War letters from German students

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War Letters of German Students, 5th Edition (1928)

War letters from German students , reissued from 1918 as war letters from fallen students , is a collection of field post letters from the First World War first published in 1915 by Philipp Witkop , then a professor of German at the University of Freiburg . The collection was constantly expanded. The editions that appeared during the National Socialist era had been shortened - without comment - by sections critical of the war, and a new letter was placed at the end. According to a meeting in the Westphalian Merkur , the letters testified “from a mature young generation”. The collection was extremely successful and has been translated into other languages ​​to this day.

Some of the actual authors of the 1933 edition are:

  • Walter Limmer, stud. jur. Leipzig, * August 22, 1890 in Thiergarten near Plauen in Vogtland, † September 24, 1914 in Luxembourg from a wound on September 16, 1914 near Chalons sur Marne-France,
  • Benno Ziegler, stud. med., Freiburg im Breisgau, * May 29, 1892 in Überlingen, † October 8, 1914 in Annay-France,
  • Paul Brüdern, stud.med., Kiel, born January 26, 1890 in Hanover, † October 3, 1914 in Waelhem,
  • Willi Böhne, stud. chem., Freiburg im Breisgau, born April 11, 1895 in Elberfeld, † October 24, 1914 near Lille,
  • Martin Drescher, stud. phil., Berlin, * June 22, 1893, † November 3, 1914 near Cherbourg,
  • Friedrich (Fidus) Sohnrey, stud. rer. pol., Berlin, * December 21, 1887 in Möllenden, † November 8, 1914 at Clamecy,
  • Alfred Buchalski, stud.phil., Gießen, born October 24, 1891 in Bromberg, † November 10, 1914 with Kortekeer
  • Paul Krebs, stud. arch., Danzig, * October 9, 1894 in Dißdorf, † November 21, 1914 in front of Lodz
  • Rudolf Fischer, stud. phil., Heidelberg, * December 8, 1892 in Freiburg im Breisgau, † December 1, 1914 near Vermelles,
  • Rudolf Moldenhauer, student at the commercial college in Munich, born March 8, 1894 in Munich, † December 13, 1914 in Maricourt near Peronne,
  • Franz Blumenfeld, stud.jur., Freiburg im Breisgau, born September 26, 1891 in Hamburg, † December 18, 1914 with Contalmaison,
  • Emil Alefeld, stud. rer. techn., Munich, * December 12, 1892 in Darmstadt, † December 20, 1914 in Flanders
  • Kurt Schlenner, stud. jur.et rer. pol., Berlin, * April 21, 1895 in Berlin, † December 26, 1914
  • Karl Aldag, stud. Phil., Marburg, born January 26, 1889 in Obernkirchen, † January 15, 1915 with Fromelles
  • Karl Josenhans, stud. theol., Tübingen, * October 4, 1892 in Leonberg, † January 29, 1915 in the Argonne
  • August Hopp, stud. theol., Leipzig, * April 17, 1892 in Schopflohe ad Ries near Öttingen, † March 18, 1915 on the Combres-Höhe near Verdun
  • Albin Müller, stud. theol., Lyzeum Bamberg, * December 16, 1892 in Tiefenstockheim (Lower Franconia), † March 28, 1915 in Tourcoing
  • Lothar Dietz, stud. phil., Leipzig, * December 12, 1889 in Pegau (Saxony), † April 15, 1915
  • Wilhelm Wolter, stud. phil., Munich, born May 28, 1895 in Kladow (Mecklenburg), † April 16, 1915 near Vouziers (France)
  • Ernst Hieber, stud. theol., Tübingen, * June 24, 1892 in Stuttgart, † April 19, 1915 in the Argonnenwald, south of Binarville
  • Paul Rohweder, stud. theol., Kiel, * December 18, 1890 in Zarpen (Holstein), † April 23, 1915 at Het Sas (Belgium)
  • Walter Roy, stud. med. Jena, born June 1, 1894 in Hamburg, † April 24, 1915 during the storming of the Combres-Höhe near Les Earges
  • Alfons Ankenbrand, stud.theol., Freiburg im Breisgau, born October 31, 1893 in Vöhrenbach (Baden), † April 25, 1915 near Souchez (France)
  • Johannes Iwer, Dr. phil., Berlin, born May 30, 1892 in Berlin, † April 28, 1915 with Het Sas in Flanders
