Heinrich Freihoffer

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Heinrich Freihoffer (born January 11, 1921 in Șemlacu Mic ( German  Kleinschemlak ), Kingdom of Romania , † 1989 ) was a German dialect author and teacher.

Life

Freihoffer's family originally came from South Tyrol . During the Second World War , the Banat Swabian was a senior squire and platoon leader of the SS (1944). Later he was director of studies in Deggendorf , Bavaria.

Freihoffer was the author of numerous publications on local history. In his novels he processed his experiences during the deportation to the Bărăgan steppe in the early 1950s. The focus is on escape and deportation from Kleinschemlak (under the pseudonym "Waldbrücken").

Until his death in 1998 Freihoffer held the offices of spokesman and secretary of the " Heimatortsgemeinschaft Kleinschemlak".

Publications (selection)

  • Slaves in the Baragan: contemporary historical factual novel with documentary appendix. Freihoffer, 1981. 376 pp.
  • Path without turning back. The last year. Contemporary historical factual novel with documentary appendix. Freihoffer, 1991. 392 pp.
  • Kleinschemlak: the development and decay of a Danube Swabian community in the southern Banat Heckenland Volume 13 of the Danube Swabian Archive, Deggendorf 1972. 256 pp.
  • The Banat and the Banat Swabians. 1. Churches: Church institutions - Church life. Country team of Banat Swabians from Romania in Germany, 1981. 328 pp.
  • The Banat and the Banat Swabians: 2. The ordeal of the Banat Swabians in the twentieth century. Illustrated by Franz Dürrbeck. Country team of the Banat Swabians from Romania in Germany, 1983. 680 pp.
  • The Banat and the Banat Swabians: 3. Costumes and customs: pictures - language pieces - descriptions. With Nikolaus Engelmann and Kaspar Hügel , illustration by Franz Dürrbeck. Country team of the Banat Swabians from Romania in Germany, 1986. 574 pp.

literature

  • Horst Fassel , Josef Schmidt : Danube and Tisza. Banat reading book. Landsmannschaft der Banat Swabians from Romania in Germany V., Munich, Mihailescu & Michalke, Emmendingen 1986. 207 pp.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alfred Karasek , Alfred Cammann : Tell Donauschwaben . Series of publications of the Commission for East German Folklore in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Volkskunde e. V. Elwert, 1978. ISBN 3-77080-601-8 , p. 35.
  2. ↑ Vincenz Oertle: "Should I not return from Russia ...": Swiss volunteers on the German side 1939–1945. A source search. Thesis Verlag, 1997. ISBN 3-908-54421-1 , p. 376 ff.
  3. ^ Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon , entry Freihoffer, Heinrich , p. 373.
  4. ^ Heinrich Georg Gossner: Heimatortsgemeinschaft Kleinschemlak
personal data
SURNAME Freihoffer, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dialect author and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Șemlacu Mic , Kingdom of Romania
DATE OF DEATH 1998