Friedrich Wolf 2656677 184365070 2008-01-14T23:36:30Z Olessi 220894 cats [[Image:Wolf_friedrich.jpg|right|frame|Friedrich Wolf.]] '''Friedrich Wolf''' ([[December 23]], [[1888]] - [[October 5]], [[1953]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Physician|doctor]] and writer. ==Life== Wolf was born in [[Neuwied]] ([[Rhine Province]]), the son of a Jewish merchant. From [[1907]] until [[1912]] he studied [[medicine]], [[philosophy]] and [[art history]] in [[Munich]], [[Tübingen]], [[Bonn]], and [[Berlin]] and became a doctor in [[1913]]. In [[1914]] he worked first as a ship's doctor on the route between [[Canada]], [[Greenland]] and the [[United States]], and then in the same year became a field doctor on the [[Western Front]] in [[World War I]]; this experience made him a strong opponent of war. In [[1917]] he published his first [[prose]] pieces. In [[1918]] he became a member of the [[Workers council|Workers Council]] in [[Dresden]] and joined the [[Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany]]. After the war he worked as a doctor in [[Remscheid]] and [[Hechingen]], where he focused on care for common people and prescribed treatment using [[naturopathic medicine]]. In [[1923]] and [[1925]] his sons [[Markus Wolf|Markus]] und [[Konrad Wolf|Konrad]] were born. After [[1928]] he became a member of the [[Communist Party of Germany|Communist Party]] and the [[Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller|Group of Proletariat-Revolutionary Writers]]. In [[1929]] his drama "Cyankali" sparked a debate about [[abortion]], and he was briefly arrested and charged for performing abortions. In early [[1932]] he founded the ''Spieltrupp Südwest'' in [[Stuttgart]], a [[communist]] [[agitprop]] group of lay actors that created controversial pieces about current topics. After the [[Nazis]] came to power, Wolf emigrated with his family to [[Moscow]]. In [[1938]] he made his way to [[Spain]] to work as a doctor in the [[International Brigades]]. However, he was arrested in [[France]] and interned in the [[concentration camp]] [[Le Vernet]]. In [[1941]] he gained [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] citizenship and returned to Moscow where he became a founder of the [[Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland]] (National Committee for a Free Germany). In [[1945]] he returned to Germany and was active in literary and cultural-political issues. From [[1949]] to [[1951]] he was the first [[ambassador]] of [[East Germany]] to [[Poland]]. On [[October 5]], [[1953]], he died in his personal office in [[Lehnitz]]. ==Works== *''Mohammed'' (1917, drama) *"Langemarck" (1917, story) *''Das bist du'' (1919, drama) *''Der Unbedingte'' (1919, drama) *''Die Schwarze Sonne'' (1921, drama) *''Tamar'' (1922, drama) *''Die Schrankkomödie'' (1923, drama) *''Der Arme Konrad'' (1923, drama) *''Das Heldenepos des alten Bundes'' (1924) *''Kreatur'' (1925, novel) *''Kolonne Hund'' (1926, drama) *''Äther'' (1926) *''Die Natur als Arzt und Helfer'' (1927) *''Koritke'' (1927, drama) *"Der Kampf im Kohlenpott" (1927, novella) *''Cyankali" (1929, drama) *''Die Matrosen von Cattaro" (1930, drama) *''Tai Yang erwacht'' (1930, drama) *''Professor Mamlock'' (1933, drama) *''Floridsdorf'' (1934, drama) *''Das trojanische Pferd'' (1935, drama) *''Zwei an der Grenze'' (1938, novel) *''Beaumarchais'' (1940, drama) *"Der Russenpelz" (1942, novella) *''Heimkehr der Söhne'' (1944, novel) *''Dr. Lilli Wanner'' (1944, drama) *''Was der Mensch säet'' (1945, drama) *''Die letzte Probe'' (1946, drama) *''Märchen für große und kleine Kinder'' (1946) *''Wie Tiere des Waldes'' (1947, drama) *''Der Rat der Götter'' (1949, filmscript) *''Bürgermeister Anna'' (1949, comedy) *''Menetekel'' (1952, novel) *''Thomas Müntzer'' (1952, drama, film expose) ==External links== *[http://www.friedrich-wolf-gedenkstaette.de/ Friedrich-Wolf-Gesellschaft e.V.] *[http://www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/JewishDiscovery2.htm Jewish Discovery of Islam] by [[Martin Kramer]], includes discussion of Wolf. {{BD|1888|1953|Wolf, Friedrich}} [[Category:People from the Rhine Province]] [[Category:University of Bonn alumni]] [[Category:German writers]] [[Category:German Jews]] [[de:Friedrich Wolf]] [[es:Friedrich Wolf]] [[eo:Friedrich Wolf]] [[sv:Friedrich Wolf]]