Alexander Moritz Frey (1881–1957) was a German author known for his fantasy books. He was also known for his satirical columns in the press.
World War I
Frey, a pacifist, served as a medic in the same regiment as
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
during World War I.
According to Frey, in an essay called "The Unknown Private—Personal Memories of Hitler" that was not discovered until decades after his death,
Hitler adopted his famous style of moustache after being ordered to have his original full one trimmed when it caused problems in getting his gas mask on.
Remembrance
Frey was featured in an exhibition in Berlin in 2011 dedicated to writers whose books were burned at an event organised by the
German Student Union
The German Student Union (german: Deutsche Studentenschaft, abbreviated ''DSt'') from 1919 until 1945, was the merger of the general student committees of all German universities, including Danzig, Austria and the former German universities in ...
on 10 May 1933 during which
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 19 ...
gave a speech praising it as "a breakthrough in the German revolution."
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1881 births
1957 deaths
German fantasy writers
German satirists
German pacifists
German male non-fiction writers