Friedrich Radszuweit
Friedrich Radszuweit (born 15 April 1876- 15 March 1932) was a German manager, publisher, and author.
Early life and career
Radszuweit was born in Königsberg. He moved to Berlin in 1901 and opened a shop for women's clothes. In 1923, Radszuweit, who was gay,[1] founded the organisation Bund für Menschenrecht E.V. (BfM), which worked for the rights of gay people and for the deletion of Paragraph 175. He started his own publishing company and published the monthly magazine Zeitschrift für Menschenrecht from 1923 to 1933. The company also published several LGBT books and homoerotic graphics.
The company also produced the first gramophone record with homosexual themes, including Bubi laß uns Freunde sein by Bruno Balz and Erwin Neuber. Other magazines published include Insel, Magazin der Einsamen (1926–1931), and Das dritte Geschlecht (four editions: 1930/1931). He also started the lesbian magazine Die Freundin, Wochenschrift für ideale Frauenfreundschaft.
Radszuweit wrote the novels Männer zu verkaufen, Ledige Frauen, Die Symphonie des Eros and Paul Tritzkis Lebensweg. In 1927, he produced a flyer for the members of the Reichstag advocating reform of § 175.[2]
Death
In 1932, Radszuweit died in Berlin of tuberculosis. His businesses were taken over at his death by his son Martin Radszuweit.
Works
- Männer zu verkaufen, Leipzig, Lipsia-Verlag, 1932, 6. edition
- Ledige Frauen, Berlin, 1928–1929
- Die Symphonie des Eros, Berlin-Pankow, Kaiser Friedrich-Str. 1, 1925
- Paul Tritzkis Lebensweg, Berlin-Pankow, Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 1, Orplid-publishing, 1924
Further reading
- Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, Mann für Mann, Hamburg
- John Lauritsen and David Thorstad, The Early Homosexual Rights Movement 1864-1935 (Times Change Press, 1974).
