Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen

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Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen (born March 23, 1901 in Hamburg ; † April 25, 1969 there ) was a powerful representative of the German educated bourgeoisie and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) after 1945 .

Grave of Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen

Life and work

Biermann-Ratjen, whose father had already been a notary, studied law after graduating from high school and was appointed notary in Hamburg in 1929 after passing the assessor examination and doctorate . He also worked as a writer on the side. Until his dismissal by the National Socialists in 1936 he was chairman of the Hamburger Kunstverein .

Political party

Biermann-Ratjen joined the FDP in February 1947 . He was mainly involved in cultural, but also in school politics. In the latter, for example, he spoke out in favor of freedom from learning materials for high school students and against six-year elementary school. From the end of 1949 Biermann-Ratjen participated within the Hamburg FDP in the Democratic Circle , in which the left wing of the state party came together. On January 20, 1951, he was among Harald Abatz , Emmy Beckmann , Lieselotte Anders , Anton reader and Max Dibbern of the signatories of the call for a liberal collection of Edgar Engelhard , which against the plans of the national associations of North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony and Hesse spent to turn the FDP into a party of the National Collection. From 1958 to 1967 he was a member of the board of trustees of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation .

MP

Biermann-Ratjen was first elected to the Hamburg parliament in the constituency of Groß Flottbek in 1949 and belonged to it until 1957 and again from 1961 to 1963. From 1949 to 1953 he was deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group .

Public offices

Biermann-Ratjen was from June to December 2, 1945 and from 1953 to 1966 the Senator for Culture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. a. Gustaf Gründgens to Hamburg. At times he also headed the Senate Commission for the Administration of Justice (there was not yet an independent judicial authority). As chairman of this commission, he ordered several times, even against the will of the public prosecutor, to initiate disciplinary investigations against judges because of their activities during the time of National Socialism . In September 1959, he ordered a review of all in the Nazi era in Hamburg and Altona by special courts issued death sentences to.

Honors

In 1978 the Hamburg Senate donated the Biermann-Ratjen Medal in memory of his services , which has since honored people who have made a cultural contribution to the city.

Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen was buried in the Nienstedten cemetery in Hamburg.

Publications

  • Hans-Harder Ratjen: Das Glück auf der Kugel , Henssel, Berlin 1948 (novel about ancient Syracuse , which, with an implicit but clear turn against National Socialism, has the tyrannical rule and the aisymnety of the 4th century BC as its background) .
  • Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen: Kultureller New Beginning 1945 , in: Erich Lüth (Ed.): Neues Hamburg , Volume VII, Hamburg 1952, pp. 42–57.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ So z. B. in the "Keywords about school reform", a handout written by Biermann-Ratjen for campaigners in the 1949 state election campaign.
  2. ↑ Christof Brauers: The FDP in Hamburg 1945 to 1953 , Martin Meidenbauer Verlagbuchhandlung, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-89975-569-5 , p. 440.
  3. ↑ Christof Brauers: The FDP in Hamburg 1945 to 1953 , Martin Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-89975-569-5 , p. 488.
personal data
SURNAME Biermann-Ratjen, Hans-Harder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP), MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1969
Place of death Hamburg