Oswald at Munster

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Oswald zu Münster (born February 3, 1917 in Falkenstein , Vogtland , † June 7, 2003 in Karlsruhe ), born Franz Oswald Wladimir Graf zu Münster Freiherr von Grothaus , was a German photographer .

family

Oswald at Munster in 1917 at Castle Falkenstein / Vogtland born
Oswald Münster grew until 1938 at Gut Kniestedt at Salzgitter in Lower Saxony on

He was the son of the professional officer and landowner Wladimir Ernst Graf zu Munster von Derneburg (1886-1954) and his wife Irmgard Gräfin zu Munster, born von Trützschler Freiin zum Falkenstein (1891-1967), during the First World War at Falkenstein Castle, the His mother's family seat. He had two siblings, the elder Alexandrine Sophie Luise Schröder, née. Countess zu Münster (1914–1990), and the younger Renata Irmgard Melanie Hartlaub, b. Countess of Münster (1921–1991).

His father, cousin of the writer and Salonnière Helene von Nostitz , a career officer in the Reichswehr until 1920 and a farmer from 1923, was loyal to the emperor and nationally oriented; he thought in terms of an officer. His mother was very well read, educated, and artistically gifted. In contrast to her father, she was more left-wing liberal, politically interested and socially engaged. She strongly advocated that her son should later visit a liberal, music-oriented, reform-educational country house of education .

Manor house of Gut Winnerod near Gießen in Upper Hesse

The family lived on Gut Kniestedt near Salzgitter in Lower Saxony . In 1938 this family seat was expropriated with all of the land because the Reichswerke AG for ore mining and ironworks "Hermann Göring" wanted to force the expansion of ore mining there in view of the war planned by Adolf Hitler . The family therefore moved to Winnerod near Gießen in Hesse , again to an estate with agriculture.

In June 1943, Oswald zu Münster married his former classmate Juliane Bieber (* 1922), whom he had met during his school days in Marienau. With her he had his first daughter, Verena, in autumn 1944. The marriage ended in divorce in 1947. In December 1951 he married the doctor Irmgard Maus (* 1919). The two had two daughters, Bettina in 1952 and Gesine in 1958. The couple separated in 1964. In July 1973, Oswald zu Münster married the artist Erika Winsch (* 1915).

Childhood and youth

Oswald zu Münster first went to the Gutenberg School in Karlsruhe, then to the secondary school in Salzgitter, before he attended the School by the Sea, founded by Martin Luserke on the North Sea island of Juist , from Easter 1931 to Easter 1934 . There he played the cello in the school orchestra under the direction of Eduard Zuckmayer , whose ten-member comradeship of the "Delphine" he was most recently a member. With his schoolmate Günther Leitz , the youngest son of Ernst Leitz II , and with Zuckmayer, Oswald zu Münster developed a lifelong friendship.

When the Schule am Meer was closed on Easter 1934 against the background of the National Socialist “ Gleichschaltung ”, he moved with ten other of his classmates from Juist to the reformed educational rural education home School Marienau in Dahlem , where he was part of the comradeship of headmaster Max Bondy .

On the occasion of his 18th birthday on February 3, 1935, which he celebrated at the Marienau school , he received a Leica IIIa , the first reporter camera with 1 / 1000s exposure time, from his friend Günther Leitz . This marked the beginning of a passion for documentary photography that lasted over six decades.

period of service

After receiving his school-leaving certificate , Oswald zu Münster had to do the Reich Labor Service (RAD) for seven months in the Unterbernhards camp near Hilders in the Rhön . He recorded this time in a photo documentary as well as the other stages of his life.

“I won't be free again until the end of September 1939. [...] I think back to the last six years in Juist and Marienau. This helps. I probably have a bit ahead of most of my future comrades: Six years of community life in country school homes around the clock - a good prerequisite for camp life. "

After being drafted into the Wehrmacht , he was trained as a radio operator from 1937 to 1940 by the air intelligence service . During the Second World War , he was employed in this capacity with the rank of sergeant for the air intelligence force in France in 1940, from June to November 1941 in Poland and the Soviet Union , between 1942 and 1945 in Germany, France , the Soviet Union , the Ukraine , and Bohemia and Croatia .

activity

Parallel to his recordings, he noted his impressions in notebooks and diaries and thus became a chronicler who recorded the impressions of a person of his year for his peers and future generations. From 1935, he took photos for around six decades until the mid-1990s, always with a Leica . His main job was as a farmer on the family estate in Winnerod until 1958 and later for a large insurance company. In 1973 his book on sports photography was published . From 1985 he sifted through and sorted his extensive documentary photo collection with notes and diary entries. Another book publication became apparent, but he could no longer realize it. He died at the age of 86. His youngest daughter Gesine took over the very extensive collection of photos, notebooks and diaries in order to preserve them and publish excerpts.

