Uwe Schmidt (historian)

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Uwe Schmidt (born December 14, 1931 in Hamburg ; † March 23, 2008 ibid) was a German teacher and historian .

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Uwe Schmidt was the son of the judge Hans Schmidt. He spent his childhood in Hamburg-Farmsen . After graduating from the Walddörferschule in 1951, he studied at the University of Hamburg and the University of Tübingen and studied history, Latin, philosophy and education. After the first state examination in 1956 and the second state examination in 1959 in Hamburg, he received a teaching position at the Alstertal high school . Here he taught history and Latin for ten years from 1959. In addition, from 1961 to 1963 he attended a basic course for religious teachers without a teaching qualification, the catechetical office of the Hamburg State Churchoffered. Together with Marianne Timm he traveled to Israel during another course in 1965. This resulted in numerous contacts that Schmidt maintained throughout his life and undertook 30 further trips in this regard.

In addition to teaching, Uwe Schmidt was involved in Hamburg's school policy. He was particularly committed to the interests of teachers. From 1967 to 1970 he edited the articles on school and education policy of the Hamburg Philologists Association . In 1972 he took over its chairmanship. From 1973 to 1991 he was chairman of the German Teachers' Association in Hamburg, which he founded himself. In discussions about whether the comprehensive school should be introduced as a regular school, Schmidt called for high schools to be retained in Hamburg. He gave lectures all over Germany, wrote many letters to the editor and articles that dealt mainly with school policy and expressed himself in many ways during discussions on educational policy.

In addition to his work as a teacher and in school politics, Uwe Schmidt worked as a volunteer in his free time. He was a member of many choirs from a young age and was a tenor of the Hamburg Symphony Choir from 1984 until his death . From 1996 to 2002 he worked on the board of directors of the Großhansdorf-Schmalenbeck parish . He also campaigned for children: in 1953 and 1966 he took over the management of a children's holiday village , which was organized by today's CISV . In 1994/95 he went to Kirjat Gat on a voluntary basis , where he played music with Jewish children in the Neve Hanna home .

In retirement, Schmidt devoted himself to historical studies. In 1995 he received his doctorate from the University of Hamburg Dr. phil. Since 1998 he has worked on a voluntary basis for the Research Center for Contemporary History in Hamburg and for the Hamburg State Archives . He wrote many reviews and wrote biographies, which appeared in the Hamburg Biography , among others . The focus of his work was the history of the trade unions and Hamburg schools. In the documentation of Hamburg's school history, the focus was on the time of National Socialism . Schmidt did extensive research on this, wrote several books and, shortly before his death, a manuscript that comprehensively presented the school history of this time.

On his 70th birthday, he received the bronze medal for faithful work in the service of the people from the Hamburg Senate for his commitment .

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  1. Hamburg Schools in the “Third Reich” - Hamburg University Press. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .