Herbert Todt

Herbert Todt (born April 10, 1911 in Sprockhövel , † 2003 in Bad Vilbel ) was a German Unitarian pastor and secretary of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1931, Todt studied German , geography and philosophy at the University of Frankfurt am Main and received his doctorate in 1938 under Franz Schultz with the thesis The German encounter with Africa as reflected in German post-war literature .

On October 20, 1938, Todt was hired to head the office of the German Antarctic Expedition in Hamburg . He supported Alfred Ritscher primarily with the procurement of the expedition equipment and, after the return of the expedition, with the elaboration of the results until he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1939.

After the Second World War , Todt became pastor of the Unitarian parish in Bad Vilbel , a post he held until his retirement. Todt was married and had a son.

Honors

a rock ridge protruding from the ice in Neuschwabenland ( Antarctica ) bears the name death bar
Federal Cross of Merit
Golden badge of honor from Bad Vilbel

Fonts (selection)

The German encounter with Africa as reflected in German post-war literature . Blazek & Bergmann, 74 pp., Frankfurt am Main, 1939.
as editor: Unitarian Free Religion. Collection of sources on the history of its development in Frankfurt am Main . Unitarian Free Religious Community, 47. S., Frankfurt am Main, 1970.

Web links

Obituary in the Unitarian Bulletin ( Memento of February 27, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 6, 2011

Individual evidence

↑ Biographical information up to 1938 from the curriculum vitae in his dissertation
↑ Jörn Kobes, Jan O. Hesse (ed.) Frankfurt scientists between 1933 and 1945. pp. 37–38 (footnote no. 5), Wallstein Verlag , Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0258-7
^ Directory of German names in the Antarctic ( memento of January 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 5, 2011

personal data
SURNAME	Todt, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Unitarian pastor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sprockhövel
DATE OF DEATH	2003
Place of death	Bad Vilbel

[1] Biographical information up to 1938 from the curriculum vitae in his dissertation

[2] Jörn Kobes, Jan O. Hesse (ed.) Frankfurt scientists between 1933 and 1945. pp. 37–38 (footnote no. 5), Wallstein Verlag , Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0258-7

[3] Directory of German names in the Antarctic ( memento of January 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 5, 2011