Arthur Kutscher

Artur Heinrich Theodor Christoph Kutscher (sometimes wrongly written Arthur; 17 July 1878 in Hannover – 29 August 1960 in Munich) was a German historian of literature and researcher in drama.

In 1907, he completed his habilitation in literary studies in Berlin, became a private lecturer in the same year and an außerordentlicher or extraordinary professor (not holding a chair) in Munich in 1915.

He was a professor at Munich University, where he taught a famous seminar in theatre history.

[3] During the First World War, he served as an officer (1st Lieutenant in the Landwehr) on the Western Front and led the 8th company of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No.

After becoming a professor in 1940, he applied for admission to the NSDAP on 12 December 1941 and was accepted on 1 January 1942 (membership number 8,802,675).