Hans Wolff (politician)

Wolffs Weiherede on May 20, 1933 for the planting of the new Israelsdorf oak

Hans Wolff (born May 25, 1902 in Altona , † April 22, 1943 in Staraja Russa on the Eastern Front ) was a German educator and National Socialist school and cultural politician.

Life

Wolff was the son of a lawyer in Altona. After attending school in his hometown, he studied natural sciences from 1920 to 1925 at the universities of Tübingen, Hamburg, Freiburg and Göttingen and graduated in 1926 with the qualification for teaching at secondary schools and in 1927 with a doctorate. phil off. His subjects were biology, geography, chemistry. He completed his legal traineeship in the province of Schleswig-Holstein . He then became a teacher in 1929 at the Oberschule zum Dom in Lübeck .

Wolff became a member of the NSDAP on March 1, 1932 and built a local NSDAP group in Karlshof-Israelsdorf. Due to the election of November 13, 1932 he became a member of the Lübeck citizenship. In 1933 he became government director in the Lübeck cultural administration under Senator Ulrich Burgstaller and after the dismissal of state school inspector Sebald Schwarz by the Lübeck Senate on March 31, 1933, his (initially provisional) successor as state school inspector .

In addition to the Justice Senator Hans Böhmcker (later Senator for Finance and Culture), Wolff is considered to be the real engine of the consequent National Socialist transformation of the school system and the harmonization of Lübeck's cultural life in 1933/1934. On the basis of the “Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service” of April 7, 1933, unpopular leaders were dismissed from office and party members were raised to the positions that had become vacant.

On May 21, 1938, Wolff became a city councilor in Lübeck, which in the meantime had lost its independence due to the Greater Hamburg Act . When war broke out in 1939 he was drafted as a sergeant in the reserve and communications manager for the 30th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht and fell as a first lieutenant on the Eastern Front in 1943 . His successor in Lübeck was provisionally the reactivated State Councilor i. R. Friedrich Wilhelm Lange .

Political activity

Wolff was a staunch National Socialist and implemented the requirements of the Reich Ministry of Education and other higher authorities. National Socialist rituals such as the Hitler salute, flag parade, marches and others determined everyday school life. The cult of Nordic and Germanism was presented in a large-scale and personally organized school exhibition by Wolff as part of a Nordic Reich Conference.

Wolff implemented the parentage test for all applications, final exams and admissions ( Aryan proof ). The Jewish community school was harassed until it had to give up in 1940. The last five students were transferred to Hamburg. Harassment was devised for the Catholic community school.

The outlined guidelines were strictly applied in the cultural administration. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , for example, no longer appeared at the concerts . A difficult task for him was the renovation of the theater, which was threatened with closure in 1937 due to technical and fire safety deficiencies. The renovation planning began specifically in 1937 and was made more difficult by the war, the war economy since 1939, so that the Great House was only usable again from April 1941. Wolff was respected by the artistic staff as a music lover and theater fan, especially since he had campaigned for the social issues of the workforce.

Fonts

Wolff's ideological contributions appeared in the yearbook Der Wagen and in the Lübeckischen Blätter from 1936 to 1942 :

On the ideological situation of the present. In: Der Wagen 1936, pp. 9-16.
Of German freedom. In: Der Wagen 1939, pp. 9-16.
Between battles. In: Lübeckische Blätter 84 (1942) pp. 2-5.

literature

Jörg Fligge : Lübeck schools in the "Third Reich": a study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014, p. 1285 f. (Index), particularly pp. 851-856 ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .
Jörg Fligge : "Beautiful Lübeck theater world." The city theater during the years of the Nazi dictatorship. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2018. P. 679 (Index). ISBN 978-3-7950-5244-7 .

Individual evidence

^ Place of death after searching for graves online by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. On Kramer: pp. 400, 1013 (end note 484), 1091 (end note 2634). General dismissals: pp. 399–402; New appointments: pp. 403–405. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

↑ After searching for a grave online , his last rank was a captain

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 109–112, 125. On Drinkuth: pp. 631ff., 1234; on Warnke: p. 658ff .; on Jürgens: pp. 847f., 998, 1250. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 208–394. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. P. 576ff., 477. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 43f., 46f. (Racism), 333-336 (race and kin studies); Index p. 1234 (Aryan proof), 1238 (hereditary biological questionnaires), 1236 (euthanasia), each with various proofs. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 612–615 (Jewish community school special); 616-621 (general Jewish community). ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 137–140, 609. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 319, 343, 441ff. (Concerts). ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 . - Jörg Fligge: “Beautiful Lübeck theater world.” The city theater during the years of the Nazi dictatorship. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2018. S. 187. ISBN 978-3-7950-5244-7 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: "Beautiful Lübeck Theater World." The city theater during the years of the Nazi dictatorship. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2018. pp. 106–125. ISBN 978-3-7950-5244-7 .

↑ Jörg Fligge: "Beautiful Lübeck Theater World." The city theater during the years of the Nazi dictatorship. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2018. P. 95. ISBN 978-3-7950-5244-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wolff, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German teacher and National Socialist school politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altona
DATE OF DEATH	April 22, 1943
Place of death	Staraya Russa

[1] Place of death after searching for graves online by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge

[2] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. On Kramer: pp. 400, 1013 (end note 484), 1091 (end note 2634). General dismissals: pp. 399–402; New appointments: pp. 403–405. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

[3] After searching for a grave online , his last rank was a captain

[4] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 109–112, 125. On Drinkuth: pp. 631ff., 1234; on Warnke: p. 658ff .; on Jürgens: pp. 847f., 998, 1250. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

[5] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 208–394. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

[6] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. P. 576ff., 477. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

[7] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 43f., 46f. (Racism), 333-336 (race and kin studies); Index p. 1234 (Aryan proof), 1238 (hereditary biological questionnaires), 1236 (euthanasia), each with various proofs. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

[8] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 612–615 (Jewish community school special); 616-621 (general Jewish community). ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

[9] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 137–140, 609. ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 .

[10] Jörg Fligge: Lübeck schools in the “Third Reich”. A study on the education system in the Nazi era in the context of developments in the Reich. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2014. pp. 319, 343, 441ff. (Concerts). ISBN 978-3-7950-5214-0 . - Jörg Fligge: “Beautiful Lübeck theater world.” The city theater during the years of the Nazi dictatorship. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2018. S. 187. ISBN 978-3-7950-5244-7 .

[11] Jörg Fligge: "Beautiful Lübeck Theater World." The city theater during the years of the Nazi dictatorship. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2018. pp. 106–125. ISBN 978-3-7950-5244-7 .

[12] Jörg Fligge: "Beautiful Lübeck Theater World." The city theater during the years of the Nazi dictatorship. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2018. P. 95. ISBN 978-3-7950-5244-7 .