Kurt von Tepper-Laski
Kurt von Tepper-Laski (born August 8, 1850 in Stabelwitz , Breslau district , † February 5, 1931 in Berlin ) was a German officer , rider , writer , journalist and pacifist .
Awarded Rittmeister in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, he said goodbye in protest when he was about to be transferred for a punishment for his refusal to keep a guard standing at attention in front of a young princess. In the future he was committed to the Franco-German understanding and the Giordano Bruno Bund founded in 1900 with Bruno Wille and Wilhelm Bölsche . In 1906 he supported the establishment of the German Monist Association (DMB). In 1913 he financed a meeting of German and French journalists in Brussels. In 1914 he took part in the founding of the Federation New Fatherland , which opposed the war policy of the empire, and took over its chairmanship.
Foreseeing a European war, he spoke out in favor of the overthrow of the Hohenzollern monarchy and the establishment of a social democratic republic, and in view of the war credit approval of the Reichstag on August 4, 1914, even thought of suicide. At the conference of European pacifists in The Hague in April 1915, he and Walther Schücking failed in their diplomatic efforts to start peace negotiations with England. In November 1915, Tepper-Laski was charged with treason.
In 1919 Tepper-Laski withdrew from politics for health reasons.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Holl: Pacifism in Germany. Frankfurt am Main, 1988, p. 114.
literature
- Lütgemeier-Davin: From hero to dealer - the cavalry officer Kurt von Tepper-Laski (1850–1931) . In: Wolfgang Wette: Pacifist officers in Germany 1871–1933 , Donat, 1999, pp. 63–81.
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| SURNAME | Tepper-Laski, Kurt von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, sport rider, writer, journalist and pacifist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stabelwitz , Wroclaw district |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1931 |
| Place of death | Berlin |