Fritz Karg

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Oskar Fritz Karg (* 12. July 1892 in Dresden , † 10. July 1970 in Berlin (West)) was a German Germanist and professor at the University of Leipzig , who lost his job because books theft.

Karg, the son of a tram officer, passed his Abitur at the Dreikönigschule in Dresden. From 1913 to 1923 he studied German Philology, Modern Languages ​​and History in Leipzig. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War and, after being wounded, was assigned to the economic staff in Bucharest . In 1921 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. in German Philology at the University of Leipzig. In 1923 the habilitation for German language and literature followed at the University of Leipzig with the topic The construction of the apo choinou in Middle High German . From 1923 to 1929 he taught as a private lecturer for German language and literature at the University of Leipzig, and from 1929 to 1934 as an associate professor. He was promoted by Theodor Frings and focused on folklore . In 1928 he took over the maps of the German language atlas in Marburg relating to East and Central Germany . He began an East Central German dictionary and opened up East Central Germany for the Atlas of German Folklore . He also headed the Saxon Folklore Association. In November 1933 he was one of the signatories of the professors' commitment at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state .

From 1922 to 1934 he was married to the later Leipzig professor of German studies Elisabeth Karg-Gasterstädt . From 1930 he committed embezzlement and theft at the German Institute, but not for private purposes, but for exhibitions and scientific goals. For this he was sentenced in 1935 to nine months' imprisonment. He was removed from office in 1934, lost the title of professor in 1935 and his doctorate in 1936. In 1953 there was another conviction for fraud by the Berlin (East) district court.

Publications (selection)

  • The construction apo choinou in Middle High German , Halle 1924.
  • The literary awakening of the German East in the Middle Ages , Halle 1932.
  • Plan of the Saxon Folklore (published on behalf of the Saxon Association for Folklore), Leipzig 1932.
  • Flemish language traces in the Halle-Leipziger Bucht , Halle 1933.

literature

Anna Lux: Leipzig German Studies from the November Revolution to the Early GDR in comparison with the German Institute in Berlin and Jena , Diss. Masch., Leipzig 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Karg, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karg, Oskar Fritz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1970
Place of death Berlin (West)