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| − | '''Herbert Häußler''' (also typed in the simplified form '''Häussler'''; ''[[Fancyclopedia 1]]'' and others since had a mistaken single-s ''Häusler''; omitting the umlaut was frequent in English too) was [[Germany]]'s first fan, among the only three [[scientifictionists]] in Continental [[Europe]] pre-War. He corresponded with [[Forrest J. Ackerman]] since 1935. He was also an [[Esperantist]] since the age of 16, which brought the two into contact, after he received SF magazines from an earlier contact and became a [[Science Fiction League]] member #952.
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| − | During the [[World War II]] Häußler was in the Wehrmacht, at the Eastern front, frostbitten in a hospital and finally US captivity; his letter on this to ''[[VOM]]'' #49 (July 1946) is reprinted in ''[[Beyond Fandom]]''. His son (1937–45), mentioned there as died of pneumonia, was actually killed in the Nazi "euthanasia" program as mentally disabled.
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| − | Released, Häußler returned to his wife in what was now the Soviet zone; however he managed to maintain correspondence, although limited, to the US and later the West Germany as its fandom grew. In September 1957, he was even somehow able to meet Ackerman in the West on their way to [[Science Fiction Club Deutschland]]'s first [[convention]] in Bad Homburg.
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| − | Around the same time, he was active in "Stellaris-Gruppe Saturn" in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now again Chemnitz), the GDR's first [[sf club]] infamously suppressed by the authorities. In ''[[Sirius (Austria)|Sirius]]'' 1 (June 1959) he was listed as one of three among "ca 10" members of the "East German branch" of [[International Science Fiction Society]] interested in correspondence. In 1962 Häußler published an Esperanto fanzine ''Kosma informo'' (sp?), preceding the GDR's first [[carbonzine]] ''[[Phantopia]]'' by almost 5 years.
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| − | At the [[Heicon]], which Häußler couldn't attend, Ackerman awarded him with E. Everett Evans Memorial Award, as it was known then, and then brought it East to him. Häußler died rather soon, his health damaged in the war. His wife survived him by two decades and apparently sold his collection piecemeal, with his correspondence lost. However some information was preserved in Häußler's ''Stasi'' (secret police) file, including printed matter confiscated from the mail.
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| − | Häußler's thoroughly researched biography by [[Wolfgang Both]] et al. was published as the issue #148 of SFCD's ''[[Andromeda SF]] Nachrichten'' (2002, 80 pages, with an introduction by Ackerman; the cover photo shows Häußler posing with his award). This was then variously quoted and summarised, most recently by Hans Frey in ''Vision und Verfall: Deutsche Science Fiction in der DDR'' (2023), partly [https://books.google.com/books?id=hsa-EAAAQBAJ&q=Herbert+H%C3%A4ussler browsable at Google Books].
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| − | * 1970 -- [[Big Heart Award]]
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| − | * [https://www.oki-stanwer.de/rezensions-blog-315-herbert-haeussler-1912-1973-der-erste-deutsche-sf-fan/ Review/summary] of the SFCD/AN biography, in German
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| − | * [http://www.fanzine-kurier.de/FK107.html#zine2 Shorter review/summary in German], with bibliographic info
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| − | * [https://fiawol.org.uk//fanstuff/then%20archive/1956Wetzcon/wetz3.htm Young Haussler photo] at [[Rob Hansen]]'s website, from the cover of ''VOM'' #21 (Feb 1942, photo #32)
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| − | * a brief biography in English was published in ''[[CounterClock]]'' #14 (May 2013), p. 5
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| − | * reportedly there was a biography by [[Harry Warner, Jr.]] in ''[[Alpha and Omega (Wagner)]]'' #3 (1971) ed. by [[Bill Wagner]]
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