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Philipp Witkop
1880–1942
A German literary scholar and writer remembered both for his studies of Goethe and for editing the widely read wartime collection Kriegsbriefe gefallener Studenten. His work sits at the crossroads of literature, memory, and Germany's early 20th-century intellectual life.
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Deutsches Leben der Gegenwart
by Paul Bekker, Goetz A. (Goetz Antony) Briefs, Max Scheler, Arnold Sommerfeld, Philipp Witkop
About the author
Born in 1880, Philipp Witkop became known in Germany as a writer, literary critic, and scholar of German literature. He wrote on modern German poetry and later published work on Goethe, including Goethe: Leben und Werk.
He is especially associated with Kriegsbriefe gefallener Studenten, a collection of letters by students killed in the First World War. The book brought him broad recognition and helped shape how many readers remembered the war and a lost generation of young Germans.
Witkop died in 1942. Today he is chiefly remembered for combining literary scholarship with a strong interest in remembrance, education, and the cultural meaning of war.