Ernst Beutler

Beutler attended the Friedrichsgymnasium in Altenberg, Saxony[2] before studying classical philology, German and history at the universities of Leipzig and Tübingen from 1904 to 1911.

[4] In 1925, after 13 years working at the library, Beutler was appointed director of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift, succeeding Otto Heuer.

Philosophers such as Karl Jaspers and Martin Heidegger, and writers such as Else Lasker-Schüler and Robert Musil were invited by Beutler to talk at the Hochstift.

[citation needed] Beutler also introduced a fundraising campaign, spear-headed by Paul von Hindenburg, to fund a new museum, which was opened in 1932.

[7] The Nazis sought to remove Beutler from his position as director due to his liberal leanings, and because his wife was half-Jewish.