Albert Malche

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Albert Malche (born February 22, 1876 in Geneva , † December 29, 1956 there , entitled to live in Geneva) was a Swiss educator and politician ( FDP ).

Live and act

Albert Malche came from a Baden-Durlach family who had settled in Geneva in 1776. He attended the Gymnasium classique in Geneva and then studied in Geneva, Freiburg im Breisgau, Florence and Paris. He worked as a teacher in Naples, Paris, Santiago de Chile and St. Gallen. From 1907 to 1912 he was First Secretary in the Geneva cantonal Department de l'instrucion publique .

From 1912 to 1930, Malche was rector of the Geneva primary schools , initiated the design of the Swiss curriculum from 1923, participated in the design of teacher training, the reform of school supervision, special lessons and special classes, the final classes and the school psychology service. From 1912 to 1951 he was a full professor of education at the University of Geneva and brought about membership of the Geneva government when the Bureau internatinal d'éducation was founded . He gave impetus to the Swedish school system and participated in the reform of the Turkish higher education system in 1932/33.

From 1927 to 1930, Malche was State Councilor of the Canton of Geneva and headed the Education Department (he was given leave of absence from his positions as rector and professor). From 1931 to 1951 he was a member of the Council of States , which he presided over in 1940.

Help for scientists persecuted by the Nazis

In 1931 Albert Malche had received the order from the Turkish government to participate in the reform of the Turkish universities according to the Western European model. For this purpose, Malche, who had come to Istanbul, was commissioned by the Turkish Minister of Education, Reşit Galip, with an expert opinion on the Darülfünun in Istanbul. In 1932 Malche recommended that the newly established Istanbul University employ lecturers from all European countries. In realizing this project, he was soon able to fall back on a large number of German academics who had been expelled from German universities in 1933 after the Nazis came to power. From Switzerland, Malche took part in the founding of the organization Notgemeinschaft deutscher Scientist Abroad .

“One of the first to be fired from their jobs by the Nazis in 1933 was the Hungarian-born Frankfurt pathologist Philipp Schwartz . Schwartz quickly fled with his family to Switzerland, where his father-in-law, Professor S. Tschulok , had sought refuge after the Russian Revolution of 1905. Tschulok was a good friend of Albert Malche, a professor of education who had prepared the report on the Turkish educational reform in 1932. It seems that Albert Malche saw the double opportunity and approached Schwartz. In March 1933, Schwartz founded the Emergency Association of German Scientists Abroad in order to make it easier for Jewish and other persecuted German scientists to find employment in countries that were ready to accept such refugees. ”Turkey as a country of exile played an important role in these efforts.

After Albert Malche had submitted his report on the reform of Istanbul University to the Turkish government on May 29, 1932, he returned to Switzerland. In the summer of 1933 Malche was present when the contracts for the employment of the German professors who moved to Turkey with their families and assistants in October and November 1933 were signed at the Turkish embassy in Geneva.

Honors

  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg

Publications (selection)

  • Les classes pour enfants arriérés à Genève. Lausanne 1912.
  • as Albert Malsch with Daniel Baud-Bovy : La Fête de Juin. Spectacle patriotique. Fred Boissonas & Cie., Geneva 1914 (Malch was also a talented poet and orator)
  • Le Collège et la vie, projet de reforme. Geneva 1918.
  • L'enseignement primaire et l'Université. Geneva 1922
  • Ecole active et centers d'intéret. In: Educateur. Lausanne 1923.
  • Le examens. Lausanne 1920.
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Hakkında Rapor. Maarif Vekaleti Yayını, Istanbul 1934; also in: E. Hirş (ed.): Dünya Üniversiteleri ve Türkiye 'de Üniversitenin Gelişmesi. Volume 1, 1950, pp. 229-295 (Istanbul University Report, May 1932).
  • L'Université de Genève. Küßnacht 1933.
  • Vie de Pestalozzi. 2nd Edition. Lausanne 1946.
  • Qu'est-ce que le progrès. Zurich 1946.

Albert Malche also published numerous other articles, reviews and essays.

literature

  • Ali Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special consideration of his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). Medical dissertation, Würzburg 1985, pp. 42-44, 50 and 54-57.
  • Doğan Üvey, Ayşe Nur Gökçe: The Role of Prof. Dr. Albert Malche in 1933 university reform in turkey. In: Regula Willi-Hangartner, Claudia Zerobin: Files of the 35th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy Lucerne, 19. – 22. September 2002. Swiss Society for the History of Pharmacy, Liebefeld 2002, ISBN 3-9522758-3-2 (web link to a PDF version of the text by Doðan Üvey and Ayse Nur Gökçe ).
  • Georg Stauth, Faruk Birtek (ed.): "Istanbul". Spiritual wanderings from the “World in Shards” , Transcript, Bielefeld, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89942-474-4 .
  • Heinrich Kleinert u. a. (Ed.): Lexicon of Pedagogy. 3 volumes. Bern 1952, Volume 2, p. 153, and Volume 3, p. 299.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ali Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special reference to his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). Medical dissertation, Würzburg 1985, p. 55.
  2. ↑ Ali Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special reference to his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). 1985, p. 55.
  3. ↑ ORF contribution: The modernization of Turkey - a work not completed. URL: http://oe1.orf.at/highlights/69231.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (last accessed on April 7, 2009)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / oe1.orf.at  
  4. ↑ Ali Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special reference to his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). Medical dissertation, Würzburg 1985, pp. 42 and 55.
  5. ↑ Georg Stauth, Faruk Birtek (ed.): "Istanbul" , p. 192
  6. ↑ Ali Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special reference to his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). Medical dissertation, Würzburg 1985, pp. 42-57.
  7. ^ Arnold Reisman: Turkey the Safe Haven . "Among those first fired from their jobs by the Nazis in 1933 was Hungarian-born Frankfurt pathologist, Dr. Philipp Schwartz. Schwartz quickly fled with his family to Switzerland where his father-in-law, professor S. Tschulok, had taken refuge after the 1905 Russian Revolution. Tschulok was a good friend of Albert Malche, professor of pedagogy who had prepared the report on the Turkish educational reform in 1932. It seems Albert Malche saw the double opportunity and approached Schwartz. In March 1933, Schwartz established the Notgemeinschaft Deutscher Scholars abroad, The Emergency Assistance Organization for German Scientists, to help Jewish and other persecuted German scholars secure employment in countries prepared to receive such refugees. "
  8. ↑ Ali Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special reference to his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). 1985, pp. 42, 47-50 and 54.
  9. ↑ A. Vicdani Doyum: Alfred Kantorowicz with special consideration of his work in İstanbul (A contribution to the history of modern dentistry). Medical dissertation, Würzburg 1985, p. 55.
personal data
SURNAME Malche, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss educator and politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1956
Place of death Geneva