Kurt Tucholsky (German: [kʊʁt tu.ˈxɔls.ki] ⓘ; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel.
Kurt Tucholsky was a German satirical essayist, poet, and critic, best-known for his cabaret songs. After studying law and serving in World War I, Tucholsky left Germany in 1924 and lived first in Paris and after 1929 in Sweden.
German satirist Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935) relentlessly attacked the Nazis during their rise to power. In one poem he scorned what he saw as the do-nothing attitude of the German public as the danger drew closer.
Kurt Tucholsky, the most famous satirist of the Weimar Republic, was born on 9 January 1890 into a well-off family belonging to Berlin's Jewish bourgeoisie; his father was a successful businessman. Tucholsky studied law in Berlin, earning a doctorate in 1915, but he never practiced that profession.
Kurt Tucholsky, the cheerful, chatty ironist of “Rheinsberg: A Storybook for Lovers” (1912), developed after World War I into a prominent socially critical author of the Weimar Republic: storyteller, poet, satirist, and pacifist journalist.
Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935) was born in Berlin to a middle-class Jewish family. He received a law degree from the University of Jena in 1915 and was conscripted to fight in World War I not long after. A notably poor soldier, his aphorism likening soldiers to murderers became a pacifist rallying cry. Tucholsky began his
Kurt Tucholsky, wortsicherster Journalist der Weimarer Republik, polarisierte zu Lebzeiten und weit über seinen Tod hinaus. Sein Zitat "Soldaten sind Mörder" sorgt noch heute für geteilte Reaktionen.