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• Born on 09.10.1881 in Landsberg (Warthe).
• Died on 11.02.1960 in Dresden.
• Father was a rabbi.
• Sister: Recha (Grete).
• Wife: Eva Klemperer.
• At an age of 22 he broke with Judaism. Protestant baptism.
• Geschwister-Scholl-Preis laureate in 1995.
• Teaching activities:
  • 1920-1935 Technical College of Dresden.
    1935 He was suspended.
  • From 1945 Universities in Greifswald, Halle and Berlin).
• Subjects: Romance, Germanic philology, Comparing literary sciences. Topics were Corneille, Montesquieu and the history of French literature.

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