Alexander Moritz Frey


Alexander Moritz Frey was a German author known for his fantasy books. He was also known for his satirical columns in the press.

World War I

Frey, a pacifist, served as a medic in the same regiment as Adolf Hitler during World War I. According to Frey, in an essay called "The Unknown Private—Personal Memories of Hitler" that was not discovered until decades after his death, Hitler adopted his famous style of moustache after being ordered to have his original full one trimmed when it caused problems in getting his gas mask on.

Remembrance

Frey was featured in an exhibition in Berlin in 2011 dedicated to writers whose books were burned at an event organised by the German Student Union on 10 May 1933. Joseph Goebbels gave a speech at the event praising it as "a breakthrough in the German revolution."