Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche

Therese Elisabeth Alexandra Förster-Nietzsche (July 10, 1846 – November 8, 1935), who went by her second name, was the sister of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the creator of the Nietzsche Archive in 1894.Förster-Nietzsche was two years younger than her brother. Their father was a Lutheran pastor in the German village of Röcken bei Lützen. The two children were close during their childhood and early adult years. However, they grew apart in 1885 when Elisabeth married Bernhard Förster, a former high school teacher who had become a fanatical anti-Semitic agitator—Friedrich Nietzsche despised anti-Semitism.

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Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
Birth dateJuly 10, 1846
Birth nameTherese Elisabeth Alexandra Förster-Nietzsche
Birth place
Kingdom of Prussia , Röcken , Prussia
Nationality
Germany
Date of deathNovember 08, 1935
Place of death
Weimar
Spouse
Known for
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nueva Germania
Nazism

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