Erich Weinert
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Erich Weinert | |
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President of the National Committee for a Free Germany | |
In office 1943–1945 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Erich Bernhard Gustav Weinert August 4, 1890 German Democratic Republic |
Political party | Communist Party of Germany |
Military service | |
Allegiance | German Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
Battles/wars |
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Erich Bernhard Gustav Weinert (4 August 1890 – 20 April 1953) was a
Early life
Weinert was born in 1890 in Magdeburg to a family supporting the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He attended a boys' school in Magdeburg and, from 1908 to 1910, he visited the arts, crafts and trade school in the city and went to an art school in Berlin in 1912. He later joined the military, where he participated as an officer during World War I. It was during his time as a soldier that he was attracted to the revolutionary ideology.[1] After the war, he went to Leipzig and worked as an actor and lecture artist, joining the Communist Party of Germany in 1929. Meanwhile, he made various works.
Literary career
Weinert started writing in 1921. From the very beginning, his poems were thoroughly
Exile and fight against fascism
Following the
After
Return to Germany
In 1946 he returned to Germany in a sickly state. Regardless, he served actively as vice-president of the Central Administration for National Education in the
Selected writings
- Affentheater. Gedichte. Leon Hirsch Verlag, Berlin 1925.
- Erich Weinert spricht. Gedichte. Internationaler Arbeiter-Verlag, Berlin, Wien, Zürich 1930.
- Rufe in die Nacht. Gedichte aus der Fremde 1933–1943. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1950.
- Memento Stalingrad. Ein Frontnotizbuch. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1951.
- Camaradas. Ein Spanienbuch. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1952
- Gesammelte Werke. (9 Bände), herausgegeben 1955–1960.
- Gesammelte Gedichte. (7 Bände), herausgegeben 1970–1987.
- Der verbogene Zeitspiegel.
- Der Gottesgnadenhecht und andere Abfälle.
- Der heimliche Aufmarsch.
- Der unzüchtige Zille.
- Des reichen Mannes Frühlingstag.
- Das Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland 1943–1945. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1957.
- Poesiealbum 5. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1968.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Weinert, Erich". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-4088-5398-6.
- ISBN 978-0-141-01161-5.
- ISBN 978-1-4738-3386-9.
- ^ Tremlett (2020), p.525