Otto Calliebe

Otto Calliebe (born May 15, 1893 in Züllchow , Randow district , † March 28, 1976 in Soltau ) was a German high school teacher. During the Nazi era , he held management positions at the national educational institutions.

Calliebe studied from 1912 ancient languages, archeology and religious studies at the University of Marburg , the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Berlin and the University of Greifswald . During the First World War , he last served as an air officer in Aviation Department 301 in Palestine . It was here that his plane crashed in an aerial combat, Calliebe was wounded, he lost a forearm and was taken prisoner by the British, from which he returned in April 1919. Calliebe completed his studies in Greifswald and in 1923 became a high school teacher at the city high school in Stettin .

In May 1933 Calliebe joined the NSDAP . From August 1933 he worked in the newly created National Political Educational Institutions (NPEA) , first at the NPEA in Köslin , then from 1934 at the NPEA in Potsdam , of which he became director in 1935. In 1940 he was also Vice Inspector of the NPEA Inspection; as such he was subordinate to August Heissmeyer . As Vice Inspector Calliebe was promoted to government offices as well as to SS ranks. Most recently he was ministerial conductor and SS-Oberführer .

After the Second World War, Calliebe was interned by the British occupying forces until October 1947. A court of justice sentenced him to a fine for promoting the goals of the SS. As part of the denazification he was classified as a “fellow traveler” (category IV).

From 1950 Calliebe taught at the Soltau State High School , initially as an employee, from 1954 as a civil servant. In 1955 he was retired, but also gave lessons as a retirement official until 1964.

literature

• Dorothy Mas: Calliebe, Otto (1893–1976) . In: Dirk Alvermann , Nils Jörn (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Pommern . Volume 2 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania. Series V, Volume 48.2). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-412-22541-4 , pp. 51–55.

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Calliebe in the catalog of the German National Library