Heinz Nöbert

Heinz Karl Nöbert (born December 3, 1917 in Leipzig ; † November 22, 1987 there ) was a German classical philologist and pedagogue .

Life

Heinz Nöbert was born in 1917 as the son of the locksmith and lathe operator Karl Nöbert, later owner of a mechanical workshop, and a flat maker in Leipzig.

He first attended the 4th high school and was then a student at the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in his hometown. From 1934 to 1936 he was a member of the Hitler Youth . After graduating from high school, he studied classical philology and German at the University of Leipzig . In 1941 he was awarded the dissertation contributions to the etymology and semasiology modern Greek slang for Dr. phil. PhD. In 1938 he was called up for the Reich Labor Service . A year later, he was imprisoned for ten days for alleged anti-militarist propaganda . With the completion of his doctorate he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and was taken prisoner by the British in Italy . In April 1945 he was transferred to an Egyptian prison camp. He drew attention to himself through lectures on liberalism and materialism.

In 1948 he became a teacher at the König-Albert-Gymnasium Leipzig (later: Karl-Marx-Oberschule). In 1949 the director recommended him to the Thomasschule in Leipzig , whose deputy rector he became in 1950. From 1951 the senior director of studies was rector of the school and at the same time head of the St. Thomas choir . In 1961 he received the title of professor . He taught Latin, Greek and modern foreign languages. In 1948 Nöbert became a member of the SED , the FDGB and the DSF . From 1949 to 1951 he was a member of the SED city district leadership. On March 29, 1961, he became a secret employee of the Ministry of State Security . In 1971 he received the bronze medal for faithful service in the National People's Army and in 1975 silver. Due to a conflict with the city of Leipzig in 1972, the personnel alliance between the rectorate and the head of the office was separated. Nöbert was dismissed as headmaster and until 1974 took over exclusively the directorate of the choir. Although or because he worked for the State Security, he preserved the tradition of the school and the choir. He saw himself as a humanist.

literature

• Rebecca Ziegs: The Thomas School through the ages . Attempt of a chronicle between 1945 and 1972 (= brochures of the Thomanerbund eV, volume 3). Published by the Thomanerbund eV, Leipzig 2010.

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Nöbert in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Queen-Carola-Gymnasium Leipzig: Directory of teachers and pupils 1934 to 1935 , Leipzig 1935, p. 4
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Rebecca Ziegs: Die Thomasschule im Wandel der Zeit , p. 94.
3. ↑ Rebecca Ziegs: The Thomas School through the ages , p. 67.