Friedrich Wilhelm Herzog (30 March 1902 – 3 November 1976) was a German writer andmusic critic.
Born inOldenburg, Herzog joined theNational Socialist German Workers' Party in 1931 and became head of the music department of theMilitant League for German Culture.[1] After theMachtergreifung by theNazi, he and 87 other writers signed theGelöbnis treuester Gefolgschaft toAdolf Hitler in October 1933.[1] In 1934, he published the bookWas ist deutsche Musik in which he wrote: "We want music that is filled with the expressive power of the National Socialist idea."[2] In the same year on 1 July, he became editor of the magazineDie Musik, Organ der NS-Kulturgemeinde. At the end of August 1935, Herzog was briefly held inGestapo custody because, according to the diary entries ofGoebbels, he had seriously insulted his wifeMagda.[3] This only harmed him in the short term, however, because in 1936 he was promoted from editor to editor of the journalDie Musik by the editor-in-chief. However, he was later replaced byHerbert Gerigk.[4] The latter judged thus Herzog: "Herzog madeDie Musik into an uncompromisingly managed organ of National Socialist culture.“[5]
After the Second World War Herzog worked as a music teacher.[3] He died in his hometown Oldenburg in 1976 at the age of 74.
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