Theodor Fritsch

Theodor Fritsch (born Emil Theodor Fritsche, born October 28, 1852 in Wiesenena, † September 8, 1933 in Gautzsch ) was a German journalist and publisher, who wrote anti-Semitic writings and brought out. Fritsch also wrote under the pseudonyms Thomas Frey, Thor and Fritz Ferdinand Roderich - Stolt home.

His son of the same (1895-1946) was also a bookseller and SA member, member of the Action Committee of the Stock Exchange Association of German Booksellers and member of the Presidential Council of the Reich Chamber.

Life

Theodor Fritsch was born as Emil Theodor Fritsche in today Wiedemar (district Delitzsch). His parents were Johann Friedrich Fritsche and Auguste Wilhelmine, born Ohme. He was the sixth of seven children. Four of his siblings died in infancy. After attending secondary school in Delitzsch he learned foundry and machine builders. Then he took on a technical study at the Berlin Trade Academy, from which he graduated in 1875 as a technician. In the same year he joined a Berliner Maschinenfabrik and made in 1879 through the establishment of a technical office, which was connected to a publishing house, self-employed. Fritsch 1880 founded the German Confederation Müller and published its journal The German Müller. In 1898 he founded the " SME association in the kingdom of Saxony ". He devoted himself to the articulation and organization of the interests of small and medium enterprises as well as the dissemination of anti-Semitic propaganda writings. When he has changed his name to " Fritsch ", is not clear.

Hammer -Verlag

In his 1902 founded in Leipzig Hammer -Verlag next to the magazine published The Hammer - Sheets for German sense ( 1902-1940 ) numerous anti -Semitic propaganda writings, including German translations of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and Henry Ford under the title The International Jew published journal articles of the Dearborn Independent. With the Anti-Semitic Correspondence Fritsch 1885 created a kind of discussion forum for anti-Semites of different political views. 1894 gave Fritsch from the editors of the magazine to Max Liebermann von Sonnenberg, who made ​​it the organ of his party under the name of German social - leaves.

In his numerous own publications Fritsch examined the alleged " Judaization " of the Christian religion, the nobility, the land ownership, the press, the judiciary and various other professional groups. Its ultra-radical views on the "Jewish question " earned him fines and prison sentences. Public caused a stir especially the blasphemy 1910-1913. Hammer and in his book In My proof material against Yahweh ( 1911) Fritsch had tried to prove the moral inferiority of the Jewish religion. The Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith (CV) showed him then for insulting a religious community and public disorder at. In the first two processes Fritsch was sentenced to prison, acquitted in the third process due to a controversial theological opinion.

Fritsch also devoted himself to other subject areas such as popularized by the nationalist movement garden city idea, to which he already contributed through his 1896 published book The city of the future, and the middle class question.

Anti-Semites Catechism and Handbook of the Jewish Question

Fritsch's anti-Semites Catechism first appeared in 1887 in the publishing house of Hermann Beyer. An updated and expanded version was Fritsch out under the title Handbook of the Jewish Question in 1907. The book consists of several parts, which should have a high utility value for anti-Semites. So there is about an anti-Semitic quotes, literature and argument collection, anti-Semitic claims and statistics (eg proportions of Jews in certain population groups), information on the size of the Jewish communities of individual cities, controversial excerpts from the Talmud. Next to it is the party program of the anti-Semitic German Social Party or lists, enumerate the anti-Semitic bookstores, publishing houses or magazines or rename "Jew- free" shops ( " directory of good German company " ), eg for the purchase of apple wine or olive oil. Under the recommended daily newspapers there are not only party leaves the anti-Semites, but also numerous - especially Catholic - Regional newspapers in German-speaking, chosen because of their anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitic polemic goes seamlessly into the open and explicit control of Christianity and especially Catholicism ( " in its substance Jewish" ) above. The book enjoyed until 1945, a total of 49 editions and forms, sometimes up today, a treasure trove of Nazis, neo-Nazis and revisionists.

Political Activities

Also in the parliamentary field Theodor Fritsch is determine influence. 1890 brought about the Fritsch founded by him, Otto Bockel and Oswald Zimmermann Antisemitic People's Party with Otto Bockel the first program - anti-Semites as deputies in the Reichstag. The 1893 renamed in German Reform Party group reached 16 Reichstag seats this year. Aside from political scandals, that party but a recognizable political effect or a significant public recognition has not been reached. Fritsch pursued politically even more the goal is to anchor the antisemitism in the Reichstag fractions and to spread it through clubs and associations, such as the Saxon Business Association at its inception (1905 ) and Board, he was instrumental in. Also at the founding of the German Empire SME Association, he served as creative director with decisive. Also at the foundation of the cartel of creative items, he was involved.

