Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen
Friedrich Percyval Reck-Malleczewen | |
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| Born | August 11, 1884 |
| Died | February 16, 1945 (aged 60) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, Author |
| Spouses | Anna Louise Büttner
(m. 1908; div. 1930) Irmgard von Borcke (after 1935) |
| Children | 6 |
| Relatives | Herman Reck |
| Awards | Righteous Among the Nations |
| Academic work | |
| School or tradition | Traditionalist conservatism, Anti-fascism |
| Notable works | Diary of a Man in Despair Bomben auf Monte Carlo (novel) |
Friedrich Percyval Reck-Malleczewen (11 August 1884 – February 1945) was a German author. His best-known work is Diary of a Man in Despair, a journal in which he expressed his passionate opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He was eventually arrested by the Nazis and murdered at the Dachau concentration camp.