Works

  • Sports photography. A guide for the amateur . Wilhelm Knapp Verlag, Düsseldorf 1973. ISBN 978-3-87420-080-6 .
  • Photo diary Volume 1: Stay in the country school homes School by the Sea on Juist and in Marineau 1931–1937. At the 1936 Olympics, Berlin . FTB-Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-00-7 .
  • Photo diary Volume 2: In the Reich Labor Service 1937, Unter-Bernhard camp, Dept. 7/224 . FTB-Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-01-4 .
  • Photo diary Volume 3: Training as a radio operator with the air intelligence service 1937–1940 . FTB-Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-02-1 .
  • Photo diary Volume 4: In France as a radio operator for the air intelligence service 1940–1941 . FTB-Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-03-8 .
  • Photo diary volume 5: In Poland and Russia as a radio operator for the air intelligence service, June to November 1941 . FTB-Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-04-5 .
  • Photo diary volume 6: As a radio operator with the air intelligence service in France, Russia, the Ukraine, Agram and Pardubitz 1942 to 1945 . FTB-Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-05-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Oswald Wladimir Graf von Munster . From: myheritage.de, accessed on April 23, 2017
  2. ↑ Münster, Oswald (Graf zu) in the German Biography , accessed on April 23, 2017.
  3. ^ Harry Graf Kessler : The diary 1880-1937 . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2004. ISBN 3-7681-9814-6 , p. 1058.
  4. ↑ Münster family . From: derneburg.de, accessed on April 23, 2017
  5. ^ Irmgard von Trützschler Freiin zum Falkenstein . From: geneall.net, accessed April 23, 2017
  6. ↑ Falkenstein . From: heykodehn.de, accessed on April 23, 2017
  7. ^ Harry Graf Kessler: The diary 1880-1937 . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2004. ISBN 978-3-7681-9813-4 , p. 1058.
  8. ↑ The Kniestedter Herrenhaus ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . From: salzgitteraner.de, accessed on April 23, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzgitteraner.de
  9. ↑ The Kniestedter Gutshaus ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . From: salzgitteraner.de, accessed on April 23, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzgitteraner.de
  10. ^ Gustav Ernst Köhler: Christmas 45th The events in Winnerod . In: Heimatbrief 2, 2009, Heimatgeschichtliche Vereinigung Reiskirchen e. V. (Ed.), Pp. 3-6. From: hgv-reiskirchen.de, accessed on April 23, 2017
  11. ↑ Münster, Gesine zu in der Deutschen Biographie , accessed on April 23, 2017.
  12. ^ Erika Graf von Münster (née Winsch) . From: myheritage.de, accessed on April 23, 2017
  13. ↑ The school by the sea on Juist . In: Gesine zu Münster (Hrsg.) / Oswald zu Münster: Photo diary Volume 1 - Stay in the country school homes School by the Sea on Juist and in Marienau 1931–1937. At the 1936 Olympics, Berlin. FTB Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-00-7 , pp. 3–5.
  14. ↑ Oliver Das Gupta: Count Munster's view of the war in Russia . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 22, 2016, accessed on April 23, 2017
  15. ↑ The photographer and author . From: ftb-verlag.de, accessed on April 23, 2017
  16. ↑ Oswald zu Münster: Photo diary Volume 2 - In the Reich Labor Service 1937, Unter-Bernhard camp, Dept. 7/224 . FTB-Verlag, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-946144-01-4 , p. 4.
  17. ↑ Oliver Das Gupta: Count Munster's view of the war in Russia . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 22, 2016, accessed on April 23, 2017
  18. ↑ Desperate struggle against inevitable development . In: Gießener Allgemeine, October 29, 2009, accessed on April 23, 2017
  19. ^ Frank Heidtmann: Bibliography of Photography. German-language publications from 1839–1984. Technology - theory - picture . Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1989, 08486, p. 296.
personal data
SURNAME Munster, Oswald to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Count of Münster Freiherr von Grothaus, Franz Oswald Wladimir; Count of Munster, Oswald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkenstein / Vogtl.
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2003
Place of death Karlsruhe