15 Facts About Emil Utitz

Emil Utitz was a Czech philosopher and psychologist of Jewish descent.

Emil Utitz was educated in Prague, where he was a classmate of Franz Kafka.

Emil Utitz was born in Roztoky near Prague on 27 May 1883.

Emil Utitz grew up in Roztoky with his sister Flora.

Emil Utitz defended his PhD in 1906 under the supervision of Christian von Ehrenfels, with the thesis.

Emil Utitz's appeared in 1902, and in the same year, he used the pseudonym Ernst Lime to publish the collection.

Emil Utitz married Ottilie Schwarzkopf, the daughter of a Jewish factory owner from Susice, in 1914.

From October 1925, Emil Utitz held a chair of philosophy at the University of Halle-Wittenberg as successor of Max Frischeisen-Kohler.

Emil Utitz returned to Prague, where he first worked on the of Franz Brentano, then became the successor of Christian von Ehrenfels as Chair of Philosophy at the German University of Prague in October 1934.

Emil Utitz was forcibly retired in 1938 after arguments with Nazi colleagues.

Emil Utitz's works include books on art theory, aesthetics, characterology and cultural philosophy, as well as books about Brentano and Egon Erwin Kisch.

Emil Utitz, who was one of the "prominent" prisoners given special treatment, was involved in cultural activities in Theresienstadt, for example as judge in a poetry contest in 1944.

Emil Utitz gave lectures, one of which was filmed for the 1944 propaganda film Theresienstadt.

Emil Utitz later wrote a book about the psychology of life in Theresienstadt, which appeared in a Czech edition in 1947 and in German translation in 1948.

Emil Utitz became a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1948.