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![]() His Latin teacher, who had previously argued that the German arms build-up would keep the peace was jubilant: "From then on, I found it difficult to believe in the principle that armament preserved peace." Fromm was shocked by how overnight his teachers and fellow students became "fanatical nationalists and reactionaries" attributing the war to British aggression. Fromm claimed that he "suffered under the influence of a pathologically anxious father who overwhelmed me with his anxiety, at the same time not giving me any guidelines and having no positive influence on my education." (6) Erich Fromm and the First World WarĮrich was 14-years-old and a student at Frankfurt's Wohler Gymnasium, when the First World War broke out. Fromm did not enjoy a good relationship with his father who he believed was "very neurotic" and "obsessive". He later claimed that Sussman was the first adult to take a real interest in him as an individual. I owe a great deal to him." (5)įromm adopted Sussman as a father figure. Fromm later recalled that Sussman "was an extremely honest man, courageous, a man of great integrity. Sussman was a socialist and introduced him to the writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels and engaged him in serious discussions about politics. This included visits to Frankfurt Museum. Sussman lived in the Fromm household for two years and during this period he took an interest in Erich's education. In 1912 Naphtali Fromm employed Oswald Sussman, a young Galacian Jew, to help him with his wine business. However, "for Fromm, the main point was, perhaps, not what he studied, but rather the values attached to studying and the different way of life that marks it out." (3) Fromm was given an intense religious education from noted scholars and friends of the family, and groomed from an early age to carry on family tradition and became a scholar of the Talmud." (4) "Erich became fascinated with the Hebrew Bible, especially with the prophetic writings of Isiah, Amos, and Hosea and their visions of peace and harmony among nations." (2)įor a long time Erich Fromm hoped to make the study of the Talmud his life's work. (1)įromm's great-uncle, Ludwig Krause, was a prominent Talmudic scholar and a great influence on his life. It was not a happy marriage and he later described his father as distant and his mother as overprotective. Erich Fromm, the son of Rosa Krause Fromm and Naphtali Fromm, was born in Frankfurt, Germany on 23rd March, 1900. ![]()
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