Gerhard Lukas

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Gerhard Lukas (born May 21, 1914 in Sedlitz in Niederlausitz ; † March 9, 1998 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German historian and sports scientist .

Life

Gerhard Lukas, the son of the farmer Christian Lukas, attended high schools in Senftenberg and Hoyerswerda and, after six months of labor service, studied history, German and sports science at the University of Halle and Marburg from 1934 . For professional reasons, Lukas joined the NSDAP on May 1, 1937 . He achieved his doctorate in 1939 with Martin Lintzel with the dissertation The German Politics against the Elbe Slavs from 982 to the end of the Polish Wars of Henry II , which was printed two years later.

After his doctorate and the first state examination, Lukas worked as a trainee lawyer at the Hans-Schemm-Oberschule. After the Second State Examination (1941) he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and took part in the Second World War. After his return he worked again at the Hans-Schemm-Oberschule from August 1945, which was soon renamed the Thomas-Müntzer-School . A Russian school officer recommended him as a lecturer for the new teacher training that Lukas undertook in Halle from 1946. From the autumn of 1946 he headed the state committee for history teaching. Lukas had been a member of the SPD since autumn 1945 . After Wilhelm Henze , who had been appointed director of the institute in his absence in 1942, did not want to or could not take up the position in the Soviet Zone because of his political convictions, Lukas was initially acting director in 1948.

In 1951 , Lukas completed his habilitation for sports science at the University of Halle . In the same year he was appointed director of the Institute for Physical Education. A year later he was given the chair in this subject. In 1959, however, Lukas was driven out of office by young employees, led by Willi Schröder because of his contacts with the West and insufficient denazification . However, when Lukas had signed as IM for the Stasi and Schröder could be compensated with the management of the sports institute in Jena, Lukas was able to function as director again from 1961, and Lukas was also appointed dean of the philosophical faculty and vice-rector of the university. From 1957 to 1963 Lukas was president of student sports in the GDR. For his work for the Stasi he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze in 1968 . He was twice awarded the GutsMuths Prize of the GDR and was an honorary doctor of the sports universities in Poznan and Budapest. In 1979 he retired.

Lukas' research focused on the history of physical education from ancient times to the present day. The Olympic Games and sports in ancient Rome are particularly focal points of his work .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnd Krüger : Wilhelm Henze. An appreciation. In: Arnd Krüger & Bernd Wedemeyer-Kolwe (eds.): Learning sports history from biographies. Hoya: NISH 2000, pp. 18-25.
  2. ^ Theo Austermühle: The Institute for Sports Science. in: Hermann J. Rupieper (Ed.): Contributions to the history of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. 1502 - 2002. Halle: Mitteldeutsche Verlag. 2002, p. 205.
  3. ^ Theo Austermühle: In memoriam Gerhard Lukas. 1914-1998. 13 (1998), 2, p. 56.
  4. ↑ Wolfhard Frost: Gerhard Lukas. Contributions to the history of sport (1998), 7, 55-60.

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personal data
SURNAME Lukas, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and sports scientist
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Sedlitz (Senftenberg)
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1998
Place of death Halle (Saale)