  • Robert Otto Marcus, cand. Med., Munich, born July 9, 1890 in Kamen in Westphalia, † April 30, 1915 in the Argonne
  • Walter Horwitz, stud. phil., Heidelberg, born October 20, 1893 in Hamburg, † May 1, 1915 in the hospital in Roulers (wounded on April 24 near Kerselaere)
  • Fritz Philipps, student of agriculture, Jena, born November 21, 1889, † May 2, 1915 near Ciezkowice in Galicia.
  • Ludwig Franz Meyer , stud. jur., Freiburg im Breisgau, born December 9, 1894 in Gnesen, † May 3, 1915 in Sochajew
  • Ludwig Finke, stud. jur., Freiburg im Breisgau, * July 20, 1893 in Münster in Westphalia, † May 9, 1915 in front of Nieuport
  • Werner Liebert, stud. jur., Leipzig, born June 14, 1892 in Dresden, † May 10, 1915 at Givenchy
  • Ernst Günter Schallert, stud. phil., Berlin, * November 12, 1892 in Berlin, † May 24, 1915 near Jaroslau
  • Herbert Weißer, stud. arch., Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, * March 6, 1894 in Lissa, † May 25, 1915 before Apern,
  • Arthur Graf von Groeben, Dr. phil., Freiburg im Breisgau, born April 26, 1882 in Frankfurt an der Oder, † May 26, 1915 near Jaroslau in Galicia
  • Fritz Meese, cand. Med., Berlin, born September 11, 1891 in Koblenz, † May 26, 1915 at Lorettohöhe
  • Fritz Franke, stud. med., Berlin, * December 31, 1892 in Munich, † May 29, 1915 with Kelmy an der Dubissa
  • Georg Stiller, Handelshochschule Berlin, * September 20, 1895, † May 29, 1915 in front of the Combreshöhe
  • Adolf Witte, stud. phil., Berlin, * July 2, 1890 in Berlin, † June 13, 1915 near Chalupki (Galicia)
  • Ulrich Timm, stud. theol., Rostock, born June 19, 1897 in Pritzier (Mecklenburg), † June 20, 1915 at Zurawno in Galicia
  • Hans Martens, stud. rer. techn., Charlottenburg, born September 23, 1892, † July 14, 1915 with Rubnicki at Szlota Lipa
  • Friedrich Hesse, stud. theol., Greifswald, * March 25, 1887 in Verden, † June 17, 1915 in the La Malmaison field hospital
  • Walter Gottwald, stud. theol., Berlin, * July 23, 1892 in Sommerfeld, district of Frankfurt an der Oder, † July 25, 1915 near Wojslawice
  • Kurt Peterson, stud. phil., Berlin, * February 2, 1894 in Magdeburg, † August 3, 1915 with Cypko in Russian Poland
  • Peter Frenzel, stud. jur., Berlin, born May 11, 1892 in Rössel (East Prussia), † August 13, 1915 at Luniew
  • Walter Lange, stud. phil., Berlin, born January 5, 1895 in Charlottenburg, † August 13, 1915 in the Zaglemboki field hospital (wounded on August 11 at Drechow Nowy)
  • Johannes Schumann, stud. med., Freiburg im Breisgau, * May 4, 1895 in Nietleben (Saalekreis), † August 24, 1915 at Ichteghem
  • Hans Zellmer, stud. arch., Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, born April 16, 1893 in Berlin, † September 25, 1915 in the Champagne battle
  • Gotthold von Rohden, stud. theol., Marburg, born February 4, 1895 in Bielefeld, † September 26, 1915 in Champagne
  • Siegfried Fiesenig, stud. theol., Strasbourg, born June 28, 1895 in Hirschberg near Landstuhl, † September 27, 1915 before Apern
  • Alfred E. Paeth, stud. phil., Heidelberg, * December 25, 1889 in Krozingen (Baden), † October 16, 1915 with Leintrey
  • Walter Böhm, stud. phil., Berlin, * March 26, 1894 in Berlin, † October 25, 1915 near Bol Miedwiece (Volhynia)
  • Wilhelm Weidemann, stud. phil., Kiel, born September 19, 1893 in Altona, † February 13, 1916 near Steenstraate (Flanders)

literature

  • Manfred Hettling, Michael Jeismann: The world war as an epic. Philipp Witkop's war letters from fallen students . In: Gerhard Hirschfeld , Gerd Krumeich , Irina Renz. (Ed.): Nobody feels like a person here ... the experience and impact of the First World War. Klartext, Essen 1993 (= writings of the library for contemporary history , new series, vol. 1), pp. 175–198.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hettling; Jeismann (1993), p. 182.

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