Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Erich Kästner across 4 places, from 1919 to 1974.
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Emil Erich Kästner (23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Erich Kästner was documented, and when
1919year
University of Leipzigattested“In the autumn of 1919, Kästner enrolled at the University of Leipzig to study history, philosophy, German studies, and theater.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
1945year
Tyrol (state)attested“In early 1945, he and others pretended that they had to travel to the rural community of Mayrhofen in Tyrol for location shooting for a (non-existent) film, Das falsche Gesicht (The Wrong Face).”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
February 1945month
Dresdenattested“In his diary for 1945, published many years later, Kästner describes his shock at arriving in Dresden shortly after the bombing of the city in World War II (February 1945) and finding it a pile of ruins in which he could recognize none o…”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
29 July 1974exact date
Munichattested“Kästner died of esophageal cancer on 29 July 1974 in the Neuperlach Hospital in Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
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1913year
Dresdenmentioned“In 1913, Kästner entered a teacher training school in Dresden.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
1917year
Dresdenmentioned“He was drafted into the Royal Saxon Army in 1917 and was trained at a heavy artillery unit in Dresden.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
1925year
Rostockmentioned“His studies took him to Rostock and Berlin, and in 1925 he received a doctorate for a thesis on Frederick the Great and German literature.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
1927 to 1933period
Berlinmentioned“Kästner's years in Berlin, from 1927 until the end of the Weimar Republic in 1933, were his most productive.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
1929year
Leipzigmentioned“Kästner also renewed his collaboration with Edmund Nick, whom he had met in Leipzig in 1929, when Nick, then Head of the Music Department at Radio Silesia, wrote the music for Kästner's radio play Leben in dieser Zeit.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
1931year
Germanymentioned“Emil und die Detektive has been adapted for the cinema five times, three of them in Germany: in 1931, 1935 (UK), 1954, 1964 (USA) and 2001.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
1944year
Berlinmentioned“In 1944, Kästner's home in Berlin was destroyed during a bombing raid.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
February 1945month
Berlinmentioned“12) in Berlin–Wilmersdorf and after that, until February 1945, at Roscherstraße 16 in Berlin-Charlottenburg.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
February 1945month
Berlin-Charlottenburgmentioned“12) in Berlin–Wilmersdorf and after that, until February 1945, at Roscherstraße 16 in Berlin-Charlottenburg.”source: Wikipedia: Erich Kästner
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