Friedrich Otto Graebner

Friedrich Otto Gräbner (born August 5, 1848 in Pretzsch ; † 1922 ) was a German Protestant pastor.

Gräbner studied in Leipzig , Halle and Berlin . On August 13, 1876, he was ordained a preacher at the Holy Spirit Church in Magdeburg and on March 9, 1879 in Kolberg (Pomerania), he was introduced to his office as a cathedral priest; there he married in 1881. At the beginning of the 1890s he moved to Berlin and was employed by the city as a chaplain for the Friedrich Wilhelm Hospital and for the »Städtische Irrenhaus Dalldorf« . Although administrative director Rudolf Wilcke praised him on February 6, 1896 at the Royal Consistory of the Province of Brandenburg , the consistory persistently refused to confirm Gräbner's appointment by the magistrate. After Nauck had become pastor of the neighboring Immanuelkirche , Gräbner took his place as a licentiate in theology from 1892 to 1919.

He was a supporter of liberal theology and secretary of the German Protestant Association in its initial phase. He was also a member of the left-wing liberal (1884-1893 existing) German Liberal Party .

His commitment to equality and his theological view of the “Jewish question” motivated him to fight against anti-Semitism . From 1891 he was the editor of the communications from the association for the defense of anti-Semitism and one of the main actors in the early days of the association.

literature

• Messages from the Association for Defense against Anti-Semitism , Volume 1
• Auguste Zeiss-Horbach: The association for the defense of anti-Semitism ; 2008; Pp. 86-89
• Prenzlauer, corner of Fröbelstrasse: Hospital of the Reich capital, place of detention of the secret services, Prenzlauer Berg district office 1889-1989 ; P. 39