1. Fritz Grasshoff was known for hits sung by Lale Andersen, Freddy Quinn and Hans Albers.
10 Facts About Fritz Grasshoff
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Fritz Grasshoff translated poetry by the Ancient Roman Martial and the Swede Carl Michael Bellman.
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Fritz Grasshoff attended the "Humanistisches Gymnasium", learning Greek and Latin.
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Fritz Grasshoff wrote his first collection of poems in captivity in 1945.
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Fritz Grasshoff traveled extensively to Greece and, from 1956, regularly to Sweden.
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Fritz Grasshoff's paintings were first shown in Celle in 1947, then in 1954 in his first important art exhibit at the kestnergesellschaft in Hannover along with works by Max Beckmann and Paul Klee.
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Fritz Grasshoff's work was purchased by the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg.
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Fritz Grasshoff wrote several hits for singers, such as Lale Andersen, Freddy Quinn and Hans Albers, for whom he wrote "Nimm mich mit, Kapitan, auf die Reise".
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Fritz Grasshoff stayed away from the literary world because he felt that his reputation was primarily from his hit lyrics.
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Fritz Grasshoff's paintings are held by museums, such as the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum.