Kurt Poltiniak

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Kurt Poltiniak (born July 7, 1908 in Berlin , † March 11, 1976 in Potsdam ) was a German caricaturist and illustrator .

Life

Poltiniak was born in Berlin in 1908. He took his first artistic courses at the crafts and arts and crafts school. Poltiniak then studied at the Berlin Art College and then worked as a commercial artist and freelance press illustrator for “Red Pepper” and “Wahren Jacob”, among others. In 1931 he joined the KPD. He was a member of the Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists in Germany . In 1933 he was interned in the Oranienburg concentration camp and banned from working by the National Socialists. After the war, Poltiniak drew for the newspaper “ Daily Rundschau ” of the Soviet military administration in Germany (SMAD). He was one of the founders of the satirical newspaper "Frischer Wind", which was followed in 1954 by " Eulenspiegel ". Poltiniak died in Potsdam in 1976. Part of his drawing legacy is held by the House of History Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Schaub, Konradjoachim: It's not always going well, Berlin 1941.
  • Jahn, Walter: Tomorrow maybe you, Berlin 1941.
  • Ders: In the sugar factory ..., Berlin 1944.
  • Hein, Alfred: Calm blood, Gustav !, Berlin 1944.
  • We're going to the countryside, Plauen 1945
  • Fingerle, Hede: The secrets of Dr. IX. A very puzzling story, Bielefeld 1949.
  • Hoffmann, Heinrich: Der Struwwelpeter, Berlin 1950.
  • Bach, Erwin Johannes / Lenc, Leonid: Humoresken, Berlin 1955.
  • Seifert, Hans: Such a company. Observed before closing time - reading after work, Berlin 1960.

literature

  • Brandenburg State Center for Political Education: What remains is hope. Documentation of letters from Brandenburg concentration camps, penitentiaries and prisons during the Nazi era 1933–1945, Potsdam 1994.
  • Baumgartner, Gabriele / Hebig, Dieter: Biographical Handbook of the SBZ / GDR 1945–1990, Munich 1996.
  • Gries, Rainer / Satjukow, Silke (ed.): Our enemies. Construction of the other in socialism, Leipzig 2004.
  • Vierhaus, Rudolf (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 8, Munich 2007.
  • Helmut Kronthaler: Poltiniak, Kurt . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 96, de Gruyter, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-023262-2 , p. 272.
  • Poltiniak, Kurt . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 609 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical manual of the Soviet occupation zone / GDR . January 31, 1996, doi : 10.1515 / 9783111699134 .
personal data
SURNAME Poltiniak, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German caricaturist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1976
Place of death Potsdam