Theodor Scheffer
Theodor Scheffer (born October 1, 1872 in Düsseldorf , † April 28, 1945 in Weimar ) was a German educator and lecturer at the University of Jena at the time of National Socialism .
Life
Scheffer became a pedagogue and made contact with the reform pedagogue Berthold Otto , whose first writings he published. After Scheffer tried to develop the model of a German adult education center with the Arndthochschule in Berlin in 1919 , he founded the German home school in 1922 in Bad Berka in a former country school home . This school also served as a training facility for the Artamans .
Scheffer cooperated with Hans Hahne and Peter Petersen and founded the Central German Working Group with them . On May 9, 1934, Petersen, supported by Hans FK Günther , applied for a teaching position for Scheffer, which was rejected by the Reich Ministry of Education.
In 1937 Scheffer became a lecturer in political education in Jena after Heinrich Himmler had campaigned for him. In a letter, Himmler wrote: "Scheffer was always against the Reds, was always anti-Semitic, always Greater German and advocated the Artaman movement early on ."
Fonts (selection)
- Between the past and the future. Reflections on Germany's historical path, 1915.
- Fundamental to the reorganization of education and instruction, 1934.
- The empire of the Germans. German history in a nutshell, 1942.
literature
- Justus H. Ulbricht: Home as a source of education. Concept and history of regionally and ethnically oriented adult education in Thuringia in the years 1933-1945. In: 1919 to 1994. 75 years of adult education center in Jena. Rudolstadt 1994, pp. 183-217
- E. Sch .: Scheffer, Theodor. In: Central German heads. Life pictures from a millennium. Frankfurt am Main 1959, p. 187.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheffer, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and lecturer in Jena |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1945 |
| Place of death | Weimar |