Harry Domela (* 1905 Gru, Latvia; "† 1978 Maracaibo, Venezuela) was a German-Baltic Hochstapler, author and a Spain fighter.

Biography

Harry Domela is born in the Gru in live country (Latvia) as Deutschbalte and 1919 with 14 years child soldier in the free corps fighting during the First World War in the Baltic "Brandis ". The troop is dissolved 1920 in Brandenburg. Domela applies in the homeland as a high traitor and in Germany as a foreigner. The German authorities refuse a passport, which it needs however, to it in order work to get. It accepts work, with which for a passport one does not ask in the golden Zwanzigern. He is brickyard worker, Hausbur, beggar, representative, high-speed draughtsman and gardner.

adds itself, in order to improve his chances, the name "from live ones ". A count von Hardenberg addressed in Darmstadt because of an occupation offers support to the alleged condition comrade. With it cathedral-read high stacker career begins. In the autumn 1926 it places itself in Heidelberg in the connecting restaurant of the Corps "of the Saxo Borussen "as "a prince live one, second lieutenant in 4. Rider regiment potsdam "forwards and is enthusiastically received. Few weeks later it logiert in Erfurt than "baron Korff "in the hotel "Erfurter yard ". The Hoteldirektor regards it as the Hohenzollern prince Wilhelm, the oldest son of the former German Crown Prince. Domela ascends in the society of Thuringia into telling lies heights. When doubts arise, it sets off with the railway direction Rhine country, in order to occur the French Fremdenlegion. It is arrested however in January 1927 in Cologne. Still in the same month under largest public interest the process is made for it. During its siebenmonatigen detention it writes the book "the wrong prince. Life and adventure of the Harry Domela. "How/as country heart field brings the book out in its Malik publishing house, which becomes with 120.000 copies an enormous success. The literary Prominenz, under it Thomas's man, Kurt Tucholsky and Carl von Ossietzky celebrates it, it arises in theatres and Revues, magazines brings articles over it.

In the summer 1929 the in the rust ochers road in the north of Berlin opens a small cinema. The same film always runs: "The wrong prince. 6 document with Harry Domela. "The cinema makes however failure. Domela loses all its money and at least once in the year under generic term cures accusing is arrested. Last in January 1931 because of "suspicion on Landesverrat ". It sympathized with the KPD and goes to Hitler's seizure of power caution for the sake of with wrong passport to Holland. It is called now "Victor Zsajska, born on 12 August 1908 in Vienna, resident in Vienna, Matteottiplatz 2 ".

In the summer 1936 is it with its new friend Jeff load in Paris. That is socialist and homosexual as it, writer and well admits with the alleged realm tag fire founder Marinus van the Lubbe. When Francisco Franco begins Spanish the civil war, are Domela and load among the first foreigners, who hurry the Spanish republic to assistance. On 20 September 1936 they are in Madrid and serve in the regular Spanish People's Army in 5. Regiment Enrique Listers. Harry Domela serves Ludwig in the first war days runs as an aide. It meets Franz Dahlem as a director/conductor of the political commission of the international brigades. When the People's Army breaks down in January 1939, also Domela direction France flees. When starting from 5 February 1939 also Spanish soldiers may pass the border, Harry Domela as an officer of a division staff in Saint Cyprien under conditions beneath human dignity one interns. On requests Jeff load gets Gide Domela in May freely.

Gide place it at Aline Mayrisch de Saint Huber, the widow of the of Luxembourg steel stahlindustriellen Emile Mayrisch. Domela spends itself still as Victor Zsajska. The of Luxembourg stranger police examines its identity in July 1939. Domela sets off to Belgium, is arrested for safety's sake, can however from the German invasion escape and submerges. In the spring of the yearly 1941 it meets Gard in the Christi bar in Nice, in the vacant zone of France Gide and Roger Martin you and guesses/advises to them, not to Paris to go, from where it comes straight. Domela is arrested in the summer and locked up in the camp Vernet. It escapes from the distribution to the German authorities owing to Gide, which procures a visa to it and ship ticket to Mexico. There it however never arrives and remains for many always verschollen.

It arrived to its Exfreund Jeff load from Maracaibo however on adventurous ways to Venezuela and writes only on 15 September 1965. To leave it has itself simple existence as Gymnasiallehrer developed and asks load, nothing over it to be reported, since it still with wrong identity live and also no possibility see of receiving ever again a regular passport.

Center of the 1970er years loses itself its trace in Venezuela.

Literature

• Harry Domela: The wrong prince. Life and adventure of the Harry Domela. ISBN 3934189490

Related links

• The man, who let himself be disappeared. The century history of the Harry Domela (citizen of Berlin newspaper/magazine from 30 April 2004)

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