Gerhard Hahn (theologian)

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Gerhard Ludwig Adolf Hahn (born August 1, 1901 in Großenrode ; † July 26, 1943 in Jelabuga ) was a German theologian and politician ( NSDAP ).

Life

Hahn took as a volunteer at the First World War in part and joined after the war, a volunteer corps to. He then completed a degree in theology at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig . In 1921 he became a corps bow bearer of the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen . From 1928 he was a pastor in Elmlohe .

Since 1930 he was a member of the NSDAP and from 1932 belonged to the Prussian state parliament for this party . From 1932 he was regional director of the German Christians in Hanover and acted as a specialist advisor on church issues for the NSDAP. In the course of the transfer of power to the National Socialists , he was appointed president of the regional church assembly in 1933 and at the same time during the church struggle by the German Christians as clergyman vice-president of the regional church office in Hanover . On November 6, 1934, the civil servants of the German Christians, including Gerhard Hahn, were removed from the Hanover regional church office and given leave of absence. In 1936 he moved to the regional church of Thuringia and took over a pastor's position in Friemar . After the beginning of the Second World War , he did military service in 1943 and was taken prisoner by the Soviets during the Battle of Stalingrad and died in POW camp 97 .

literature

  • Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919-1949 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht; 2006, ISBN 3-525-55761-2 ISBN 978-3-525-55761-7 , pp. 96f.
  • Günter Goldbach: The protagonists of the church struggle in Hanover. A social-psychological study on August Marahrens and Gerhard Hahn . Osnabrück 2002
  • Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , pp. 136-137.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_iglössuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=ae1e30cf74d8009b78368b0ff7ae2a1c&cHash=29bf4f78336e8d1fc21ad55ee515fd32
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 41 , 901
personal data
SURNAME Hahn, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hahn, Gerhard Ludwig Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and politician (NSDAP)
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Grossenrode
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1943
Place of death Yelabuga