Friedrich Radszuweit
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Friedrich Radszuweit was a German
manager
, publisher, and author
.
Radszuweit was born in Königsberg
. He moved to Berlin in 1901 and opened a shop for women's clothes. In 1923, Radszuweit, who was gay
, founded the organisation Bund für Menschenrecht E.V. (BfM), which worked for the rights of gay
people and for the deletion of Paragraph 175
. He started his own publishing company and published the monthly magazine Zeitschrift für Menschenrecht from 1923 to 1933. The company also published several LGBT
books and homoerotic graphics.
The company also produced the first gramophone record with homosexual themes, including Bubi laß uns Freunde sein by Bruno Balz
and Erwin Neuber. Other magazines published include Insel, Magazin der Einsamen (1926–1931), and Das dritte Geschlecht (four editions: 1930/1931). He also started the lesbian
magazine Die Freundin, Wochenschrift für ideale Frauenfreundschaft.
Radszuweit wrote the novels Männer zu verkaufen, Ledige Frauen, Die Symphonie des Eros and Paul Tritzkis Lebensweg. In 1927, he produced a flyer for the members of the Reichstag
advocating reform of § 175.
In 1932, Radszuweit died in Berlin.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
manager
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, publisher, and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
.
Radszuweit was born in Königsberg
Königsberg
Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...
. He moved to Berlin in 1901 and opened a shop for women's clothes. In 1923, Radszuweit, who was gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, founded the organisation Bund für Menschenrecht E.V. (BfM), which worked for the rights of gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
people and for the deletion of Paragraph 175
Paragraph 175
Paragraph 175 was a provision of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994. It made homosexual acts between males a crime, and in early revisions the provision also criminalized bestiality. All in all, around 140,000 men were convicted under the law.The statute was amended several...
. He started his own publishing company and published the monthly magazine Zeitschrift für Menschenrecht from 1923 to 1933. The company also published several LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
books and homoerotic graphics.
Bruno Balz
Bruno Balz was a German songwriter and schlager writer.From the time he wrote the music for the first German sound film until his retirement in the 1960s, Balz was responsible for the lyrics to over a thousand popular hits...
and Erwin Neuber. Other magazines published include Insel, Magazin der Einsamen (1926–1931), and Das dritte Geschlecht (four editions: 1930/1931). He also started the lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
magazine Die Freundin, Wochenschrift für ideale Frauenfreundschaft.
Radszuweit wrote the novels Männer zu verkaufen, Ledige Frauen, Die Symphonie des Eros and Paul Tritzkis Lebensweg. In 1927, he produced a flyer for the members of the Reichstag
Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
The Reichstag was the parliament of Weimar Republic .German constitution commentators consider only the Reichstag and now the Bundestag the German parliament. Another organ deals with legislation too: in 1867-1918 the Bundesrat, in 1919–1933 the Reichsrat and from 1949 on the Bundesrat...
advocating reform of § 175.
In 1932, Radszuweit died in Berlin.
Works
- Männer zu verkaufen, Leipzig, Lipsia-Verlag, 1932, 6. edition
- Ledige Frauen, Berlin, 1928–1929
- Die Symphonie des Eros, Berlin-Pankow, Kaiser Friedrich-Str. 1, 1925
- Paul Tritzkis Lebensweg, Berlin-Pankow, Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 1, Orplid-publishing, 1924
Further reading
- Hergemöller, Bernd-UlrichBernd-Ulrich HergemöllerBernd-Ulrich Hergemöller is a German historian specializing in the Middle Ages and the author of several books on LGBT history and medieval European history....
. Mann für Mann, Hamburg - Lauritsen, John and Thorstad, David. The Early Homosexual Rights Movement, 1864-1935. (Second Edition revised).