Heinrich Ernst Wachler
[ Richard Frank Krummel: ''Nietzsche und der deutsche Geist.'' Bd. 1, unter Mitw. v. Evelyn S. Krummel, 2., verb. u. erg. Aufl., Berlin/New York 1998, p. 164.] (* 18 February 1871 in
Breslau; † September 1945
in
Theresienstadt
Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...
) was a
völkisch-neopagan and
anti-semitic writer, dramatist and publicist.
Wachler's mother had been of Jewish origin, but had converted to Protestantism in her youth.
There is some confusion about the death of Ernst Wachler. Neopagan web pages and print-on-demand books make it appear as if he died as the victim of the Nazis in a concentration camp. Neo-völkisch writers allege that he was sent to KZ
Auschwitz where he perished. The German historian
Uwe Puschner (
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
) mentions that there are various speculations about Wachler's death, but that, according to two of Wachler's close relatives, Wachler died in summer 1945, after the war as an imprisoned German civilian, in the
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...
from
Shigellosis
Shigellosis is an infection of the intestines caused by ''Shigella'' bacteria. Symptoms generally start one to two days after exposure and include diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, and feeling the need to pass stools even when the bowels are emp ...
.
[Puschner 1996: 793]
Notes
Literature
Uwe Puschner, 1996: ''Ernst Wachler''. and ''Deutsche Reformbühne und völkische Kultstätte. Ernst Wachler und das Harzer Bergtheater''. In: ''Handbuch zur "Völkischen Bewegung" 1871 - 1918''. Ed. by Uwe Puschner, Walter Schmitz and Justus H. Ulbricht. Munich and others
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