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.