Rudolf Dahms (philologist, 1880)

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Rudolf Dahms (full name Rudolf Siegmar Dahms , born September 15, 1880 in Berlin , † December 11, 1959 ibid) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher. As a philologist, he mainly dealt with the Homeric epics from a neo-analytical perspective. In addition, he wrote political writings as a veteran of the First World War , opponent of the Weimar Republic and proponent of the National Socialists .

Life

Childhood, adolescence and studies

Rudolf Dahms, the son of the high school teacher of the same name Rudolf Dahms and Elise Anna Helene born. Keferstein (1835–1935), attended high schools in Groß-Lichterfelde , Steglitz and finally the Askanische Gymnasium , where his father had been teaching Latin and Greek since 1875. He then studied classical philology and history at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin from 1899 to 1905 . He spent a few semesters at the University of Göttingen , where, among other things, he heard lectures from the Latinist Friedrich Leo . In Berlin he counted the Graecist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff and the historian Eduard Meyer among his academic mentors, as well as listening to Hermann Diels and Johannes Vahlen . On 29 October 1904 he was in Berlin with a thesis on the Tribute of Athens allies in the Delian Confederacy Dr. phil. doctorate , on May 2, 1905, he passed the teaching examination and received unlimited teaching authorization for the subjects of Latin, Greek and history. From Easter 1905 to 1906 he completed the seminar year at the Lessing Gymnasium in Berlin and at the same time taught at the Friedenau Gymnasium . There he started his probationary year in the summer of 1906, which he interrupted because of military service: From October 1, 1906, he served as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Kurhessian Infantry Regiment in Göttingen. He remained associated with this regiment as a reserve officer and was promoted to Vice Sergeant in 1908 and Lieutenant in the Reserve in 1910.

Career entry in Berlin and deployment in the First World War

Back in Berlin, Dahms completed the remaining part of his high school probation year at the United High Schools in Brandenburg an der Havel in the winter of 1906/1907 . On April 1, 1908, he went to the Bismarck Gymnasium in Berlin-Wilmersdorf as a senior teacher . His more than 20 years of activity there was interrupted by the First World War, for which he volunteered as a reserve officer in July 1914. From August to December 1914 he served on the Western Front. After being wounded, he received leave from the front from December 1914 to June 1915, which he used, among other things, to review his scientific work. Shortly after his entry in June 1915, he was wounded again and, after a short convalescent leave, was back in the field from September 1915. After a short vacation from June to August 1916, he was promoted to first lieutenant in September 1916 and sent to the Western Front, where he fought near Verdun . In autumn 1917 he was deployed on the Eastern Front and fought as part of the Albion company in Riga and Saaremaa . After a work accident (falling from his horse) in May 1918 and two months of convalescence leave, he served in Romania and most recently on the Western Front again. After the capitulation, he returned to Berlin in December 1918.

Further career in Berlin

In Berlin, Dahms continued to teach Latin, Greek and history at the Bismarck Gymnasium. In addition, he continued his academic work on the Homeric epics , published his war memories as a story ( The great war from the frog's perspective. War memories of a company leader of the infantry . Berlin 1927) and a pamphlet about the political conditions in the Weimar Republic .

On March 19, 1930 Dahms, although not yet 50 years old, retired at his own request. After the National Socialists came to power , he returned to school as a teacher on July 1, 1933 and taught at the Lessing Gymnasium, and from October 1, 1936 again at the Wilmersdorf Gymnasium. On November 1, 1938, he finally retired.

In 1934 Dahms published a 72-page brochure with the title Jesus and the Nordic Man , in which he expressed himself in the interests of the National Socialists and especially the German Christians . The book was critically reviewed by Johannes Witte in the Theologische Literaturzeitung as “Dillettantism” (sic!).

family

Dahms had three sisters and one brother. His sister Hilde Ulrike Dahms (1889–1966) was married to the landowner Karl Friedrich Rechholtz (1876–1957). Rudolf Dahms was a guest on his estate in Dobberphul during the summer holidays 1921–1923.

Dahms' first marriage in February 1919 was soon divorced. From 1923 he was in his second marriage to Elsbeth (Elli) geb. Müller, used Lau (1887–?) Who brought their children Anneliese (1916–?) And Hans Lau (1914–1936) into the marriage.

Scientific work

Dahms' scholarly work in the field of classical philology was mainly the Homeric epics , in which he took the position of neoanalysis . In the footsteps of Adolf Kirchhoff and Benedikt Niese , he examined the layers of tradition of the Iliad and the Odyssey , from which he tried to extract the hypothetical peso Achilles and Telemachie . This work was taken up and continued by Friedrich Focke and Wolfgang Schadewaldt , among others .

Further work in the field of classical philology was the article Gender in Paulys Realenzyklopädie der classical antiquity (RE), which Dahms wrote on behalf of Georg Wissowa , as well as the adaptation of Juncker's small dictionary. Latin-German .

Fonts (selection)

  • De Atheniensium sociorum tributis quaestiones septem . Berlin 1904 (dissertation)
  • Genders. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 2, Stuttgart 1912, Col. 2867-2877.
  • Odyssey and Telemachy. Investigations into the composition of the Odyssey . Berlin 1919
  • Iliad and Achilles. Investigations into the composition of the Iliad . Berlin 1924
  • The great war from a frog's perspective. War memories of an infantry company commander . Berlin 1927
  • Our dying republic. Towards the civil war? Leipzig 1929
  • Jesus and the Nordic man. Gospel of Mark and German Faith . Berlin 1934
  • Blücher, the Marshal Forward . Berlin 1935
  • Juncker's small dictionary. Latin-German . Berlin 1953. 2nd edition 1956. 3rd edition 1957. 4th edition 1958

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Rudolf Dahms (1880–1959)  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth register StA Berlin VI, No. 2775/1880
  2. ↑ Death register of the StA Zehlendorf of Berlin, No. 2629/1959
  3. ↑ For information on parents, see www.family-tree.de (accessed on November 12, 2016).
  4. ↑ a b Details on Dahms 'military career according to Rudolf Dahms' second personnel sheet. Entry in the archive database of the Library for Educational History Research (BBF / DIPF) and according to his information in the preface to his books Odyssey and Telemachie , Berlin 1919, pp. 5–8 and Ilias and Achilleis , Berlin 1924, pp. 5–7.
  5. ↑ Information based on the first personal form at the Library for Educational History Research , Sheet 1 ( entry in the archive database of the Library for Educational History Research (BBF / DIPF)), accessed on November 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ Johannes Witte: Review of Rudolf Dahms: Jesus and the Nordic man . In: Theological literary newspaper . Volume 59 (1934), Col. 463-464 ( online ).
  7. ↑ See www.family-tree.de and the family tree of the Rechholtz family (accessed on November 12, 2016).
  8. ^ Form of the name of the woman and the children's life data according to the second personal form from Rudolf Dahms. Entry in the archive database of the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF / DIPF) and www.family-tree.de (accessed on November 12, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Dahms, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dahms, Rudolf Siegmar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1959
Place of death Berlin