Damian Kratzenberg
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| Born | November 5, 1878 Clervaux, Luxembourg |
| Died | October 11, 1946 (aged 67) Luxembourg |
| Buried | Luxembourg |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Damian Kratzenberg (November 5, 1878 – October 11, 1946) was a highschool teacher who became head of the Volksdeutsche Bewegung (German-People's Movement), a pro-Nazi political group, in Luxembourg during World War II. He was executed after the war for collaboration with the Nazis.
He was the son of the administrator of the castle of Clervaux, a German immigrant. After receiving his baccalaureate at the Diekirch gymnasium, from 1898 to 1902 he studied literature in Luxembourg, Lille, Paris and Berlin. Following this, he taught Greek and German in Diekirch, Echternach, and from 1927 at the Athénée de Luxembourg.[1]
From 1927 to 1936, he was a member of the liberal party. From the mid-1930s, he became a supporter of Nazi Germany. From 1935 to 1940, he was the president of GEDELIT, the Luxemburger Gesellschaft für deutsche Literatur und Kunst (Society for German Literature and Art). In 1936, he received the Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft.[1]
He became head of the regional branch of the Volksdeutsche Bewegung in 1940, and was appointed head of the Athénée de Luxembourg in 1941.[1]
Damian Kratzenberg, managed to flee towards Weißenburg a few days before the liberation on 1 September 1944. A letter to his daughter after the end of the war, however, gave his location away. He was brought to Luxembourg and put on trial. On 1 August Kratzenberg was sentenced to death and on 11 October 1946 was shot at the shooting range of the barracks of the Holy Ghost Plateau in Luxembourg City.
See also
Further reading
- Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees, 1991, ISBN 0-13-089301-3
External links
References
- ^ a b c Marson, Pierre. "Damian Kratzenberg". Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois. Centre national de littérature.
- Luxembourgian politicians
- Luxembourgian educators
- Luxembourgian fascists
- Executed Luxembourgian people
- 20th-century executions by Luxembourg
- Luxembourgian people of World War II
- Nazis from outside Germany
- 1878 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Clervaux
- Executed collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Executed Luxembourgian collaborators with Nazi Germany
- People executed by firing squad
- Nazi politicians
- People executed by Luxembourg