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Gerhard W. Menzel
Gerhard W. Menzel (18 February 1922 – 14 March 1980) was a German writer. Youth Born in Schkeuditz near Leipzig, Menzel was the first son of tram driver Walter Menzel and his wife Frieda, ''née'' Dietrich. Through his father, who was active in the SPD, he came into contact with the and the Socialist Youth of Germany – Falcons at an early age. One month after Hitler's rise to power, his father lost his job, was reprimanded as a and had to do forced labour until 1945. His mother died in 1935. The gifted boy, the best pupil in his town, wanted nothing more than to attend secondary school and study; unrealisable under these circumstances. He completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller at the in Leipzig, after which he was drafted into the Reichsarbeitsdienst. There, the eighteen-year-old fell seriously ill with tuberculosis and had to live, with short interruptions, in sanatoriums until 1947. During this time, he studied classical world literature, studied German philosophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gerhard is Gerard, a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace * Gerhard Berger (born 1959), Austrian racing driver * Gerhard Boldt (1918–1981), German soldier and writer * Gerhard de Beer (born 1994), South African football player * Gerhard Diephuis (1817–1892), Dutch jurist * Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Dorn (c.1530–1584), Flemish philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile * Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), German physicist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Fieseler (1896–1987), German World War I flying ace * Gerhard Flesch (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes * Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945), German mathematician and logician * Gerhard Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
