[Build up the City, you builders all]

Composer: Fritz Kleiner

Kleiner, Fritz. (Silesia, Germany, 1905--1947). After a very hard childhood, was apprenticed to a smith. Came to Rhön Bruderhof near Fulda in 1927. Gifted manual worker and builder. Married Martha Braun. Six children. Wrote poems about Christian brotherhood 1942-1946, during community's stay in Paraguay. --Marlys Swinger, DNAH Archives Go to person page >