Otto Jentsch

Otto Jentsch (born May 16, 1898 in Seifhennersdorf ; † October 24, 1978 in Radebeul ) was a German engineer .

Life

The Dr.-Ing. and Reichsbahnbaumeister was a leading engineer from 1927, later technical director in the Dresden gas, water and electricity works . In 1933 or 1937 he joined the NSDAP , in 1946 the SED .

In 1952 he became professor for machine elements and flow machines at the Dresden University of Transport .

In a letter dated September 8, 1952, he was appointed rector of the university. He was the first rector of the University of Transport.

In 1963 he retired .

Awards

• 1956: Bearer of the honorary title of Honored Railway Worker of the German Democratic Republic
• 1964: Honorary Senator of the University of Transportation
• 1968: Patriotic Order of Merit of the GDR in bronze

literature

• Dieter Hoffmann:  Jentsch, Otto . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
• Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 .

Web links

• Otto Jentsch in the Stadtwiki Dresden

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Werner Groß, Stefan Haufe, Dieter Preuß: CHRONICLE of the University of Transport "Friedrich List" Dresden 1977-1984 . Ed .: University of Transport "Friedrich List" (=  scientific journal . Special issue 20). 1985, ISSN  0043-6844 , pp. 24 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Dieter Hoffmann:  Jentsch, Otto . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
3. ↑ Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 157.
4. ↑ 25 years University of Transport "Friedrich List" Dresden . 27-page commemorative publication, Dresden 1977, p. 388.