Heinrich-Josef Nelis
Heinrich-Josef Nelis (born May 10, 1894 in Kohlscheid , † March 3, 1945 in Herborn ) was a German university professor and SS functionary.
Life
Nelis was the son of a locksmith and mechanic. He first studied Catholic theology and was ordained a priest in 1922 . In 1928 Nelis became a member of the Wehrverband Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten . In 1930 he began a second degree in philosophy and education at the University of Munich and received his doctorate in 1933 under Aloys Fischer .
After the National Socialists came to power , he joined the NSDAP in March 1933 shortly before admission to the NSDAP (membership number 2.219.228) and in 1934 became a member of the Schutzstaffel (membership number 107.383), where he rose to SS-Hauptsturmführer in the same year . In addition, he was an honorary member of the security service of the Reichsführer SS (SD), for whom he served as an informant.
From 1934 he was a lecturer and in 1935 professor at the University for Teacher Training in Bonn . In 1936 he represented Eduard Spranger at the University of Berlin , but in the same year he moved to Frankfurt am Main for a representation . At the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , Nelis was appointed full professor of education and philosophy in 1937. There he was a shop steward for the Nazi lecturers' association at the Philosophical Faculty . In 1937 he resigned from the church.
During the Second World War , in 1942, Nelis became a clerk for church policy issues with the Commander of the Security Police and the SD in The Hague .
Nelis died of tuberculosis and heart failure in the Herborn hospital in early March 1945 .
Publications
- Authority as an educational problem , Frankfurt a. M., Diesterweg, 1934.
- Ethnic way of life as a basis for education , Berlin, NS-Dozentbund, 1937.
literature
- Hans-Christian Harten, Uwe Neirich, Matthias Schwerendt: Racial hygiene as an educational ideology of the Third Reich. Bio-bibliographical manual , Akademie Verlag, Edition Bildung und Wissenschaft Volume 10, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-05-004094-3, ISBN 3-05-004094-7 .
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945 . 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich-Josef Nelis in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nelis, Heinrich-Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German university professor and SS official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kohlscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1945 |
| Place of death | Herborn |