University commission of the NSDAP
The University Commission of the NSDAP was founded in July 1934 by Rudolf Hess . The university commission was supposed to centralize the university political decision-making processes within the NSDAP and thereby create a counterweight in the party leadership to the Reich Ministry of Education created a few months earlier .
At times the university commission gained considerable influence, particularly in the medical faculties; however, since 1935 it has lost importance due to internal power struggles. In 1938/39 it stopped its activity. The Munich dermatologist Franz Wirz was the managing director and de facto head of the university commission .
Members and speakers of the university commission
- Alfred Baeumler
- Albert Derichsweiler
- Hans Frank
- Walter Frank
- Heinrich Gall
- Wilhelm von Kloeber
- Hans Reinerth
- Alfred Rosenberg
- Hans Schemm
- Carl Schmitt
- Gerhard Wagner
- Franz Wirz
literature
- Karlheinz König: Founding and organizational history of the university commission of the NSDAP (1934-1940) . In: Winfried Böhm , Karl Hillenbrand (ed.): Engaged from faith. Contributions to theology, education and politics. For Walter Eykmann on his 70th birthday. Echter, Würzburg 2007, pp. 184-213.
- Michael Grüttner : The University Commission of the NSDAP. In: Ursula Ferdinand, Hans-Peter Kröner, Ioanna Mamali (eds.): Medical faculties in the German university landscape 1925–1950. Synchron, Heidelberg 2013, pp. 29–43.