Hans Volz

Hans Volz (born February 28, 1904 in Charlottenburg , † April 3, 1978 in Göttingen ) was a German historian , editor and Nazi propagandist .

Life

Hans Volz was born as the son of the historian Gustav Berthold Volz . From 1922 he studied history , church history and German at the University of Berlin . Gustav Roethe , Karl Holl and Erich Marcks were among his teachers . He received his doctorate in 1929 and the dissertation appeared in print the following year. As a result, Volz worked as a theologian in publishing and as co-editor of the local magazine Brandenburger Land .

During the time of National Socialism , Volz was involved with the NSDAP. Volz was a party speaker for the NSDAP and a member of the SA cultural group . He also published books as a propagandist for the NSDAP. The data on the history of the NSDAP come from him, which he had published in eleven revised editions in Nazi Germany . Then he was the author and editor of several propaganda works of the German Institute for Foreign Studies, which was part of the Ribbentrop Foreign Ministry . There he edited several volumes of the series of documents of German politics .

After the Third Reich he worked again as a church historian. From 1950 until his death he was a full-time employee at the commission for the publication of the works of Martin Luther. In addition, from 1954 to 1972 he held a teaching position at the University of Göttingen for “Text History of Reformation Literature”.

Publications (selection)

As an author

• The Luther sermons of Johannes Mathesius : Critical studies on historiography in the age of the Reformation (= sources and research on the history of the Reformation. Vol. 12). Eger & Sievers, Leipzig 1930 (PhD dissertation, University of Berlin, July 24, 1929).
• One hundred years of the Wittenberg Bible printing 1522–1626. Häntzschel, Göttingen 1954.
• Martin Luther's posting of theses and its history. Böhlau, Weimar 1959.
• Bible and Bible printing in Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries [Lecture at the festive meeting of the International Gutenberg Society in the Electoral Palace in Mainz on June 23, 1957]. Gutenberg Society, Mainz 1960.

As editor / editor

• Three writings against Luther's Schmalkaldic articles by Cochläus, Witzel and Hoffmeister 1538 and 1539 (= Corpus Catholicorum . Vol. 18). Verlag der Aschendorffschen Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1932.
• Martin Luther : Selected German Writings. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1955.
• Documents and files on the history of Martin Luther's Schmalkaldic articles (1536–1574). Edited and explained by Hans Volz. With the collaboration of Heinrich Ulbrich. De Gruyter, Berlin 1957.
• Alfred Götze : Early New High German Reading Book. 4th edition. Reviewed by Hans Volz. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1958
• From Late Middle High German to Early New High German: Synoptic text by the prophet Daniel in six German translations from the 14th to 16th centuries. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1963.
• Martin Luther: The whole Holy Scripture Deudsch: Auffs new zugericht. Edited by Hans Volz with the collaboration of Heinz Blanke. 2 volumes. Rogner & Bernhard, Munich 1972.

Nazi propaganda

• History of the NSDAP. From the 2nd edition as dates of the history of the NSDAP. Ploetz, Berlin 1934; many more revised editions. The last, 11th edition 1943.
• Julek Karl von Engelbrechten , Hans Volz: We wander through National Socialist Berlin: A guide through the memorials of the struggle for the Reich capital. Edited on behalf of the Supreme SA leadership. Rather, Munich 1937.
• From great power to world power in 1937 (= documents of German politics. Vol. 5). Edited by Hans Volz. Junker and Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1938.
• Greater Germany 1938 (= documents of German politics. Vol. 6). Edited by Hans Volz. 2 volumes. Junker and Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1939.
• The becoming of the Reich 1939 (= documents of German politics. Vol. 7). Edited by Hans Volz. 2 volumes. Junker and Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1940.
• The fight against the West in 1940 (= documents of German politics. Vol. 8). Edited by Hans Volz. 2 volumes. Junker and Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1943.

literature

• Erich Stockhorst: Five thousand heads. Who was what in the Third Reich . Blick und Bild, Velbert / Kettwig 1967, p. 432.
• Eike Wolgast : In memoriam D. Hans Volz. In: Luther yearbook. 46: 7-9 (1979).