Hans Blüher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German journalist, writer and philosopher
Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1888
Place of Birth: Świebodzice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Date of Death: 04-Feb-1955
Profession: writer, psychologist, journalist, philosopher
Nationality: Germany, German Empire
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Hans Blüher
- Hans Blüher (17 February 1888 in Freiburg in Schlesien - 4 February 1955 in Berlin) was a German writer and philosopher.
- He attained prominence as an early member and "first historian" of the Wandervogel movement.
- He was aided by his taboo breaking rebellion against schools and the Church.
- He was received with some genuine interest but sometimes perceived as scandalous. His comments on the homosexual aspects of the Wandervogel movement and the role homoeroticism and male bonding played in the creation of European culture and institutions were fiercely combated.
- Blüher supported these with a theory of the Männerbund. During the transition from the German Empire to the Weimar liberal democracy, Blüher, a radical conservative and monarchist, became a staunch opponent of the Weimar Republic.
- In 1928, he had the opportunity to meet the former Kaiser Wilhelm II, in exile in the Netherlands.
- Blüher believed that pederasty and male bonding provided a basis for a stronger nation and state, which became a popular concept within certain segments of the Hitler Youth.
- Blüher later supported the Nazis but turned on them in 1934, when SA leader Ernst Röhm was murdered on Hitler's orders during the Night of the Long Knives. Since 1924, Blüher, who had married a doctor and had two children, had worked as a freelance writer and practicing psychologist in Berlin-Hermsdorf.
- He worked there, after his retirement from public life during the Nazi period, on his major philosophical work of 1949, Die Achse der Natur.
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