Heinrich Kipphardt

Heinrich Kipphardt (* 1897 in Holzen , † 1977 in Dürrnhaar ) was a German dentist and a victim of National Socialism . His fate was best known through the writing activities of his son Heinar Kipphardt , who incorporated his father's story of suffering into various of his works.

Life

Heinrich Kipphardt grew up in Holzen in the Sauerland as the son of a chain smith and ironmonger . His father died early, so his mother had to raise him and his five siblings alone. After school he moved to Soest , where he trained as a dentist technology assistant. He then completed his military service as a grenadier . He then worked in his apprenticeship in Soest and Asseln . In 1921 he moved to Heiersdorf in Silesia (today Lagiewiki ), where he met his future wife Elfriede Kaufmann. In 1922 their son Heinar was born.

The family moved to Gnadenfrei (today: Piława Górna ), where Kipphardt opened his first own dental practice. Kipphardt joined the SPD and called himself a Marxist . Not exactly known for his reserved manner, he was arrested on the night of the Reichstag fire on February 27-28 and taken to a makeshift concentration camp, where he was severely mistreated. After his release he was arrested again in 1937 and taken to the Buchenwald concentration camp . After his release again he had to leave Silesia and moved with his family to Krefeld , where he set up a new practice. As a former prisoner in a concentration camp, he was only allowed to treat private patients . The practice was destroyed in 1943 during World War II. A new beginning didn't last long. Kipphardt was known as a helper and supporter of fugitive Jews. For example, he saved Elisabeth Amalia Frank by helping her fake suicide and organizing her departure to Switzerland. He had also given a friend some tips on how to evade military service . After a denunciation letter, he was taken into protective custody for three weeks . Although the charges failed for offenses against the treachery law and the war economy ordinance , he was then called up for the armed forces at the age of 47 .

In the last months of the war he deserted and hid with Heinar, who had also deserted, in Siegen , where both of them witnessed the end of the Second World War. After the war he was recognized as a victim of National Socialism . He then joined the KPD . at In Krefeld he ran a dental practice until his retirement. He then moved with his wife to Dürrnhaar, near his son, who was now working as a writer. His wife died there in 1975, and he died two years later.

Literary appreciation

Heinar Klipphardt dedicated the poem Der Vater in the Angelsbrucker Notes to his father . The play Bruder Eichmann is based on the experiences of father and son with the Gestapo and the father's long-term imprisonment. There are also allusions to Heinrich Kipphardt in the play In the J. Robert Oppenheimer case .

literature

Wolfgang Kirchhoff, Caris-Petra Heidel (ed.): "... totally finished with National Socialism?". The never-ending story of dentistry under National Socialism . Mabuse-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-938304-21-1 , p. 178-184 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wolfgang Kirchhoff, Caris-Petra Heidel (ed.): “… Totally finished with National Socialism?”. The never-ending story of dentistry under National Socialism . Mabuse-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-938304-21-1 , p. 178-184 .
↑ We remember the Frank couple and their daughter Ursula. (PDF) magdeburg-tourist.de, accessed on March 1, 2017 .
↑ Anti-fascist city tour - spring 2011 (Bismarckviertel). (PDF) (No longer available online.) Krefeld without Nazis, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; accessed on March 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Adolf Stock / Dorothea Westphal: Dramatically divided into two parts: Heinar Kipphardt, the forgotten chronicler . Ed .: Deutschlandradio Kultur (= CULTURE AND SOCIETY . November 13, 2012 (broadcast date)). ( deutschlandradiokultur.de [PDF]).

personal data
SURNAME	Kipphardt, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German dentist and victim of National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH	1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wood
DATE OF DEATH	1977
Place of death	Thin hair

[total-1] Wolfgang Kirchhoff, Caris-Petra Heidel (ed.): “… Totally finished with National Socialism?”. The never-ending story of dentistry under National Socialism . Mabuse-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-938304-21-1 , p. 178-184 .

[2] We remember the Frank couple and their daughter Ursula. (PDF) magdeburg-tourist.de, accessed on March 1, 2017 .

[3] Anti-fascist city tour - spring 2011 (Bismarckviertel). (PDF) (No longer available online.) Krefeld without Nazis, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; accessed on March 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[4] Adolf Stock / Dorothea Westphal: Dramatically divided into two parts: Heinar Kipphardt, the forgotten chronicler . Ed .: Deutschlandradio Kultur (= CULTURE AND SOCIETY . November 13, 2012 (broadcast date)). ( deutschlandradiokultur.de [PDF]).