Georg Bonne

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Georg Bonne (born August 12, 1859 in Hamburg ; † May 1, 1945 there ) was a German doctor.

Social policy work

In 1897 Bonne joined the Guttemplern and published numerous papers and articles, including a. on the subject of "alcohol as a social poison". He was also involved in numerous other social issues, for example with the establishment of the Elbgemeinden building association for the creation of green living space for working-class families in the Hamburg district of Nienstedten . As early as 1902, he demanded that rivers should be kept clean, that wastewater from households and, above all, from industry should not be discharged untreated into the waters.

Advocate of ethnic and anti-Semitic positions

The naming of public space after Bonne had been controversial since 1995 at the latest, as he also published anti-Semitic writings (including "The Eternal Jew. A Tragedy of Humanity", 1942). The dispute initially ended with a “compromise”. In 1997 the Senate decided that part of the street should keep its name, a second section should be called “Am Internationale Seegerichtshof ” and a third section should be renamed “ Christian-F.-Hansen- Strasse”. In 2017, the final report of a scientific study on the Nazi pollution of street names on behalf of the Hamburg State Archives summarized: Georg Bonne had been a representative of a nationalist movement in the living and housing reform movements since the 1890s. With his works he contributed to creating an intellectual climate that favored the implementation of the ethnic and anti-Semitic ideas of National Socialism. Bonne had welcomed the Nazi movement since 1931 at the latest and admired Adolf Hitler. In 1933 he became a member of the NSDAP. In the years that followed, he often referred positively to National Socialism or elements of Nazi ideology. At the same time as the beginning of the Holocaust, he published a play that was full of anti-Semitic agitation and anti-Jewish stereotypes. Even if his stubbornness - for example on the question of eugenics and euthanasia - led to conflicts with representatives of the regime and the distribution of some of his writings was prohibited, Georg Bonne can be characterized as an extreme advocate of ethnic and anti-Semitic positions. The Altona district assembly therefore decided in February 2020 to rename the remaining part of Georg-Bonne-Straße in Hamburg-Nienstedten and the Bonnepark in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld.

Commemoration

So far, a Guttempler community in Altona has continued to bear Bone's name.

Honors

In 1927 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our story ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Elbgemeinden construction association, accessed on July 16, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bve.de
  2. ↑ Charles E. Closmann: Modernizing the Waters: Pollution and political ideology in Hamburg, 1900-1961. In: GHI Bulletin. No. 34 (spring 2004), p. 97 ( PDF version ).
  3. ^ Rita Bake: Street names polluted by the Nazis in Hamburg. Retrieved March 11, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Georg Bonne in the database of the Nazi been present Hamburg , State Center for Civic Education Hamburg , accessed on July 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Urgent motion by the SPD and GRÜNE parliamentary groups in the Altona district assembly to rename Georg-Bonne-Strasse , in: Drucksache - 21-0618 of January 30, 2020
  6. ↑ Matthias Schmoock: Why the name Georg Bonne disappears from the street scene , in: Hamburger Abendblatt from February 21, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Bonne, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1945
Place of death Hamburg