Background
Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski was born into a traditionalist family of military officers in Kassel.
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Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski was born into a traditionalist family of military officers in Kassel.
His grave is located in the Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf near Berlin. He began a similarly ambitious military career himself, attending a cadet academy then joining a Hussar regiment. A serious riding accident brought his military career to a sudden end, however.
Studies and Writing Oppeln-Bronikowski turned his attention to a civilian education, studying philosophy and archaeology in Berlin.
Afterwards he lived as an independent author first in Italy then in Switzerland. In 1905 he returned to Berlin and published numerous novels, novellas, and short stories.
He also wrote biographical compositions and essays on cultural history. Writings against Antisemitism In his later works Oppeln-Bronikowski opposed the growing antisemitism in Germany.
He advocated equitable treatment of Jews with Antisemitismus? Eine unparteiische Prüfung ("Antisemitism? An objective examination") in 1920 and Zur Lösung der Judenfrage ("Justice! Resolving the Jewish question") in 1932.