Fritz, Kurt von, 1900-1985.

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Biographical note: German emigre classicist.

Kurt von Fritz was born in Alsace-Lorraine and taught at the Universities of Munich, Hamburg, and Rostock. He was dismissed from his position at the University of Rostock in 1935 as a conservative who refused to take the required Nazi loyalty oath. He immigrated to the United Kingdom in 1936 and to the United States a year later. He taught at Reed College and Columbia University, 1937-54, then returned to Germany to be a professor of classical philology at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Munich.

From the description of Kurt von Fritz papers, 1935-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122529680

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creatorOf Fritz, Kurt von, 1900-1985. Kurt von Fritz papers, 1935-1980. University at Albany, University Libraries
referencedIn Stephen Schlein Erik Erikson additional papers, 1935-1991. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Columbia University. Dept. of Classical Philology. corporateBody
associatedWith Reed College (Portland, Or.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Schlein, Stephen, collector. person
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Germany
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Germans
Loyalty oaths
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Birth 1900

Death 1985

German,

English

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