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Also known as August Friedrich Kellner

German Justice inspector (1885-1970)

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Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970) was a German politician, writer, historian, and diarist. Born in Vaihingen an der Enz, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and worked in Laubach. He participated in World War I and died in Lich.

Kellner wrote in German. His works include *Vernebelt, Verdunkelt Sind Alle Hirne* and *My Opposition*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Vernebelt, Verdunkelt Sind Alle Hirne
  • My Opposition

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Type
Group
Origin
Germany
Active from
2006

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Quotes

  • To trample democracy with one’s feet and give power to a single man over almost eighty million people is so terrible one can really tremble over the things that will come.
  • Terror is trump. Methods of common brutal suppression are considered sanctified laws. "Old Fighters" are saints, and from the district leader upwards there are only Gods!
  • If the Jews, who over the centuries contributed demonstrable achievements in the economy for the total development of the nation, can be made a people without rights, then that is an act unworthy of a cultured nation. The curse of this evil deed will indelibly rest on the entire German people. The authors, the National Socialists, will have disappeared some day; their deeds, however, will live on
  • This "Conqueror of Berlin," as he [Joseph Goebbels] has named himself, has completely conquered Germany. And not only that: many Germans living abroad--all too many of them, unfortunately--have fallen for the cunning propaganda.
  • Why only hate? Where does love remain? Or at least a little decency toward other people? We think we can behave against everyone in the exact same rabid way we did against the Jews: to smash, crush--and even exterminate.
  • The carnage will eventually come to an end, but the Western powers will carry the historical guilt for not promptly providing the most intensive preventative measures against Germany's incessant politics of aggression. Possibilities existed, but no actions were taken.

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Key facts

Born
1 February 1885, Vaihingen an der Enz , German Empire
Died
4 November 1970 (1970-11-04) (aged 85), Lich , West Germany
Education
Oberrealschule (High School)
Occupation
Justice Inspector
Spouse
Pauline Preuss

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Friedrich
Family name
Kellner
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Vaihingen an der Enz
Place of death
Lich
Occupation
jurist
Languages spoken
German
Conflict
World War I
Image
Friedrich Kellner 1934-b.jpg
Work location
Laubach
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date of birth
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date of death
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Encyclopedic overview

August Friedrich Kellner (1 February 1885 – 4 November 1970) was a German mid-level official and diarist who worked as a justice inspector in Laubach from 1933 to 1945.

Kellner was an infantryman in a Hessian regiment during the First World War. After the war, he became a political organizer for the Social Democratic Party of Germany, one of the leading political parties during the time of the turbulent and short-lived Weimar Republic, Germany's first period of democracy. Kellner and his wife, Pauline, campaigned together as Social Democrats against Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

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