Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz
Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz | |
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Born | Edgar Kupfer 24 April 1906[1] |
Died | 7 July 1991 | (aged 85)
Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz (24 April 1906 – 7 July 1991) was a German journalist, poet and prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp. He was the author of the Dachau Diaries, in which he describes the events in the concentration camp, the SS Camp and the prisoner society.
Early life
He was born Edgar Kupfer in 1906, the son of an estate manager. He first worked in agriculture and later as an office worker after completing secondary school. He also wrote poetry and newspaper articles on the side. He later took the pen name Kupfer-Koberwitz .
After
Dachau Diaries
On 11 November 1940 Kupfer-Koberwitz was committed to
Kupfer-Koberwitz led American forces to the location of his diaries a week after they had liberated the Dachau camp on 29 April 1945.
Post-war
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In the course of the liberation of Dachau he was released at the end of April 1945.
After the liberation he lived in the
Kupfer-Koberwitz was the author of several books. The Dachau Diaries are now kept at the University of Chicago Library.
Works (selection)
- Life - Hell! , Stuttgart 1931
- Die Tierbrüder , Man-Verlag, Augsburg 1947
- Chain of Days: Poems from Dachau , Hatje, Stuttgart 1947
- The forgotten island: A book about the volcanic island of Ischia , Wolff, Flensburg 1948
- The powerful and the helpless: As prisoners in Dachau , Vorwerk, Stuttgart (vol. 1. How it began 1957, vol. 2. How it ended 1960)
- Dachau diaries: The records of the prisoner 24814 , Kindler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-463-40301-3.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chrisinger, David (4 September 2020). "A Secret Diary Chronicled the 'Satanic World' That Was Dachau". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Oggiano, Massimo (August 2019). "Le campanelle di Cuffer". Il Levante: 6. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Guide to the Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz Dachau Diaries 1942-1945". Lib.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ a b Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz, Animal Brothers: Reflection on an Ethical Way of Life, 4th ed.Mannaheim, Germany: Warland-Verlagsgenossenschaft eG Mannaheim, n. date. Translated by Ruth Mossner for Vegetarian Press, Denver, CO.
External links
- Literature by and about Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz in the German National Library catalogue
- Reading by Barbara Distel: Dachauer Tagebücher. The records of prisoner 24814 Edgar Koberwitz on www.thomasneumann.info; accessed: April 14, 2019
- Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz - bequests on Literaturportal Bayern
- Elke Schubert: Alltag in the camp. The Dachau diary of the prisoner Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz . In: Die Zeit online from 4 July 1997
- Björn Berg: "History of a Captivity. Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz: Dachauer diaries. The records of inmate 24814 (Review)
- About the author Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz on http://www.veggiswelt.de
- Freiheit für Tiere (PDF file; 748 kB), issue 2/2011, p. 52f.