Ludwig Homberger
Ludwig Maximilian Homberger (born October 21, 1882 in Darmstadt , † November 22, 1954 in Arlington , United States) was a German lawyer .
Career
Homberger studied from 1901 at the universities of Munich, Berlin, Leipzig and Würzburg. After the great state examination in law in 1906 and the doctorate to Dr. jur. et rer. pole. In 1908 he joined the Royal Bavarian State Railways in 1909 . With their incorporation he worked for the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1920 . In 1931 he was promoted to director and chief financial officer of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. His Jewish descent led to his dismissal in 1935. As early as 1933 he was no longer active in public as a Reichsbahn board member and was represented by his later successor Alfred Prang . Since his expertise was judged as indispensable even by the new deputy general director and SA member Wilhelm Kleinmann , Reichsbahn general director Julius Dorpmüller initially did not want to do without his cooperation.
After his release he emigrated to the United States and in 1939 took up a teaching position at the American University in Washington, DC . From 1945 on he was professor of transportation there. At the same time he took part in the reconstruction and reorganization of the railway system in the American zone of occupation in Germany .
Honors
- 1953: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Who's Who in America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. : volume 28 (1954-1955). Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1955, p. 1265.
Web links
- Short biography at the Federal Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred C. Mierzejewski: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich. A History of the German National Railway , Volume 2, 1933-1945, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London, 2000, ISBN 0-8078-2574-3 , p. 15
- ^ Alfred Gottwaldt : Dorpmüller's Reichsbahn - The era of the Reich Minister of Transport Julius Dorpmüller 1920-1945 . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-88255-726-8 , p. 82
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Homberger, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Homberger, Ludwig Maximilian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1954 |
| Place of death | Arlington , United States |