Kurt Kretschmann [SEP] residence
was a committed pacifist and went to live with a friend in a garden summer house in Rüdnitz near Bernau, just outside Berlin on its north-east side. He now became a vegetarian and embarked on a period of intense physical training which included a 10 km long distance run each day. He also experimented with his diet and took the opportunity to expand his knowledge of world literature, the classics and philosophical scholars, while playing the violin recreationally. In 1935 he faced conscription for military service, but through intense fasting
Kurt Kretschmann
Kurt Kretschmann (2 March 1914 – 20 January 2007) was a German nature conservationist.
Most of his professional career took place in the German Democratic Republic where he is known as ""Nestor des Naturschutzes in Ostdeutschland"" (loosely "East Germany's original Nature Conservationist"). He also designed the Long-eared owl silhouette, originally on a yellow background, which since 1989 has been adapted and become known across Germany as a symbol identifying conservation areas.
Life.
Life Early years.