/1948-nslit-s.html
personal data
SURNAME Sotke, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1970
Place of death Roth