Gotthard Urban

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Gotthard Urban

Gotthard Cornelius Carl Urban (born March 1, 1905 in Oberweimar ; † July 27, 1941 in Grjada , Soviet Union ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ). As head of staff in the Rosenberg office , he was one of Alfred Rosenberg's most important employees .

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Urban spent his school days in Weimar and Jena . At the grammar school in Weimar he was a schoolmate of Martin Bormann , Baldur von Schirach and Rainer Schlösser . From 1921 to 1923 he completed a commercial apprenticeship and then worked as a commercial clerk - from 1928 to 1930 as a department head. Urban joined the NSDAP in 1923 . He later met Alfred Rosenberg through von Schirach . As Oberbannführer of the Hitler Youth, Urban became regional leader on the staff of the Reich Youth Leader in 1934 . From the 9th electoral term in November 1933, Urban was a member of the Reichstag, which was relatively insignificant at the time of National Socialism, for constituency 22 (Düsseldorf-Ost) until his death .

From October 1930 he acted as managing director of the Reichsleitung in the Kampfbund for German culture, first in Munich and from May 1933 in Berlin . There he worked closely with the second full-time speaker, Walter Stang - who, like himself, was an SA member. In June 1933 Urban was one of the founders of the “ Reichsstelle zur Förder des Deutschen Literatures ” (RFdS), which was initially based in Leipzig . In addition, he became a member of the board of the "Deutsche Bühne eV", headed by Walter Stang.

Later, Urban, who was considered a fanatical National Socialist, was taken over by Rosenberg in the newly created office of Rosenberg. From January 1934 Urban was head of staff in the Rosenberg office, where he was initially responsible for coordinating the offices of “Training”, “Art Maintenance”, “Documentation Maintenance” and “Pre- and Early History”, followed by “Science” and “Church Political Issues”. Although Urban was not up to his post as chief of staff due to a lack of organizational skills and a lack of intellectual talent, Rosenberg, who valued his loyalty, stuck to him.

In November 1938, Rosenberg sent Urban to Friedrich Krebs in Frankfurt am Main to jointly plan the future “ Institute for Research into the Jewish Question ”. The conversations between Krebs and Urban, who had known each other since their time together in the Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur, were successful. A few days later, Wilhelm Grau was also included in these discussions by Urban. Krebs recorded the individual points of the project in detail in a note; so, among other things, according to "possibility of merging the confiscated Jewish libraries in this institute" and that the establishment of a " high school " is planned for this institute. When the institute opened in March 1941, Urban attended the inauguration ceremony as a guest.

In February 1939 Urban had a conversation with Karl Hanke , advisor to Joseph Goebbels and later Gauleiter , where, according to Rosenberg's diary, Urban is said to have said that Goebbels was " spoken of in the most derogatory manner " from the Gauleiter to the laundress . Hanke replied that he wanted to resign himself.

After the beginning of the Second World War , Gotthard Urban was drafted into the Wehrmacht and worked for a time in a propaganda company . In autumn 1940, probably on September 16, Rosenberg recorded in his diary: “Urban has been with me for 10 years. He just received my letter of thanks to Poland today. And thank me. We shake hands like a friend. He was always loyal to me [...]. ”At the same time, Rosenberg and his“ Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg ”sent a copy of a memo about“ Securing cultural property in France and the other occupied territories ”to“ Staff leader Urban ” ". One month after the attack on the Soviet Union began , Urban died in fighting on Lake Ilmen . His successor in the Rosenberg office was Helmut Stellrecht , his successor in the German Reichstag was Johann Georg Hagemeyer .

Fonts

  • Gotthard Urban: Judaism and Bolshevism in Czechoslovakia. In: The world struggle . Vol. 15, No. 174, June 1938, pp. 265-272.

literature

  • Reinhard Bollmus: The Rosenberg Office and its opponents. Studies on the power struggle in the National Socialist system of rule . Stuttgart 1970, 2nd edition, Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-54501-9 .
  • Jürgen Gimmel: The political organization of cultural resentment. The “Combat League for German Culture” and the uneasiness of educated citizens about modernity . Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5418-3 .
  • Ernst Klee : Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Fischer, Frankfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 . (Updated 2nd edition)
  • Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Database of members of the Reichstag, entry Gotthard Urban.
  2. ^ A b Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , p. 637.
  3. ↑ Erich Stockhorst: 5000 heads - Who was what in the Third Reich , p. 428.
  4. ^ Manfred Weißbecker : Alfred Rosenberg. "The anti-Semitic movement was only a protective measure ...". In: Kurt Pätzold / Manfred Weißbecker (ed.): Steps to the gallows. Life paths before the Nuremberg judgments. Leipzig 1999, p. 160, ISBN 3-86189-163-8 .
  5. ↑ Jan-Pieter Barbian: Literary Policy in the "Third Reich". Institutions, competencies, fields of activity. Nördlingen 1995, p. 270.
  6. ^ Ernst Piper : Alfred Rosenberg. Hitler's chief ideologist. Munich 2005, p. 390, ISBN 3-89667-148-0 .
  7. ↑ a b Reinhard Bollmus: The Office Rosenberg and his opponents , p. 31; According to Rosenberg, Urban had set up his "department for educational leadership with zeal and prudence", emphasizing his "absolute loyalty" to him and an "impeccable mental attitude", cf. Alfred Rosenberg: Last Notes . Göttingen 1955, p. 168.
  8. ^ Jürgen Gimmel: The political organization of cultural resentment. The “Combat League for German Culture” and the uneasiness of the educated middle class about modernity , p. 110.
  9. ↑ Dieter Schiefelbein: The "Institute for Research on the Jewish Question Frankfurt am Main" . Prehistory and foundation 1935–1939. Frankfurt a. M. 1993, p. 33 f. and 37, ISBN 3-88270-803-4 .
  10. ↑ Hans-Günther Seraphim (Ed.): The political diary of Alfred Rosenberg. 1934/35 and 1939/40 . Göttingen / Berlin / Frankfurt 1956, p. 80. (emphasis in the original.)
  11. ↑ Reinhard Bollmus: The Office Rosenberg and his opponents , p. 126, 135.
  12. ↑ Hans-Günther Seraphim (Ed.): The political diary of Alfred Rosenberg. 1934/35 and 1939/40 . Göttingen / Berlin / Frankfurt 1956, p. 146. (emphasis in the original.)
  13. ↑ Hans-Günther Seraphim (Ed.): The political diary of Alfred Rosenberg. 1934/35 and 1939/40 . Göttingen / Berlin / Frankfurt 1956, p. 221 f. (Document PS-013)
  14. ↑ Reinhard Bollmus: The Office Rosenberg and his opponents , p. 126, 135.
  15. ↑ Reinhard Bollmus: The Office Rosenberg and his opponents , p. 273.
  16. ^ Joachim Lilla (editor): extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 2004, p. 679.
personal data
SURNAME Urban, Gotthard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urban, Gotthard Cornelius Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), head of staff in the Rosenberg office, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberweimar
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1941
Place of death Grjada , Soviet Union