About Alexander Moritz Frey
Lived 1881 – 1957 (aged 75). Alexander Moritz Frey was a German writer and journalist.
Alexander Moritz Frey (1881–1957) was a German author known for his fantasy books and for his satirical columns in the press.
Frey, a pacifist, served as a medic in the same regiment as Adolf Hitler during World War I. According to Frey in an essay called "The Unknown Private—Personal Memories of Hitler", which was not discovered until decades after his death,
Frey was featured in an exhibition in Berlin in 2011 that was dedicated to writers whose books had been burned at an event organised by the German Student Union on 10 May 1933 during which Joseph Goebbels gave a speech to praise the burning as "a breakthrough in the German revolution".
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Who was Alexander Moritz Frey?
German writer (1881–1957)
When was Alexander Moritz Frey born?
Alexander Moritz Frey was born on 29 March 1881 in Munich.
When did Alexander Moritz Frey die?
Alexander Moritz Frey died on 24 January 1957 in Zurich.
What was Alexander Moritz Frey's occupation?
Alexander Moritz Frey was a writer and journalist.
What nationality was Alexander Moritz Frey?
Alexander Moritz Frey was German.
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