Erwin Ferber

Erwin Ferber (born February 26, 1885 in Munich ; † August 7, 1976 in Munich) was a German professor for technical chemistry at the TH Breslau. As a National Socialist, he was rector from 1937 to 1945.

Life

Ferber studied technical chemistry at the Technical University of Munich . On July 14, 1907, he became a fox in the Corps Germania Munich . He was reciprocated on May 19, 1908, and philistine on June 7, 1920 . In 1921 he became a member of the Association of German Chemists and in 1922 of the German Chemical Society . After completing his studies as a graduate engineer and graduating as a Dr.-Ing. In 1928 he became a private lecturer at the Technical University of Munich. As a specialist in tar and mineral oils , he joined the University and Technical University of Wroclaw in 1935 as a substitute for a professorship . From 1936 to 1945 he was a full professor at the chair for inorganic chemical technology, later chemical technology at the University and Technical University of Wroclaw. He was director of the Institute of Chemical Technology and director of the coking and gas laboratory of the University and Technical University of Wroclaw. From 1935 to 1937 he was head of the State Materials Testing Office. From 1941 to 1945 he was also director of the Institute for Chemical Technology of Synthetic Fibers at the TH Breslau and the Phrix works . In the era of National Socialism , he was over six academic years, from 1937 to the Siege of Breslau , rector of the university.

Political activity

Ferber joined the NSDAP as a private lecturer in 1931. In 1934/35 he was head of the teaching staff at the TH Munich. In 1936 he was appointed Lecturer Association Leader at the Technical University of Breslau. From 1936 to 1945 he was the leader of the Gaudozentenbund, the highest-ranking functionary of the Nazi lecturers' association in Silesia.

After the Second World War he was unable to continue his university career due to his political burden. Instead he was the owner of a chemical-technical laboratory for the production of electrical measuring standards in Wolfratshausen near Munich.

Fonts

In 1926 Ferber was the editor of the 4th edition of the first volume of Gustav Schultz's work Chemistry of Coal Tar . In addition, from 1922 to 1945 he wrote 23 articles in the most important chemical journals.

See also

• List of corps student rectors

literature

• Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 , p. 47.
• Ferber, Erwin , in: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1961, Volume 1, A – N, pp. 428–429.

Web links

• Helmut Heiber : The capitulation of the high schools , Vol. 2: The year 1933 and its topics (1994)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. Michael Grüttner: Biographical Lexicon for National Socialist Science Policy , Heidelberg 2004. 47.
2. ↑ Monumenta Germaniae [Corps Germania] IV 1863-1993, No. 332.
3. ↑ Erwin Ferber (Rector's Speeches HKM)
4. ↑ Cf. Michael Grüttner: Biographical Lexicon for National Socialist Science Policy , Heidelberg 2004. 47.