Adam Kuckhoff
Adam Kuckhoff
Born	(1887-08-30)30 August 1887 Aachen, German Empire
Died	5 August 1943(1943-08-05) (aged 55) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Writer, journalist
Nationality	German
Notable works	Scherry
Spouse	Greta

Adam Kuckhoff (German: [ˈaːdam ˈkʊkˌhɔf] ^ⓘ, 30 August 1887 – 5 August 1943) was a German writer, journalist, and German resistance member of the anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Gestapo.^[1]

Life

Adam Kuckhoff published a popular edition of the works of Georg Büchner in 1927, and headed the cultural-political magazine Die Tat ("The Deed") in 1928–1929,^[2] which he gave a left-wing, socialist flavour. In 1931, he wrote the artistic novel Scherry about Grock. Between 1931 and 1932, he was a dramatic adviser at the Berlin Schauspielhaus. His main work, the world war novel Der Deutsche von Bayencourt ("The German from Bayencourt") appeared in Germany in 1937.

He and his wife Greta were involved with Arvid and Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra. He was arrested in Prague on 12 September 1942, following the arrests of Harnack and many other members of the organization. He was executed at Plötzensee Prison on 5 August 1943.

In East Germany, Kuckhoff was honoured as a resistance member. In Leipzig-Grünau a school was named after him. It bore his name from 1985 to 1990. In his home town Aachen a street was named after him. There is also a street in Halle (Saale) named after him.

References

Further reading

• Ingeborg Drewitz: Leben und Werk von Adam Kuckhoff. Berlin 1968
• Karlheinz Jackste (Hrsg.): Adam Kuckhoff – Tradition und Aufgabe. Halle (Saale) 1977.

External links

• Portrait by Dieter Götze (in German)