Karl Scharping

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Karl Hermann Franz Scharping (born July 13, 1908 in Kallies ; † after 1969) was a German journalist and functionary in the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda as well as a radio commentator. After the Second World War , it came back briefly in the news because of the Naumann-Kreis affair .

Life

After graduating from high school in Szczecin City High School in 1927, Scharping studied philosophy, pedagogy and history at the universities of Munich, Berlin, Riga and Greifswald and was awarded a Dr. phil is doing his doctorate . After completing his studies, he worked as a journalist from 1931.

After the beginning of the Second World War , the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda appointed him as the chief editor of the Deutsche Lodzer Zeitung . He was then a government advisor in the Propaganda Ministry, first in the press department from December 1939, then from December 1942 to 1945 in the broadcasting department as Hans Fritzsche's deputy . Alongside Fritzsche, he was the most important political commentator on radio. In his lectures, Scharping did not shy away from the critical issue of Nazi forced labor , which served the recovery of European nations. He commented on Italy's departure from the Axis Powers in 1943 with the words “Those who do not want to march with us can disappear wherever they want. Those who don't work with us may starve to death where it suits them. ”However, from the reactions and observations of the NSDAP and the security service to Scharping's lectures, it can be inferred that they only got caught with those who clung to National Socialism . The discrepancy between propaganda and reality could no longer be bridged.

During his time in the press department, Scharping wrote articles that appeared in German occupation newspapers ( Brussels newspaper , German newspaper in the Netherlands , German newspaper in Ostland ). He was a member of the television division of the RMVP and closely associated with the NSDAP (AO) and the South African Study Society. The Nazi Party he joined in 1940 at ( membership. 7547104).

After the war he worked in Hamburg as an editor of magazine novels and other publications. During the Nuremberg Trials , he said about his former superior Fritzsche that he had led a quiet, withdrawn life, even if his income was not exactly modest. Scharping's name came into the public again at the beginning of 1953, when he was accused of belonging to the Naumann district, which among other things tried to infiltrate the North Rhine-Westphalian FDP in a National Socialist manner in 1952/53 and he was arrested for this. His lawyers said the British had made a mistake in his arrest. Scharping was only busy building up his two companies, Stern-Verlag and ILA press service headquarters, and securing the existence of his family. In addition, he, who is married for the second time, still supports his wife and two children from his first marriage. People who knew him well could confirm that Scharping had not carried out any political activity since 1945. Even though he was part of the “Inner Circle”, he had very limited knowledge of plans and activities. Naumann , who sought to secure sole leadership, only encouraged the latter to become independent if they brought him new contacts. After his habeas corpus petition was initially rejected on March 19, 1953, Scharping was released from custody just two weeks later, immediately following his handover to the German authorities.

Scharping then presumably devoted himself to his publishing activities again, which is indicated by various works published by his Stern-Verlag. In 1970 he was interviewed by Heinz-Werner Eckhardt for his work The Frontzeitungen des Deutschen Heeres 1939–1945 (published 1975).

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  1. ↑ Heinz-Werner Eckhardt: The front newspapers of the German army 1939-1945. (= Series of publications by the Institute for Journalism at the University of Vienna. Volume 1). Wilhelm Braumüller Universitäts-Verlagbuchhandlung, Vienna / Stuttgart 1975, p. 2, footnote 2.
  2. ^ Wilfried Gerke: Contributions to the history of the Germans in Poland during the Second World War, 1939-1945. Martin Opitz Library Foundation, 2004, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Max Bonacker: Goebbels' husband on the radio. The Nazi propagandist Hans Fritzsche (1900–1953). (= Series of the quarterly books for contemporary history. Volume 94). Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58193-5 , p. 127 (also dissertation Hamburg 2006)
  4. ↑ Max Bonacker: Europe for the Europeans! In: radio and history. Communications from the study group broadcasting and history. Information from the German Broadcasting Archive. Volume 27, No. 3/4, July / October 2001, pp. 124–125. ( PDF )
  5. ^ Brussels newspaper based on Rolf Falter: De Brussels newspaper (1940–1944). In: Historica Lovaniensia. 137, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Departement geschiedenis), Löwen 1982, p. 69 (about 15 articles). German newspaper in the Netherlands August 21 and October 3, 1940. German newspaper in Ostland June 3 and July 20, 1942.
  6. ↑ Beate Baldow: Episode or Danger? The Naumann affair . Dissertation. Berlin 2012, p. 320. (PDF)
  7. ^ Nazi conspiracy - Nau-Nau. In: Der Spiegel . January 21, 1953, p. 6.
  8. ↑ Max Bonacker: Goebbels' husband on the radio. The Nazi propagandist Hans Fritzsche (1900–1953). (= Series of the quarterly books for contemporary history. Volume 94). Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58193-5 , p. 78 (also dissertation Hamburg 2006)
  9. ↑ Publication Number: M-1019, Publication Title: Records of the United States Nuernberg War Crimes trials Interrogations, 1946–1949, Date Published: 1977 (PDF; 186 kB)
  10. ↑ Beate Baldow: Episode or Danger? The Naumann affair . Dissertation. Berlin 2012, p. 213. (PDF)
  11. ↑ Beate Baldow: Episode or Danger? The Naumann affair . Dissertation. Berlin 2012, pp. 85–87 (Inner Circle and its activities) and 242 (knowledge of Scharping). (PDF)
  12. ↑ Beate Baldow: Episode or Danger? The Naumann affair . Dissertation. Berlin 2012, pp. 246–247. (PDF)
  13. ↑ Heinz-Werner Eckhardt: The front newspapers of the German army 1939-1945. (= Series of publications by the Institute for Journalism at the University of Vienna. Volume 1). Wilhelm Braumüller Universitäts-Verlagsbuchhandlung, Vienna / Stuttgart 1975, introduction, p. XI and e.g. p. 2, footnote 2 u, p. 3, footnote 5.
personal data
SURNAME Scharping, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scharping, Karl Hermann Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and functionary in the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Callies
DATE OF DEATH after 1969