Ulrich Bernays

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Ulrich Bernays (born August 15, 1881 in Munich , † December 23, 1948 in Karlsruhe ) was a German classical philologist and pioneer of the adult education center .

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He was the older of two children of the philologist and literary historian Michael Bernays and his wife Louise Johanna Bernays. Uhde, b. Rübke. His sister, who was two years younger than him, was Marie Bernays . Ulrich Bernays also had a half-brother, Hermann Uhde-Bernays , whom his mother brought with her into the second marriage. At the University of Munich in Munich he studied classical philology, German literature and history and received his doctorate in 1905 with studies on Dionysius Periegetes . Bernays then worked as a teacher at higher education institutions, from 1913 at the Goethe School in Karlsruhe. He also gave lectures at the community college on history and literature.

Due to a letter from the Baden Ministry of Culture and Education of October 31, 1935 to the headmaster of the Goethe-Gymnasium regarding the leave of absence for Jewish teachers , Ulrich Bernays was taken off duty with immediate effect. On January 1, 1936, compulsory retirement was decreed. During the years of persecution, he translated a. a. ancient works for example by Plato or Phaedo and wrote a biography about his father. After the collapse of the Nazi dictatorship , he returned to the Goethe Gymnasium as a teacher. In addition, as director of the Volkshochschule Karlsruhe, he played a key role in its reconstruction. Until his death he held numerous lectures on Greek cultural history and the German Enlightenment.

A hall of the Karlsruhe adult education center was named after Ulrich Bernays.

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  • Volkshochschule Karlsruhe (ed.): Dr. Ulrich Bernays (1881–1948) classical philologist and champion of the adult education center. Karlsruhe undated

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SURNAME Bernays, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and pioneer of the adult education center
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1948
Place of death Karlsruhe