Heinz Dotter Weich
August Adolf Heinz Dotter Weich (born September 25, 1904 in Dresden ; † July 12, 1949 in Resse (Wedemark) ) was a German zoologist and professor at the Technical University of Dresden .
Life
Dotter Weich studied zoology, botany and chemistry at the University of Kiel from 1924 and received his doctorate in 1927. phil. From May 1928 he was an assistant at the TU Dresden and completed his habilitation in 1931. From 1936 to 1939 he taught general zoology at the Tharandt Forest University , was appointed associate professor in 1938 and from 1940 head of the Zoological Institute at the TU Dresden. In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges . He was chairman of the Nazi lecturers' association and of the teaching staff of zoologists. After the intervention of the Reichsnährstand he was released from military service in 1943 and belonged to the Reichsfachgruppe "Rabbit Breeders" to "increase angora wool production".
He published work e.g. B. via the path of the air in the bird's lungs, physiological studies on mussels and earthworms, and genetic studies on vinegar flies. During World War II , he researched angora wool as a protective agent for pilots.
Fonts
- The biological balance and its significance for the main problems of biology , Jena 1940
literature
- Forestry Section of the TU Dresden in cooperation with the Tharandt City Council and the Kulturabund der DDR, ORTSGRUPPE THARANDT (Ed.): Tharandt Forestry Teaching and Research Center. Past and present . - Forststadt Tharandt, Contributions to Heimatgeschichte 9 (1986), 1-72
- Hans Kumerloeve: Yolk soft , Heinz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , pp. 87 f. ( Digitized version ).
- 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 Heinz Dotter Weich in the catalog of the German National Library
- On the history of zoology at the TU Dresden
supporting documents
- ↑ Confession, p. 132
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 117
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yolk soft, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yolk soft, August Adolf Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1949 |
| Place of death | Resse |