The appeal to the mayors of Berlin not to let the honorary grave of the poet Oskar Loerke run out, which Lutz Seiler last made in the SZ from 20.7. has raised, is now joined by the Wilhelm Lehmann Society in Eckernförde. The signatories include the Loerke and Lehmann editors Wolfgang Menzel and Uwe Pörksen, as well as the actor and writer Hanns Zischler. The decision to continue to entertain Bert Brecht’s grave, but not that of Oskar Loerke, “suggests that Berlin only honors the writer who still enjoys a certain popularity, while the actual importance is secondary,” it says in the open Letter: “Take back the decision!” The commitment is justified by a close friendship between Wilhelm Lehmann and Oskar Loerke.
The writer, whose most important works include the novel “The Defector”, which was based on his experiences as a deserter in World War I, was, unlike Loerke, lucky “to have worked in a small town in the province, where he remained 50 years after still has its place after his death “. In Berlin, on the other hand, things seem to be getting tight for faded artists.