Ernst Heinrich Bethge

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Ernst Heinrich Bethge (born October 12, 1878 in Magdeburg , † November 10, 1944 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a German educator and writer .

Life

He was the son of the carpenter August Bethge and grew up in Magdeburg, the capital of the Prussian province of Saxony . His mother was Therese nee Heyer. Both parents were Protestant. After attending the community school, he went to the teachers' seminar in Osterburg . Then he worked as a teacher in Magdeburg. In 1906 he took a position as a teacher at the middle school in Naumburg (Saale) . Here he also joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and became a city councilor. In 1922 he was appointed provisional school councilor in Weißenfels and, due to his controversial personality , was transferred to Frankfurt am Main as school principal in the following year . In 1926 he took over the management of the Heinrich Zille School in Berlin . At the end of 1933 he was dismissed from school and in 1935 expelled from the Reichsschrifttumskammer .

In his spare time Ernst Heinrich Bethge worked as a playwright and playwright . He published folk and handbooks for the youth movement.

After the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944, he was imprisoned in Naumburg and taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp .

Works (selection)

  • Under flowers and trees. A youth game from the life of Princess Luise . J. Beltz, Langensalza 1910
  • The landlady of Paretz. A wreath game from the life of Queen Luise . J. Beltz, Langensalza 1910
  • The "Imperator", the largest ship in the world, a marvel of German shipbuilding . Strauch, Leipzig undated [1913]
  • Germany's triumphant advance in 1914 . Bush, Leipzig-R. no year
  • The holy war. War evenings and memorial services . Strauch, Leipzig undated

literature

  • Gina Weinkauff: Ernst Heinrich Bethges Aesthetics of Acclamation. Changes of an amateur play author in the German Empire, Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Illegality in Fascism
personal data
SURNAME Bethge, Ernst Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1944
Place of death Sachsenhausen concentration camp