Richard Duwell

Richard Hardy Düwell (born April 26, 1902 in Rostock , † October 9, 1944 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a German journalist , theater critic , radio reporter , dramaturge and editor- in- chief for films during the Nazi era .

Life

The doctorate Düwell had in the Weimar Republic worked as a journalist and soon to the theater criticism specialized. With the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 he became a reporter for radio . In the period that followed, Düwell quickly made a career in radio, television and film controlled by the Nazi state.

At the film production companies TOBIS and UFA he was promoted to press chief or chief editor (head of the UFA material department) and dramaturge. In this function he was in close contact with the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and its minister Joseph Goebbels in order to have planned film material approved. In the end, Düwell, who was not at a loss for an open word, came into massive conflict with his top superior.

"Annoyed by the constant tutelage (film censorship) by the Goebbels authorities, he should - according to the memory of his supervisor at the time, UFA production manager and director Wolfgang Liebeneiner - to the following - according to the reminder (reproduced in a television interview from 1979) (analogous) statement has got carried away: " Anyone who forbids us to watch films, whether Goebbels or Churchill or Stalin: that amounts to the same thing for us ". Denounced thereupon, Düwell was arrested in May 1944 on the instructions of Goebbels (announcement to filmmakers according to Liebeneiner: " Anyone who says something like that loses his head ") and was arrested for "subversive and defeatist statements" by the 1st Senate of the People's Court , chaired by the blood judge Roland Freisler sentenced to death on August 28, 1944. "

- Quoted from Kay Less 2008

Liebeneiner, whom Goebbels valued as a film expert, tried to use his influence and immediately intervened with the Propaganda Minister - in vain. Even the attempt to intercede personally for Düwell with Adolf Hitler was unsuccessful. The death sentence was carried out on October 9 of the same year in the Brandenburg-Görden prison .

Publications (excerpt)

with Hedda Westenberger , Georg K. Kalb, Dr. Heinz W. Siska among others: Dispute about the boy Jo . Universum Film-AG (ed.). Self-published, 1937
The lonely one - sketch of the person Nicolai . In: The German master Otto Nicolai. Honored by opera and film. A morning event by the German Opera House in Berlin and Tobis Filmkunst on September 22, 1940 . Published by the general director of the German Opera House Berlin and Tobis Filmkunst, responsible. for the content the dramaturges: RH Düwell (TOBIS), Karl Hermann Müller (Deutsches Opernhaus). Self-published, Berlin 1940.

literature

Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 386.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dr. Richard-Hardy Duwell . In: Federal Archives, signature BArch DY 55 / V 278/6/297.
↑ ^a ^b Hans-Christoph Blumenberg : As true as I am the dear God . In: Der Spiegel , No. 35/1989 of August 28, 1989, on: spiegel.de
↑ ^a ^b Hans-Christoph Blumenberg: In my heart, darling… - The life journey of the actor and singer Hans Albers . S. Fischer Verlag 2016. ISBN 978-3-1056-0658-2 .
↑ ^a ^b Kay Less : Between the stage and the barrack. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , pp. 21-22.
↑ Andrea Morgenthaler : Joseph Goebbels - The whip . In: ARD, Das Erste, October 11, 2004 (first broadcast), 43:38 min. (Quotation from 33:14), on: youtube.com
↑ Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 386.
↑ Guido Knopp , Ricarda Schlosshan: Zarah Leander - The singer . In: Hitler's women and Marlene . C. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 2001. ISBN 978-3-5700-0362-6 , p. 320.

personal data
SURNAME	Düwell, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Düwell, Richard Hardy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist, theater critic, radio reporter, dramaturge and editor-in-chief for films during the National Socialist era
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostock
DATE OF DEATH	October 9, 1944
Place of death	Brandenburg on the Havel

[BArch-1] Dr. Richard-Hardy Duwell . In: Federal Archives, signature BArch DY 55 / V 278/6/297.

[BlumenbergSP-2] Hans-Christoph Blumenberg : As true as I am the dear God . In: Der Spiegel , No. 35/1989 of August 28, 1989, on: spiegel.de

[Blumenberg-3] Hans-Christoph Blumenberg: In my heart, darling… - The life journey of the actor and singer Hans Albers . S. Fischer Verlag 2016. ISBN 978-3-1056-0658-2 .

[Weniger21-4] Kay Less : Between the stage and the barrack. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , pp. 21-22.

[5] Andrea Morgenthaler : Joseph Goebbels - The whip . In: ARD, Das Erste, October 11, 2004 (first broadcast), 43:38 min. (Quotation from 33:14), on: youtube.com

[6] Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 386.

[7] Guido Knopp , Ricarda Schlosshan: Zarah Leander - The singer . In: Hitler's women and Marlene . C. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 2001. ISBN 978-3-5700-0362-6 , p. 320.