Heinrich Stalling

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Heinrich Theodor Christian Stalling , called the Younger , (born July 5, 1865 in Oldenburg , † December 9, 1941 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German printer's owner and publisher . From 1896 he headed the Gerhard Stalling printing and publishing house founded by his great-grandfather Gerhard Stalling .

Life

Stalling's family originally lived as a farming family in the Delmenhorster Geest . His great-grandfather Gerhard Stalling came to Oldenburg in 1781 and took over a printing and publishing house there in 1789, which was subsequently continued in the family as Verlag Gerhard Stalling .

Stalling was the son of the print shop owner and publisher Heinrich Stalling the Elder (1825–1903) and his wife Henriette Marie nee. Overbeck. He attended the old grammar school in Oldenburg and was trained as a bookseller in Dresden . He then worked for several publishing houses and bookstores, including in Munich , Wiesbaden and Berlin , and joined the family business in 1894. Two years later he took over the management together with his older brother Paul (1861–1944).

Stalling took over the decisive entrepreneurial and commercial management within the publishing house and shifted the focus to the field of military technology, military history and war history literature, which was promising at this time of militarism in the German Reich . The outbreak of the First World War , the course of the war and the subsequent defeat reinforced the existing national-conservative orientation of the publishing house under Stalling, which was reflected in the publisher's publications. In economic terms, Stalling's attitude to National Socialism was at least opportunistic. This is also supported by the fact that his brother Paul, who, in contrast to him, did not have a positive attitude towards the National Socialists, apparently under pressure from the Oldenburg Gauleiter Carl Röver , left the company in 1934 and left the board of directors in 1936. As early as 1933 Stalling had increasingly included works by National Socialist authors in the publishing program, for which the new rulers celebrated him as a German publisher . In 1935, Stalling received 70th birthday wishes from Hitler , Goebbels and Interior Minister Frick and was awarded the Goethe Medal . In 1937 Heinrich Stalling joined the NSDAP . In 1938 Stalling took part in Aryanization and bought the children's book publisher Belog at a low price from the owner Friederike Blogg, who was persecuted as "Jewish" and forced to sell.

Extra-professional engagement

Stalling was active in addition to his publishing work in the field of care for the blind. At the request of his friend, Grand Duke Friedrich August , he joined the German Association for Medical Dogs in 1912 . During the First World War he took over the chairmanship of the association and greatly expanded its organization. In 1918, due to the large number of war blind people, he switched to training guide dogs . For his services Stalling received from the Medical Faculty of the University of Freiburg , the honorary doctorate . He was also an honorary citizen of the University of Göttingen and the city of Oldenburg.

Stalling died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1941, he was buried in the family grave at the Gertrudenfriedhof in Oldenburg.

family

Stalling married Gertrud geb. Husemann (1876–1966), the daughter of the Berlin banker Eduard Husemann. Their daughter Ursula (* 1900) married Martin Venzky (1891–1933) in 1919, who joined the publishing house and was appointed to its board in 1924. Stalling's grandson Borwin Venzky-Stalling (1920–1977) later continued the publishing house until his death.

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  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Dirk Schumann and Lena Elisa Freitag, MA: Final report on the project: Honors of the University of Göttingen (honorary citizens and doctors) during the Nazi era and how they were dealt with after 1945 , published by the University of Göttingen . Göttingen, August 26, 2014, p. 3 and p. 26–33. ( Excerpt online )
personal data
SURNAME Stalling, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stalling, Heinrich Theodor Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German print shop owner and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1941
Place of death Garmisch-Partenkirchen