Theodor Körner
Theodor Körner was a German poet and playwright. Anne Frank read his plays in the Secret Annex.
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Theodor Körner was a German poet and playwright. Anne Frank read his plays in the Secret Annex.[1] He is famous for the dramatic works he produced for the Vienna Burgtheater and for his patriotic songs about the war of liberation against Napoleon. Following his death during the conflict, he became a national hero.[2] On 18 February 1943 Goebbels gave a speech in the Berlin 'Sportpalast'. During the address, he quoted Körner: Now, people, rise up - and let the storm erupt![3]'
Footnotes
- ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 and 18 October 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
- ^ Zie http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Körner_(Schriftsteller).
- ^ Ian Kershaw, Hitler. 1936-1945: Vergelding, Utrecht: Spectrum, 2003, p. 757.