Konrad Krez
Konrad Krez (also Conrad Krez and Conrad Crez , born April 27, 1828 in Landau in the Palatinate , † March 8, 1897 in Milwaukee ) was a German-American poet .
Life
Krez studied law . During his studies he was a member of the 1846 Old Heidelberg Burschenschaft Franconia become, participated in the Baden Revolution part of 1848/49 and was this in the absence of the death penalty. He fled as one of the Forty-Eighters in 1850 to the United States , where he settled as a lawyer in Sheboygan and was later elected attorney general .
He took part in the American Civil War as a volunteer on the side of the Northern States and rose to the rank of brigadier general . After the war he resumed his work as a lawyer.
In 1886 he was appointed federal tax collector for Milwaukee by President Grover Cleveland , in 1892 he became the prosecutor for Milwaukee and in 1895, two years before his death, chief of justice.
Works
Krez wrote numerous poems in the German language in America , which were widely published at the time and were well known in the German-American community. His most popular works include:
- To my country
- The refugee
- The tramp
- Renunciation and comfort
- The German muse in America
literature
- National German-American Alliance (ed.): The Book of Germans in America . Walther's Printing Office, Philadelphia 1909.
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 3: I-L. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0865-0 , pp. 176-177.
Web links
- Literature by and about Konrad Krez in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krez, Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crez, Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American poet, lawyer and general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landau in the Palatinate |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1897 |
| Place of death | Milwaukee |