Reinhard Haferkorn
Reinhard Haferkorn (born December 26, 1899 in Waldheim ; † May 24, 1983 in Speyer ) was a German English graduate and university professor.
After graduating from high school, Haferkorn studied English, Romance and German studies in Leipzig from 1919 . He did his doctorate in 1924 under Max Förster on English ruin poetry of the 18th century. He then worked as a teacher in Leipzig and Döbeln and then went to Aberystwyth ( Wales ) as a lecturer until 1926 . Back at the University of Leipzig he became Levin Ludwig Schücking's assistant . In 1928 he was hired as a lecturer at the TH Danzig , where he qualified as a professor at the Germanist Kindermann in 1930. In 1932 he was appointed associate professor there, and in 1937 full professor. He was also active in institutions of the League of Nations in the Free City of Danzig . In January 1941 the University of Greifswald appointed him to succeed Sten Bodvar Liljegren . At the same time he was head of the UK department of the Foreign Office's broadcasting policy department . Until 1945 he was involved in propaganda broadcasts ( Lord Haw-Haw ) of the Berliner Rundfunk.
After the end of the war he worked as an interpreter and translator in Oldenburg. After working as a commercial teacher, Haferkorn was hired in 1953 as a legation counselor for diplomatic training in foreign languages at the Bonn Foreign Office. From 1955 to 1968 he taught business English as a full professor at the Mannheim Business School. From 1961 he was also an honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg .
Haferkorn had been a member of the NSDAP since May 1, 1933 and of the SA since 1934 . In 1933 he signed the confession of the German professors about Adolf Hitler .
Fonts
- Gothic and ruin in eighteenth-century English poetry , Leipzig 1924
- When Rome is removed into England , Leipzig 1932
literature
- Frank-Rutger Hausmann : English and American Studies in the "Third Reich" , Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2003 ISBN 978-3-465-03230-4
- German Biographical Encyclopedia , Görres - Hittorp, Volume 4, Saur, Munich 2006, p. 341
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oat grain, Reinhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oat grain, Hermann Reinhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German English studies and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1983 |
| Place of death | Speyer |