Horst Slevogt

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Horst Herbert Slevogt (born July 4, 1922 in Eckernförde ; † November 20, 2011 there ) was, among other things, a German submarine commander in World War II , chairman of the supervisory board of the Chase Manhattan Bank subsidiary, Familienbank , and honorary professor of banking management at the university Kiel and author.

Life

Horst Slevogt grew up in Eckernförde ( Villa Kruckau ) and graduated from high school there. At the age of 17 he joined the Navy as an officer candidate . After basic, on-board and submarine training in 1939–1941 and a building instruction for the U 218 , he was first 2nd and then 1st watch officer of the U 218 from 1942–1943. After a commanders course and commanders - Shooting course in 1943 Slevogt became commander of the U 62 (1943/1944).

This was followed in 1944/45 courses and building instruction for the U 3032 , an electric boat , before he took over command of this submarine, which was only put into service at the beginning of 1945 ("commissioning commander ") . The U 3032 was sunk on May 3, 1945 in the Fehmarnbelt by the British Air Force by Hawker Typhoons . There were 28 dead in the attack.

After the Second World War, Slevogt studied economics and social sciences and in 1955 submitted his dissertation on key figure statistics as an aid to balance sheet criticism at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Frankfurt . He then worked as a bank manager and management consultant (including in Düsseldorf ). Examples of his consulting work are the Deutsche Bank in the early 1960s and the customer credit bank . He took over the chairmanship of the board of directors of the Chase Manhattan Bank subsidiary Familienbank in the mid-1970s . Slevogt's motto for the family bank was high interest rates for deposits while at the same time rigorously simplifying the offer.

At the Institute of Business Administration Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Kiel Horst Slevogt was honorary professor and also took this time to current business topics public position. In 1989 he accused the banks and savings banks of incorrectly calculating costs and income in payment transactions, so that they came to the conclusion that this division was in deficit.

In his hometown of Eckernförde , Slevogt dealt with political issues (for example, he submitted his own counter-calculations to his party, the SPD, for the controversial Borbyhof building project ), researched the city's history and published the story in his book volumes Eckernförde - The History of a German Merchant Town in the Duchy of Schleswig .

family

Horst Slevogt was married to Gisela Slevogt, (née Müller-Vollmer) from 1951 to 1970. From this marriage three daughters were born. In his second marriage, Horst Slevogt was married to Elisabeth Slevogt (née Neuhaus), with whom he had their son Markus Christian Slevogt , born in 1970 . He also studied economics and is currently working in Istanbul .

Publications

  • Key figure statistics as an aid to balance sheet criticism , dissertation, Frankfurt 1955
Reprint: Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 978-3-925630-49-1
  • Marketing in the banking business , Festschrift for Walter Kaminsky , Verlag Knapp, Frankfurt / Main 1978 (special print from The finances of the private household )
  • Is the payment transaction really (so) in deficit? CAU , Institute for Business Administration, Kiel 1982
  • Decision-oriented customer calculation on the basis of structural norms, opportunity interest and standard costs , CAU , Institute for Business Administration / ZBW , Kiel 1987
  • The most valuable trophy. The story of the sailing frigate “Gefion” and its figurehead with a naval war history appraisal of April 5, 1849 , Eckernförde 1984
  • Eckernförde - The story of a German merchant town in the Duchy of Schleswig
Volume 1: From the beginnings to the Reformation . Husum Verlag, Husum 1997, ISBN 978-3-88042-820-1
Volume 2: From Gottorfischer to Danish to Prussian rule . Husum Verlag, Husum 2006, ISBN 978-3-89876-183-3
  • in addition, various articles in scientific journals

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German submarines 1935-1945: Horst Slevogt
  2. ↑ u-boat.net: Horst Slevogt
  3. ↑ German U-Boats 1935-1945: U 3032
  4. ^ German submarines: U 3032 with description of Slevogts
  5. ↑ Rockefeller an der Förde , Der Spiegel, July 14, 1975
  6. ^ Page of the CAU: Prof. Dr. Horst Slevogt
  7. ↑ The fairy tale of the grant business , Die Zeit of January 27, 1989
  8. ↑ Kieler Rundschau of January 7, 1982
  9. ↑ see article on Borbyhof : History of the city of Eckernförde
  10. ↑ Information from the German National Library
personal data
SURNAME Slevogt, Horst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slevogt, Horst Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German submarine commander, bank manager and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Eckernförde
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 2011
Place of death Eckernförde