Georg von Ebert

Georg Ebert , since 1917 Knight of Ebert (* 3. October 1885 in Ansbach , † 1. January 1956 ) was a German business economist and rector of the Graduate School of Nuremberg in the era of National Socialism .

Life

family

He was the son of the factory owner of the same name Georg Ebert and his wife Emilie, née Sichermann. Ebert married Gabriele Döberlein on March 30, 1914 in Ansbach. The marriage produced a son.

Military career

After completing the humanistic grammar school in his hometown, Ebert joined the 2nd field artillery regiment "Horn" of the Bavarian Army in Würzburg on October 1, 1903 as a one-year volunteer . Subsequently released to the reserve , Ebert was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve on January 22, 1909 .

With the outbreak of World War I, Ebert joined the regiment on August 1, 1914 and took part in the Battle of Lorraine , the fighting in Flanders and the trench warfare near Arras . Wounded in April 1915, he was not fit for use again until April 1916. Ebert first came to the replacement department and returned on April 30, 1916 to the regiment that was at that time in action off Verdun . During the Battle of the Somme , Ebert was transferred to the newly formed 23rd Field Artillery Regiment as first lieutenant in the reserve on August 16, 1916, and was subsequently appointed leader of the 2nd battery. During the Battle of Arras , his battery had used up all of its ammunition and received no further supplies due to the current situation. Since no change of position was possible either, his five guns northeast of Athies fell into the possession of the enemy in part. With the help of the infantry , Ebert managed to recapture and secure these artillery pieces after several hours of fighting. For this performance he was on April 9, 1917 by King Ludwig III. entrusted with the Knight's Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Ebert after his entry in the nobility register . After a brief assignment on the Eastern Front , he was promoted to Captain of the Reserve on June 30, 1918 .

Civil career

Discharged from military service after the end of the war , Ebert worked as a department head at the Bavarian State Trade Institute in Nuremberg. He became professor for economics, economic history and economic geography at the newly founded Nuremberg Commercial College . As a representative of the conservative wing he was rector for the first time in 1923/24, then again from August 1933 to 1941. During this time he tried to bring the school closer to National Socialist thinking. As rector, he dismissed Alfred Isaac on racial grounds , although he stood up for him as a soldier at the same time. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .

Ebert made little prominence as a researcher.

Fonts

• The development of the white tannery. 1913.

literature

• Peter Mantel: Business Administration and National Socialism. A study of institutional and personal history. Gabler, Wiesbaden 2009.
• Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: VIRTUTI PRO PATRIA. The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Acts of War and Book of Honor 1914–1918. Self-published by the kb Military Max Joseph Order. Munich 1966. pp. 182f, 283.