Otto Zander
Otto Zander (born August 11, 1886 ; † June 20, 1938 ) was government director and functionary of the NSDAP during the Nazi era .
Life
Zander was a teacher by profession. He was seriously wounded in World War I , but nevertheless participated in the suppression of the Spartacus uprising in 1919 . In 1928 he became a member of the NSDAP . After the transfer of power to the National Socialists in 1933, Zander was appointed government director. From 1933 to 1938 Zander was federal director of the Greater German Chess Federation . At the founding meeting of the GSB in Bad Pyrmont on July 9, 1933, Zander gave a speech in which he announced the exclusion of all Jewish players from organized gaming: “We cannot use Jews for our work, they have to disappear from the clubs They were the inventors and promoters of the class struggle in Germany and are now inciting the other peoples against our fatherland with their propaganda of lies. ”He had a fatal accident on the night of June 20, 1938 on a trip as the SA chief troop leader and was buried four days later in Göttingen .
Works
- History of the Berlin chess society. Festschrift to celebrate its 100th anniversary . Charlottenburg 1927.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Otto Zander on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albert Becker: Otto Zander dead! Völkischer Beobachter, Vienna edition, July 10, 1938, accessed on October 2, 2019.
- ^ History of the German Chess Federation
- ↑ Deutsche Schachblätter , Volume 27, July 1, 1938, p. 133.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zander, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Nazi functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1886 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1938 |