Karlrobert Kreiten (June 26, 1916 - September 7, 1943) was a German pianist. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ...

He was seen by Wilhelm Furtwängler and others as one of the most talented young pianists in Germany. Born in Bonn, of Alsatian parentage, his mother was the classical singer Emmy Kreiten-Barido and his father Theo Kreiten, a concert pianist. Wilhelm Furtwängler ( January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and composer. ... Bonn is a city in Germany (Population (2004 est): 313,605 ; the 19th largest city in Germany), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine. ...

He made his debut at the age of eleven with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major in a live broadcast. He was educated in Vienna by Claudio Arrau. W. A. Mozart, 1790 portrait by Johann Georg Edlinger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is considered one of the greatest composers of European classical music (or more specifically, Viennese Classical music). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Claudio Arrau (February 6, 1903 - June 9, 1991) was a Chilean-American pianist, of world fame because of his interpretations of a huge repertory spanning from the baroque to 20th century composers. ...

He was betrayed by Nazi Ellen Ott-Monecke, who notified the Gestapo about Kreiten making negative remarks about Adolf Hitler and the war effort. He was indicted at the Volksgerichtshof, with Roland Freisler presiding, and condemned to death. Friends and family frantically tried to save his life, but to no avail. The family was never notified officially about the judgement, and only accidentally learned that Karlrobert had been executed, with 185 other inmates, at Plötzensee prison. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ... Volksgerichtshof (Peoples Court) is a court established by Hitler after the Reichstag fire to take away the treatment of treason and many other offenses from the more liberal Reichsgericht. ... Roland Freisler (October 30, 1893 - February 3, 1945) was a prominent Nazi. ... Plötzensee is a lake in Berlin with an area of 7. ...

His execution triggered a wave of hateful articles in the German press about this "treacherous" artist. Prominent journalist Werner Höfer had to retire in 1987 when his particularly infamous articles about Kreiten became known to a wider public. Werner Höfer is a German journalist. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• In Erinnerung an Karlrobert Kreiten (http://www.fkoester.de/kreiten/home/seite1.html) (in German)