“The Misbegotten”: Fritz Koegel and His Family

Martina Maria Sam

Martina Maria Sam

03 June 2026 · 1 min read

“The Misbegotten”: Fritz Koegel and His Family

Marginalia on Rudolf Steiner’s Life and Work 39. As a talented editor, Fritz Koegel found his calling at the Nietzsche Archive. He became embroiled in a conflict with Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, a conflict Rudolf Steiner was also drawn into.

Marginalia on Rudolf Steiner's Life and Work 39. As a talented editor, Fritz Koegel found his calling at the Nietzsche Archive. He became embroiled in a conflict with Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, a conflict Rudolf Steiner was also drawn into. Career setbacks, artistic endeavors, and a family life overshadowed by depression lead to early tragedies. When Rudolf Steiner visited the Nietzsche Archive in Naumburg for the first time on May 26, 1894, along with his colleagues from the archive and the poet Gabriele Reuter, he also met Fritz Koegel. The newly appointed editor of Nietzsche’s works read passages from Der Antichrist to the visitors—one of the posthumous writings of the philosopher, who was becoming increasingly famous at the time and who, though present under the same r
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Martina Maria Sam

Martina Maria Sam

Martina Maria Sam, geb. 1960, Studium der Soziologie und Politologie in Heidelberg, Waldorfpädagogik und Eurythmie in Witten-Annen, Germanistik und Kunstgeschichte in Basel. Seit 2019 Herausgeberin im Rudolf Steiner Archiv.

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