Kurt Jahncke
Kurt Jahncke (born March 5, 1898 in Remscheid , † October 20, 1962 in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) ) was a German journalist and ministerial official. Among other things, he became known as deputy press chief of the Reich government.
Life
Youth and Education (1898 to 1922)
Jahncke was born as the son of the Oberamtmann of the Reichsbahn and captain lieutenant of the reserve Otto Jahncke and his wife Paula (Pauline) Lindner. In his childhood he attended high schools in Elberfeld and Schöneberg-Friedenau , where he passed the Abitur examination in 1915. He then took part in the First World War with the Prussian army from 1915 to 1918 , in which he was used as an artilleryman in France and Flanders. On November 17, 1917, he was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve.
Jahncke studied at the University of Berlin from 1919 to 1922. He completed his studies in 1922 with a doctorate in Dr. rer. pole. from. His dissertation on Bolivia's position in the world economy was awarded the title magna cum laude .
Career as an economic functionary and journalist (1922 to 1933)
From 1922 to 1929 Jahncke worked as an in-house counsel for the industry and employers' association in Oldenburg. He then held the office of chairman of the trade and commerce association in Oldenburg until 1933. From 1930 to 1933 he was also the editor of the business section of the Oldenburger Nachrichten for town and country .
Politically, Jahncke was organized in the German National People's Party (DNVP) since 1919 . He was also a member of the Stahlhelm from 1922 to 1932 .
On July 17, 1926, Jahncke married Irmgard Scharf, the daughter of the newspaper publisher Oskar Scharf.
time of the nationalsocialism
A few months after the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Jahncke was accepted into the newly founded Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (RMVP). From July 1, 1933 to April 1936, he was Head of Department V (Press Department). In this capacity, Jahncke - since July 20, 1933 with the rank of Ministerialrat - led, among other things, the press conferences of the Reich government. He also acted as the editor of the reference work Das Archiv - reference work for politics, economics and culture and, due to his position, was a member of the Presidential Council of the Reich Press Chamber .
In 1934 Jahncke joined the NSDAP , his entry date being dated back to August 7, 1932.
In addition to his function as head of the press department, Jahncke held the post of Deputy Press Chief of the Reich Government from 1933 to 1936 under the Reich Press Chiefs Walther Funk and Otto Dietrich .
After leaving the Propaganda Ministry, Jahncke became director of the Berlin printing and newspaper companies in 1936. Alfred-Ingemar Berndt succeeded him as Head of Department V in the Propaganda Ministry .
On May 20, 1939, Jahncke moved to the Foreign Office (AA), where he was responsible for foreign journalists and press advisory councils as an international advisor. He was promoted to lecturing councilor on July 20, 1939. From October 1939 to August 1940 he headed Section XIII, which looked after the foreign press. In April 1940 he headed the cultural policy department of the radio department at the AA. Here he also had the task of keeping in touch with the Wehrmacht High Command (OKW).
post war period
After the war, Jahncke returned to Oldenburg, where on December 15, 1950, together with other entrepreneurs, he founded what would later become the Economic Association in Oldenburg.
Fonts
- Bolivia's position in the world economy , 1922. (Dissertation)
- The archive - reference work for politics, economy and culture (publisher from 1933 to 1936)
literature
- Jahncke as head of the 1933 press conference
- Jahncke as managing director of the small circle of the economic association Oldenburg
- Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? , Degener, Berlin 1935.
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945 , Vol. 2 ( G – K. ), Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2005.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Jahncke in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jahncke, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and deputy press chief of the Reich government |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Remscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1962 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg (Oldenburg) |