Fritsch in 1912 he founded the kingdom Hammer covenant, who summarized the readers of his journal in discussion circles, at the same time the German Order as a secret twin organization. Members of the German Order, founded in 1918, the Thule Society, in turn, public political meetings. The empire waistband Hammer went to the German Nationalists protection and Trutzbund, in its Advisory Fritsch later sat. In the spring of 1919, Fritsch had also one of the signers of the call for establishment of the German Protection and Trutzbundes, who also came up in the German Nationalists protection and Trutzbund. Later he became a member of the German Nationalist Party for Freedom ( DVFP ).

At the general election in May 1924 Fritsch, was elected to the National Socialist Freedom Party, a common list of DVFP and the banned NSDAP in the Reichstag and belonged to him until the next election in December 1924. From 1925 he was a member of the national leadership of the DVFP successor organization Deutschvolkische Freedom Movement ( DVFB ). Fritsch left the DVFB in February 1927 in the course of discussions about a more aligned to the interests of workers program.

Fritsch died in 1933 in Gautzsch at the age of 80 years after a stroke.

Quotes

In the spring of 1887 Fritsch sent some numbers of its anti- Semitic correspondence to the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. This sent them back and mocked in an accompanying letter

Privately, quoted Nietzsche:

Publications

• Anti-Semites - catechism. Herrmann Beyer, 1887
• Flares, Pan-German anti-Semitic core sayings. ibid
• Abuses in trade and commerce. ibid
• The victory of the Social Democrats as the fruit of the cartel. ibid
• Written defense against the charge of disorderly conduct, perpetrated by disseminating anti-Semitic pamphlets. ibid
• Who the cartel comes to good. ibid
• As a defense and reconnaissance. ibid, 1891
• (Pseudonym Thomas Frey ): facts on the Jewish question, the ABC of anti-Semites ( several editions ). ibid
• (Pseudonym Thomas Frey ): To fight 2000 years of mistakes. ibid
• The ABC of the social question. Fritsch, Leipzig 1892 ( = Small reconnaissance writings, Volume 1 )
• The Jews in Russia, Poland, Hungary, etc. Fritsch, Leipzig 1892 ( = Small reconnaissance writings, Volume 7 )
• Statistics of Judaism. Fritsch, Leipzig 1892 ( = Small reconnaissance writings, Volume 10 /11)
• Semi - anti-Semites. A word of clarification. Beyer, Leipzig 1893
• Two fundamental evil: Floor - usury and exchange. A generally comprehensible representation of the burning time issues. Beyer, Leipzig 1894
• The city of the future. Fritsch, Leipzig 1896
• My proof material against Yahweh. Hammer, Leipzig 1911
• (Pseudonym F. Roderich - Stolt home ): The Jews in the trade and the secret of their success. At the same time a response and complement to Sombart's book, "The Jews and the economic life ". Hobbing, Steglitz 1913 (from 1919 titled: The mystery of the Jewish success )
• (Pseudonym: Ferdinand Roderich Stolt - home ): Anti -Rathenau. Hammer, Leipzig 1918 ( = hammer fonts, Volume 15 )
• (Pseudonym F. Roderich - Stolt home ): Einstein 's deceit doctrine. Represented and refuted general course. Hammer, Leipzig 1921 ( = hammer fonts, Volume 29 )
• The true nature of Judaism. Hammer, Leipzig 1926
• (Pseudonym F. Roderich - Stolt home ): The Cultural Alliance of racial peace. collective work in the world front. A collection of essays in anti-Semitic leader of all peoples. Eds. Hans Krebs, here dubbed " member of the Prague National Assembly " and Otto Prague. Usti 1926 online, Adv. Edition with a different subtitle: " sequence 1 " Nibelungen, Berlin and Leipzig, 1935 (more of this " episode" not ersch ), pp. 5-8
• (as T. Fritsch ): What is the Jewish question be solved? in ibid. 1926, pp. 33 - 43
• The Protocols of Zion, ed. Thadden Fritsch ( = The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ), in 13th edition 1933 incriminates the Bernese Zionists process