Richard Fritzsche

Karl Richard Fritzsche (born December 10, 1910 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal ; † October 10, 1976 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) was a German journalist and local researcher .

Life

The son of a weaver attended elementary school and business school. He learned the trade of a businessman. As such, he worked in a jersey factory. In the 1930s he was temporarily unemployed, worked as an accountant and as a tram clerk in Hohenstein-Ernstthal. Most recently he became a clerk at the local Chamber of Crafts.

In 1953 he took over the management of the Hohenstein-Ernstthal branch of the GDR Cultural Association . As such he took part in the elaboration of the local history.

In his free time Fritzsche was a journalist and occupied himself with literature. He has received several literary awards.

In 1966 Richard Fritzsche became a journalist in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district editor of the newspaper Die Union . He was also an employee of the journal Der Heimatfreund for the Ore Mountains .

Fonts

• The rose grid . Narrative. Berlin: Union-Verlag, 1969. DNB 456675078

Honors

• Johannes R. Becher Medal in silver
• Gold medal for local history services
• Silver conservation pin

literature

• Horst Roessler : Richard Fritzsche . In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge 18 (1973), no. 7, pp. 163-164.
• German Literature Lexicon : The 20th Century , Volume X: Fries - Gellert, founded by Wilhelm Kosch, continued by Carl Ludwig Lang, KG Saur Verlag Zurich and Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-908255-10-9 , p. 138.
• Yearbook for the History of Central and Eastern Germany , Volume 25, Historical Commission of Berlin, Free University of Berlin, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Verlag M. Niemeyer, 1976, pp. 59–71.
• Richard Fritzsche: What is not on my résumé . In: wanted. 22 authors about themselves . With an afterword by Karl Bongardt . 1st edition. Union Verlag, Berlin 1975, p. 177-191 .