Ernst Fischer in 1952

Ernst Fischer (3 July 1899 – 31 July 1972), also known under the pseudonyms: Ernst Peter Fischer, Peter Wieden, Pierre Vidal, and Der Miesmacher, was a Bohemian-born Austrian journalist, writer and politician.

Quotes

• Art is necessary in order that man should be able to recognize and change the world. But art is also necessary by virtue of the magic inherent in it.
  • The Necessity of Art: A Marxist Approach (1965), Penguin Books, translated by Anna Bostock.

Quotes about

• Our difficulties with the Russians increased, but I never really blamed Konev. He obviously was merely carrying out instructions. He even had a sense of humor about it occasionally. Once when we were discussing Austrian politics, the name of the Communist party leader, Ernst Fischer, was mentioned. Jokingly, I said: "Well, I don't like him because he is a Communist." Konev grunted. "That's fine," he said. "I don't like him either because he's an Austrian Communist."
  • Mark W. Clark, Calculated Risk (1950), p. 477

External links

• Seite zu Ernst Fischer der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek
• "Ernst Fischer". Aeiou Encyclopedia (in German).
• Ernst Fischer in the German National Library catalogue