Hans Martin Cremer

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Hans Martin Cremer (born July 20, 1890 in Unna ; † June 4, 1953 ) was a German writer , composer and songwriter .

Life

The pastor's son attended the reform high school in Unna. He then studied animal and plant breeding in Halle and took part in the First World War as a medic. From 1919 he worked as a writer, editor and dramaturge. He worked for several theaters in the Reich capital Berlin . In 1930 he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1932 he became department head for lyricists in Alfred Rosenberg's Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Cremer and 87 other writers signed a pledge of loyal allegiance to Adolf Hitler in October 1933 . Nevertheless, some of his opera libretti were later banned from performance due to Jewish connections.

In 1937 Cremer wrote the libretto for the Singspiel Sieben brave Mägdelein . As an author in the Völkischer Beobachter , Cremer wrote in a film review on December 6, 1938, almost a month after the Reichspogromnacht : "... the cowardice of the race [is shown] in a particularly hideous specimen". In 1941 Cremer published the comedy Alarm on Wedding Night .

After the end of the Second World War , he was unable to work due to illness, but published the comedy Madeleine in 1950 .

Works

  • Barrel organ and Klimperkasten , Berlin, 1940
  • Love and music. The music in the sound film , Berlin, 1940
  • Together with Hans Bullerian: Steuben , Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Musikverlag Wilke, 1941
  • Text for the March Fox Holla Lady! for the Terra film love letters from the Engadine

Filmography

  • 1936: The Empress' favorite
  • 1935: Hermione and the seven upright ones
  • 1934: invitation to dance
  • 1934: Adventure of a young gentleman in Poland
  • 1934: The Chicago refugee
  • 1933: There is only one love
  • 1933: Two in the sunshine

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 102.
  2. ^ Ernst Klee: The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 102.
  3. ↑ Information and quotation from Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 102.
personal data
SURNAME Cremer, Hans Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, composer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Unna , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1953