Clamping circuit

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The admirers of Othmar Spann are referred to as the tension circle (also tension circle ) , and they are supporters of his scientific teachings ( universalism ) and advocates of his political ideas ( corporate state ). Initially it was about Spann's academic students, such as Walter Heinrich , Hans Riehl or Jakob Baxa . Later the circle expanded, also beyond Austria. From 1933 to 1936, an institute for estates was operated in Düsseldorf . After Spann's death, the group organized itself into the Society for Holistic Research .

Origin of the term

The term clamping circuit was first used in 1936 in an internal script written by Justus Beyer for the SS security service . It lists members of four groups of the circle who were accused of deviations from and also opposing positions to the National Socialist party program. Beyer wrote in his report on the Institute for Estates :

“Instead of building an institute according to the guidelines of the Führer with National Socialists, the tension circle of the National Socialist movement slipped an institute whose tasks were fixed from the beginning and did not coincide with the intentions of the Führer. This institute was therefore not in a position to work out a useful National Socialist class program. That meant: the institute, which should have become the focus of the struggle against the enemies of National Socialism in the economy, will itself become a rallying point for opposing forces. "

See also

literature

  • Justus Beyer: The clamping circuit. Hazards and Effects . Secret command matter! Main Security Service Office of the Reichsführer SS, Berlin 1936.
    • Abridged version (only first chapter), National Socialism and Universalism , in: German Law. Central organ of the National Socialist Lawyers' Association , 6th year, Berlin 1936, p. 352 ff.
  • John Haag: The Spann circle and the Jewish question , in: Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook , Volume 18, London 1937, pp. 93–126.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quoted from: "Institute for Estates Düsseldorf 1933 to 1936", AGSÖ