Karl Passarge

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Karl Passarge (born April 5, 1893 in Köslin , † December 7, 1967 in Hamburg ) was a German politician and administrative specialist. He has held various positions in politics, administration and economics, including as Secretary of State at the Central Office for Food and Agriculture in the British Zone .

Life

Passarge was born in Köslin in Pomerania and attended grammar school in Belgard . He decided to become an officer and served in the Prussian Army from 1910 to 1919, including during the First World War .

After the First World War, Passarge became politically active and became regional manager of the DNVP in Pomerania. He was the closest confidante of Hans Schlange-Schöningen , who was the leading man in the Pomeranian DNVP in the 1920s. In the inner-party power struggle between Schlange-Schöningen and Alfred Hugenberg , Schlange-Schöningen's opponents in Pomerania succeeded in persuading Passarge to resign from the office of regional manager in 1928.

From 1930 to 1933 Passarge was a civil servant in the authority of the Reich Commissioner for Eastern Aid ; the office of Reich Commissioner was held in 1931/1932 by Schlange-Schöningen.

From 1933 to 1939 Passarge was the main department head in the advertising council of the German economy . In 1939 he left this position and became publishing director for two commercial publishers in Berlin .

After the Second World War , Schlange-Schöningen, who had become head of the Central Office for Food and Agriculture in the British Zone , brought Passarge to his office on August 1, 1946, as deputy head. Passarge, who received the official title of State Secretary , remained in this position until the agency was dissolved on September 30, 1948.

The city of Hamburg appointed Passarge to head the International Horticultural Exhibition (IGA) in 1953 and again in 1956 to head the IGA in 1963. Passarge was also active in committees for agricultural advertising and agricultural exports.

Passarge was interested in the history of Pomerania . In 1955 he became treasurer of the re-established Society for Pomeranian History, Archeology and Art and held this office until his death. In 1967 he became an honorary member of the society.

Passarge was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with a star . He died in Hamburg in 1967 and was buried in Travemünde . His political legacy from 1924 to 1958 is in the Federal Archives .

Fonts

As a writer

  • From the land of griffins. Pictures from Pomerania. Pommernverlag Ernst Jaite, Stargard i. Pom. 1920.
  • The provincial and district council elections. German National Font Distribution Agency, Berlin 1925.
  • with Hans Jürgen Eggers : 140 years of scientific work on the Baltic Sea. On the history of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology . In: Baltic Studies . Volume 51 NF, 1965, ISSN  0067-3099 , pp. 127-138.

As editor

  • Trade fair book of the German economy. Edition 1938. Berlin 1938.
  • Trade fair book of the German economy. Edition 1939. Berlin 1939.
  • Central Office for Food and Agriculture in the British Zone 1945–1948 . Hamburg 1948.
  • International Horticultural Exhibition Hamburg 1953 . Hamburg 1953.
  • International Horticultural Exhibition Hamburg 1963 . Hamburg 1963.

literature

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ A b Günter J. Trittel: Hans Schlange-Schöningen. A forgotten politician of the "first hour". In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte . Volume 35 (1987), Issue 1, p. 28, fn. 23 ( digitized ; PDF; 8.2 MB).
  2. ^ A b Walter Vogel : West Germany 1945–1950. Part 1. 2nd edition. Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard 1989, p. 130 ( online ).
  3. ^ Karl Passarge (ed. And foreword): International Horticultural Exhibition Hamburg 1953. Ludwig Schultheis Verlag, Hamburg (1953), (35) sheets with numerous. Fig. ( WorldCat.org )
personal data
SURNAME Passarge, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and administrative specialist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Koslin
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1967
Place of death Hamburg