Otto Laubinger

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Otto Laubinger (born March 11, 1892 in Eichenrod ; † October 27, 1935 in Bad Nauheim ) was an actor at the Berlin State Theater and a functionary during the National Socialist era . In 1922 he played in the film Der böse Geist , 1930 in The Stolen Face at the side of Hans Otto .

Life

Portrait medallion on Otto Laubinger's tombstone

In 1932 Laubinger joined the NSDAP and became head of the theater and film department in the ethnically -minded, anti-Semitic Kampfbund for German culture .

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he became Ministerialrat and head of the theater department in the Reich Ministry of Propaganda .

On April 1, 1933, he took over the presidency of the German Stage Members' Association (GDBA) after his predecessors Carl Wallauer and Erich Otto had been pushed out of office. As President of the GDBA he took over the editorial management of the official body of the cooperative Der neue Weg . On April 5, 1933, together with the other members of the coordinated board of directors, he declared “to stand behind the leaders of the national government” and to “consciously and confidently integrate into the national movement”.

From 1933 until his death in 1935 he was also President of the Reich Theater Chamber , a subdivision of the Reich Chamber of Culture , which, as a professional organization, regulated access to all artistic professions.

He was buried in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

On August 25, 1939, the Köpenick district administration renamed Goethestrasse in the southern area of ​​the Wendenschloß villa colony to Laubingerstrasse and Goetheplatz to Laubingerplatz. These names were not canceled until 1960 when the names Müggelbergallee and Müggelbergplatz were given.

literature

  • Paul Beyer: National Dramaturgy: A “First Attempt”; Practical study of the near future of drama in Germany . With a preface by Otto Laubinger. Berlin 1933

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 355.
  2. Laubingerplatz and Laubingerstraße . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1940, part 4, Köpenick, p. 2150.
  3. Laubingerplatz . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein