Hermann Venedey

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Hermann M. Venedey (born July 22, 1904 in Zurich ; † December 21, 1980 in Konstanz ) was the headmaster of the Alexander von Humboldt Gymnasium in Konstanz from 1948 to 1969 and a representative of a liberal, democratic, liberal and humanitarian education .

Life

His father was Martin Venedey , his brothers are Hans , Jakob, Gustav and Michael.

Training and commitment

Venedey came to the Oberrealschule in Constance in 1914. After graduating from high school in 1923, he studied history, German and Romance languages ​​in Freiburg and Vienna from 1923 to 1927 and passed his state examination and doctorate in 1927. phil. from. The topic of his doctoral thesis was: Jakob Venedey - A Contribution to the History of the German Unity Movement. Dissertation Freiburg im Breisgau 1927. During his studies he was a member of the Alemannia Freiburg fraternity from 1923 to 1925 .

From 1927 to 1933 he worked as a teaching assistant in Konstanz, Neustadt in the Black Forest, Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Konstanz. He was a member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold , which disrupted National Socialist meetings.

Ostracism in the time of National Socialism

From 1932 Venedey was a teaching assistant at the Konstanzer Gymnasium (now: Heinrich-Suso-Gymnasium Konstanz ). On March 12, 1933 there was a decree that the Reichsfahne (black-white-red) had to be hoisted together with the swastika flag on public buildings. In the spirit of his oath of office on the Weimar Republic , he opposed the hoisting of the swastika flag on the school building and justified in writing why he did not want to take up his service under this flag. He left school, got no more work because of defamation and was able to flee across the green border to Switzerland shortly before his arrest on June 13 or 14 . His older brother Hans Venedey had already been temporarily arrested in March 1933 and was crossing the green border at another point at the same time. Hermann Venedey's wife and son followed a few days later to Switzerland.

Emigrant in Switzerland

From 1933 to 1942 he received the status of asylum seeker in Switzerland, had to continuously submit requests to leave third countries, had his further stay approved every quarter and was not officially allowed to work. From 1942 his status as a refugee was recognized. Mostly his wife earned a living. He stayed in Basel from 1933 to 1945 and secured his income in exile by working as a journalist , research assistant at the Basel University Library and proofreader.

Rehabilitation after World War II

After the Second World War he returned to Konstanz, was hired as an unencumbered teacher by the French occupying power due to his actions and initially headed the Radolfzell secondary school in 1946 and the girls' upper secondary school in 1947 (today's Ellenrieder grammar school ). From 1948 until his retirement in 1969 he was headmaster of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium Konstanz . At his suggestion, the Ellenrieder-Gymnasium and the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium received their names that are still valid today.

Commitment to tolerance

Venedey was a member of the World Peace Council and the German Peace Society .

Memorials

Stumbling stone Hermann Venedey, Konstanz, Suso-Gymnasium.
Gravestone Hermann Venedey in the Allmannsdorfer Friedhof in Konstanz

In front of the Suso-Gymnasium, where he opposed the hoisting of the swastika flag and thereby lost his official status, a stumbling block with his life data was laid in memory of him in July 2011 .

Hermann Venedey is buried in the Allmannsdorf cemetery in Constance.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stolperstein with life data for Hermann Venedey in Konstanz, accessed on January 19, 2017
  2. ↑ Stumbling block for a brave Democrat. In: Seemoz from June 28, 2011, website accessed on July 1, 2011
  3. ↑ Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium (ed.): Bürgererschule, Zeppelin-Oberrealschule, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium 1830–1980. The font for the anniversary of the school on Schottenplatz in Konstanz . Editing: Franz Eberhard Bühler, Ulf Göpfrich, Erich Keller, Walter Lehn, Wilhelm Leonhard, Dieter Städele. Konstanz: Verlag Friedrich Stadler, 1980, 311 pages, ISBN 3-7977-0060-1 , page 269.
  4. ↑ Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium (ed.): Bürgererschule, Zeppelin-Oberrealschule, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium 1830–1980. The font for the anniversary of the school on Schottenplatz in Konstanz . Editing: Franz Eberhard Bühler, Ulf Göpfrich, Erich Keller, Walter Lehn, Wilhelm Leonhard, Dieter Städele. Konstanz: Verlag Friedrich Stadler, 1980, 311 pages, ISBN 3-7977-0060-1 , page 48.
  5. ↑ Jacob Venedey was a publicist and politician in the 19th century and was committed to democracy.
  6. ↑ Stumbling block for a brave Democrat. In: Seemoz from June 28, 2011, website accessed on July 1, 2011
  7. ↑ Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium (ed.): Bürgererschule, Zeppelin-Oberrealschule, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium 1830–1980. The font for the anniversary of the school on Schottenplatz in Konstanz . Editing: Franz Eberhard Bühler, Ulf Göpfrich, Erich Keller, Walter Lehn, Wilhelm Leonhard, Dieter Städele. Konstanz: Verlag Friedrich Stadler, 1980, 311 pages, ISBN 3-7977-0060-1 , pages 32-33, 80-81.
  8. ^ Philipp Zieger: Your protest angered the National Socialists. In: Südkurier No. 146 / K of June 28, 2011.
  9. ↑ Stumbling block for a brave Democrat. In: Seemoz from June 28, 2011, website accessed on July 1, 2011
  10. ↑ David Liehner: Democracy and freedom not for free. In: Südkurier of July 11, 2002, (Hermann Venedey in exile in Switzerland). Website accessed on May 27, 2009, 6:10 pm
  11. ↑ Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium (ed.): Bürgererschule, Zeppelin-Oberrealschule, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium 1830–1980. The font for the anniversary of the school on Schottenplatz in Konstanz . Editing: Franz Eberhard Bühler, Ulf Göpfrich, Erich Keller, Walter Lehn, Wilhelm Leonhard, Dieter Städele. Konstanz: Verlag Friedrich Stadler, 1980, 311 pp., ISBN 3-7977-0060-1 , page 74
  12. ↑ Luisa Rische: In the footsteps of an artist. In: Südkurier of May 10, 2013.
  13. ↑ Stumbling block for a brave Democrat. In: Seemoz from June 28, 2011, website accessed on July 1, 2011
  14. ↑ Stolperstein with life data for Hermann Venedey in Konstanz, accessed on January 19, 2017
  15. ↑ A small demonstration of the resistant bourgeoisie. In: Seemoz of July 14, 2011.
  16. ^ Uwe Brügmann: Tombs as cultural monuments. In: Südkurier from September 12, 2008 (Hermann Venedey buried in Allmannsdorfer Friedhof). Website viewed on May 27, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Fonts

  • Jacob Venedey. Depiction of his life and his political development up to the dissolution of the first German National Assembly in 1849 . Stockach 1930. (Dissertation printed).
  • Henriette Venedey. A picture of life . Basel 1937.
  • Belle-Vue at Constanz. Face of a political publisher in March 1840–1848 . Constance 1973, ISBN 3-87940-073-3 .

literature

  • David Liehner: Democracy and freedom not for free . In: Südkurier . July 11, 2002.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , pp. 121-123.

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personal data
SURNAME Venedey, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Venedey, Hermann M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and school principal
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1980
Place of death Constancy