Hans Herbert Grimm

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Hans Herbert Grimm (born June 26, 1896 in Markneukirchen , † July 7, 1950 in Altenburg ) was a German teacher and author .

Life

Grimm, the son of a businessman, studied philosophy and German and received his doctorate in Halle an der Saale in 1921 with a dissertation on the topic of the dialect of the Döbratales . He later worked as a French teacher at the Karolinum in Altenburg. Since 1925 he was born with Elisabeth. Judge married. In 1928 he published the novel Schlump under the pseudonym "Schlump" . Stories and adventures from the life of the unknown musketeer Emil Schulz, known as' Schlump ', told by himself ' about the First World War . The book was banned under the National Socialists and in 1933 it was publicly burned along with numerous other unpleasant works . The novel was reissued in 2014.

During the Second World War , Grimm was used as an interpreter on the Western Front. After the war he was dismissed from school because of his membership in the NSDAP , and later rehabilitated. He then worked for one season as a dramaturge at the Landestheater Altenburg. In the summer of 1950 he was invited to an interview with East German authorities. Two days later, he committed suicide at home.

plant

  • The dialect of the Döbratales , dissertation, Halle an der Saale 1921.
  • Schlavittchen - a novella , Crimmitschau 1924.
  • Hans Herbert Grimm: Schlump. Stories and adventures from the life of the unknown musketeer Emil Schulz, known as 'Schlump', told by himself . Novel. Kiepenheuer & Witsch , Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-462-04609-0 .
  • Schlump (pseudonym): Schlump. Stories and adventures from the life of the unknown musketeer Emil Schulz, known as 'Schlump', told by himself . Kurt Wolff Verlag , Berlin 1928
    • Schlump: the story of an unknown soldier . Translation into English by Maurice Samuel . London: M. Secker, 1929

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth register StA Markneukirchen, No. 164/1896
  2. ↑ Death register StA Altenburg, No. 483/1950
  3. ↑ Marriage register StA Leipzig II, No. 572/1925
  4. ↑ http://www.otz.de/web/zgt/kultur/detail/-/specific/Vergessener-Antikriegsroman-von-1928-in-der-Hauswand-versteckt-1483026319
  5. ↑ Not only stupid get into the trenches in FAZ from April 26, 2014, page 11.
  6. ↑ "Heart disease, heartbeat" is noted in the death register as the cause of death.
personal data
SURNAME Grimm, Hans Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Markneukirchen
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1950
Place of death Altenburg