Friedrich
Radszuweit (15 April 1876- 15 March 1932) was a German manager, publisher, and
author. Partner Martin Butzkow
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Neue Jakobstraße 9, 10179 Berlin
Friedrich
Radszuweit (15 April 1876- 15 March 1932) was a German manager, publisher, and
author.
Radszuweit was born in Königsberg. He moved to Berlin in 1901 and opened a shop for women's clothes. In 1923, Radszuweit, who was gay,[1] founded the organisation Bund für Menschenrecht E.V. (BfM), which worked for the rights of gay people and for the deletion of Paragraph 175. He started his own publishing company and published the monthly magazine Zeitschrift für Menschenrecht from 1923 to 1933. The company also published several LGBT books and homoerotic graphics.
The company also produced the first gramophone record with homosexual themes, including Bubi laß uns Freunde sein by Bruno Balz and Erwin Neuber. Other magazines published include Insel, Magazin der Einsamen (1926–1931), and Das dritte Geschlecht (four editions: 1930/1931). He also started the lesbian magazine Die Freundin, Wochenschrift für ideale Frauenfreundschaft.
Radszuweit wrote the novels Männer zu verkaufen, Ledige Frauen, Die Symphonie des Eros and Paul Tritzkis Lebensweg. In 1927, he produced a flyer for the members of the Reichstag advocating reform of § 175.[2]
In April 1932, Radszuweit died in Berlin of a heart attack. His businesses were taken over at his death by his lover Martin Butzkow (1900-1933), whom he had adopted to allow him to be his heir.[3]
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