Julius Philippson

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Julius Philippson

Julius Philippson (born April 8, 1894 in Magdeburg , † 1943 murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp ) was a German teacher , socialist and resistance fighter against National Socialism .

Life

Julius Philippson, the son of the philologist and high school teacher Robert Philippson (1858-1942), came from a Jewish family of scholars and was related to Ludwig Philippson , Alfred Philippson , Martin Philippson and the painter Hermann Hirsch . He was a student at the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Magdeburg, where he graduated from high school in 1912. He then studied history, German, geography and philosophy for teaching in Göttingen . During this time he came into contact with Leonard Nelson . His philosophical ideas have strongly influenced his thinking.

He took part in the First World War from 1914 as a war volunteer and was ultimately taken prisoner near Vladivostok . After several years in captivity, he was able to flee. Philippson resumed his studies in 1920 and passed the pedagogical examination in 1923. He taught at various Magdeburg schools until 1928 and then at Berlin schools.

In 1921 he had already joined Nelson’s International Youth Association and headed the Magdeburg group. Politically, he was initially a member of the USPD . Between 1922 and 1925 he was a member of the SPD . Then he was a member of the International Socialist Combat League . This emerged from the International Youth Association and advocated a non-Marxist ethical socialism and strived for a socialist elite formation.

In 1933 he had to leave school for racial reasons and in 1934 he had to leave civil service. Phillipson actively participated in the ISK resistance. Among other things, he led illegal training courses and was responsible for the party's east district until 1936.

He was arrested shortly before he was able to flee abroad in 1937. He withstood months of torture. In 1938 he was charged in the so-called Philippson Trial. He was sentenced to life in prison. He was imprisoned in several prisons before he was taken to Auschwitz in 1943 and murdered there in 1943 or 1944.

His person is remembered at the memorial for the Magdeburg resistance fighters in Magdeburg.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Astrid Mehmel:  Philippson, family of scholars. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , pp. 395-397 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Philippson, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH 1943
Place of death Auschwitz concentration camp