Karl Gärtner (Ministerial Director)
Karl Gärtner (born January 6, 1897 in Lahr , † November 26, 1944 in Strasbourg ) was Baden's ministerial director . He was district chairman of the National Socialist Teachers' Association (NSLB) in the Baden district and worked in Karlsruhe .
Life
Gärtner studied at the teachers' college in Heidelberg , in 1923 he founded the peasant army against communists and in 1925 he became the main teacher in Meißenheim . In 1930 he joined the NSDAP and was district leader in Lahr until 1934 . In 1933 he was appointed to the Baden Ministry of Culture, where he was Ministerialrat . In 1940 he was promoted to Ministerial Director. In 1942 he was made an honorary senator of the University of Freiburg .
Karl Gärtner wrote the following statement: I will not become a senior teacher or senior teacher who does not lay a National Socialist village at my feet.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it , Berlin 1935, p. 466.
- Renate Liessem-Breinlinger: Gärtner, Karl , in: Badische Biographien , New Series 5. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, pp. 85–87 ( online )
- Joachim Maier: School struggle in Baden 1933–1945: the reaction of the Catholic Church to the National Socialist school policy, illustrated using the example of religion lessons in the Baden elementary schools , 1983, p. 41
- Frank Engehausen: Material collection for a heroic epic? A report on the death of the Ministerialdirektor Karl Gärtner when the German occupiers withdrew from Strasbourg in November 1944, in: History of the State Ministries in Baden and Württemberg during the National Socialist Period [blog], December 21, 2015. ( online )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gardener, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baden Ministerial Director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahr |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1944 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |