Martin Kakies

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Martin Kakies (born May 7, 1894 in Schwarzort , Kurische Nehrung , † January 17, 1987 in Hamburg ) was a German teacher and journalist .

Life

Kakies (the name is emphasized on the second syllable) initially worked as a teacher before he became editor of the liberal daily Memeler Dampfboot , which is published in Memel ( Lithuanian Klaipėda ) . In 1927 Kakies succeeded Robert Leubner as editor-in-chief of this newspaper, and he also worked as a book author and photographer. With a moderately German-friendly course, the paper managed to increase the circulation to 17,000 copies during this period under Lithuanian sovereignty by the mid-1930s. After the expulsion from Memelland , Kakies was editor-in-chief of the Ostpreußenblatt, founded in Hamburg in 1950 .

Works

  • The book of the elk
  • Moose by the sea
  • Moose between the sea and Memel
  • Königsberg in 144 pictures
  • The Curonian Spit in 144 pictures
  • Masuria in 144 pictures (ed.)
  • From Memel to Trakehnen in 144 pictures
  • The Warmia in 144 pictures (ed.)
  • East Prussia tells. A book for the youth
  • Let the Marjellens kick it
  • 333 East Prussian jokes
personal data
SURNAME Kakies, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzort , Curonian Spit
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1987
Place of death Hamburg