Christian Schneider (chemist)
Christian Schneider (born November 19, 1887 in Kulmbach ; † May 5, 1972 in Ziegelhausen near Heidelberg ) was a German chemist , industrial manager and military economic leader during the Nazi era .
Life
Schneider, the son of an electrician, attended school in Kulmbach and Nuremberg . From 1907 he studied chemistry at the University of Erlangen , where he became a member of the Germania Erlangen fraternity in 1907 . It was after graduation with the thesis of the same action of Benzanilidimidchlorid hydrazine and derivatives PhD . He then worked briefly at the Bergakademie in Freiberg . Schneider became a chemist at the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik ( BASF AG ) in 1912 . As a soldier, Schneider participated in the First World War . From May 1919 he worked for Ammoniakwerke Merseburg GmbH and in 1936 he became operator of the Leunawerke . Two years later he rose to the board of IG Farben .
Schneider was a supporting member of the SS and joined the NSDAP in 1937 . At the Wehrmacht switching center at the company's headquarters, he became the chief defense officer against industrial espionage and from 1941 a military manager . From 1939 he was the main plant manager at IG Farben and therefore also responsible for the staff at IG Farben production in Auschwitz-Monowitz .
Schneider was arrested after the end of the war and charged with looting, enslavement and membership in the SS in the IG Farben trial . On July 30, 1948, he was acquitted on all charges against him.
In the Brown Book , with which the GDR propagandistically denounced “war and Nazi criminals” in the Federal Republic in 1965, Schneider is listed as a member of the supervisory board of Süddeutsche Kalistickstoff-Werke AG in Trostberg for the post-war period .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Wollheim Memorial - Christian Schneider biography
- ↑ a b c Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 552.
- ↑ Braunbuch - War and Nazi criminals in the Federal Republic and West Berlin (1968; PDF; 2.2 MB), p. 62. (accessed on April 10, 2013)
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , pp. 258-259.
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007. ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 . (Updated 2nd edition)
- Norbert Podewin (Ed.): "Brown Book". War and Nazi criminals in the Federal Republic and West Berlin. State, economy, administration, army, justice, science (PDF; 2.2 MB). Edition Ost, Berlin 2002. ISBN 3-360-01033-7 (reprint of the 3rd edition from 1968)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kulmbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5th 1972 |
| Place of death | Ziegelhausen near Heidelberg |