Gerhard Schmitt (theologian)

Schmitt (left) with King (right)

Memorial plaque , Große Hamburger Strasse 31, in Berlin-Mitte

Franz Gerhard Schmitt (born November 6, 1909 in Taupadel ; † October 8, 2000 in Berlin ) was a German theologian and pastor.

Life

Schmitt was the son of a Protestant pastor. He studied theology at the universities in Kiel, Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Berlin and Rostock . As a theology student, he joined the NSDAP in 1931 ( membership number 624.169). He later interrupted his studies and became a functionary in the National Socialist German Student Union . In 1934 Schmitt was barracked as a full-time SA leader in various SA camps and gave practical and ideological lessons. In November of the same year he resigned from his "military-political profession" at his own request. He continued his studies and at the end of 1942 became a military chaplain in the Navy .

From 1945 he was pastor in Sanitz and was denazified in 1948 . From 1951 he worked as a cathedral preacher in Güstrow . In this position he trusted his nephews Joachim Gauck and Gerhild Radtke. From 1954 to 1959 he was state superintendent of the Mecklenburg church district of Güstrow and from 1964 general superintendent of East Berlin . In this position he was one of the organizers of Martin Luther King's 1964 visit to East Berlin. In 1974 he retired and moved to West Berlin .

Gerhard Schmitt died in Berlin in 2000 at the age of 90. His grave is in the Evangelical Churchyard Nikolassee .

literature

Harry Waibel : Servant of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 .

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Schmitt - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

The previously unknown leading figure of Joachim Gauck researched the secret of the uncle FOCUS. June 28, 2010

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gerhard Schmitt in the Rostock matriculation portal
^ Gabriele Baumgartner: Schmitt, Gerhard . In: Gabriele Baumgartner and Dieter Hebig (eds.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR . tape 2 . Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 978-3-598-11130-3 , pp. 794 .
↑ Armin Fuhrer and Thomas Tumovec: " The secret of the uncle ", Focus Online , from Focus No. 26 (2010).
^ Stefan Appelius : " Martin Luther King in East Berlin ", Der Tagesspiegel , September 6, 2009.
^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 628.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sibrand Siegert	State superintendent for Güstrow 1954 - 1959	Hans-Detlof Galley
Fritz Führ	General superintendent for Berlin II (i.e. East) 1964 - 1974	Hartmut Grünbaum

personal data
SURNAME	Schmitt, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmitt, Franz Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Taupadel
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 2000
Place of death	Berlin

[:0-1] Gerhard Schmitt in the Rostock matriculation portal

[2] Gabriele Baumgartner: Schmitt, Gerhard . In: Gabriele Baumgartner and Dieter Hebig (eds.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR . tape 2 . Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 978-3-598-11130-3 , pp. 794 .

[3] Armin Fuhrer and Thomas Tumovec: " The secret of the uncle ", Focus Online , from Focus No. 26 (2010).

[4] Stefan Appelius : " Martin Luther King in East Berlin ", Der Tagesspiegel , September 6, 2009.

[5] Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 628.