Paulus Lenz-Medoc
Paulus Lenz-Medoc (born August 10, 1903 in Konitz , West Prussia as Paulus Lenz , † September 7, 1987 in Paris ) was a German philosopher , Germanist and Romanist .
Life
Paulus Lenz was General Secretary of the Peace Association of German Catholics from December 1930 until its dissolution on July 1, 1933 . After his imprisonment from July to November 1933, he emigrated to France in 1934 , where he joined the Resistance and adopted the suffix "Medoc". After the end of the Second World War he was the first German lecturer at the Sorbonne . He also published in the spirit of Franco-German reconciliation.
Honors
- 1984: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1984: Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
Individual evidence
- ^ Agnès Lecointre: Intellectuels catholiques allemands et pouvoir au début du xxe siècle . In: Paul Colonge, Angelika Schober (eds.): Le christianisme dans les pays de langue allemande. Enjeux et défis . Presses universitaires de Limoges, Limoges 1997, ISBN 2-84287-062-X , pp. 121-133, here p. 128.
- ^ Hans Manfred Bock : Topography of German Cultural Representation in Paris in the 20th Century . Narr, Tübingen 2010 (= Edition lendemains, Vol. 18), ISBN 978-3-823-36551-8 . In it the chapter on reconciliation and understanding. The Maison de l'Allemagne in the Cité Universitaire de Paris 1956–1972 , here p. 307.
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| SURNAME | Lenz-Medoc, Paulus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lenz, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher, Germanist and Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Konitz , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1987 |
| Place of death | Paris |