Viktor Fadrus (son)

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Viktor Fadrus (born April 20, 1912 in Vienna ; † March 7, 2004 there ) was an Austrian educator and school reformer . His father of the same name (1884–1968) was also an educator and school reformer.

Live and act

Viktor Fadrus was born on April 20, 1912 as the son of the teacher Viktor Fadrus (1884–1968) and his wife Anna (nee Schererbauer) in Vienna. While his father of the same name began working as a school reformer from this time on, the son attended an elementary practice school at the teacher training college from 1918 . He completed this in 1922 and completed an artistic training at the youth art class of Franz Čižek , as well as a children's singing school with Hans Wagner-Schönkirch . After attending the Bundesgymnasium Stubenbastei and passing the Matura with distinction, he began studying philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, German and Romance studies at the University of Vienna in 1930 . In 1935 he passed his secondary school teaching examination in German and French. In the following year, during which he worked on a trial at a school in Währing , he also passed the teaching examination in philosophy. In the same year he did his dissertation with Karl Bühler and Richard Meister with the thesis The specific observations of the linguist. Linguistic theoretical contribution to the methodology of linguistics .

In 1938 Fadrus received a teaching position at Columbia University in New York City , but could not accept this because he had been drafted into the Wehrmacht . During his military service , after the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht, he became an American prisoner of war , but after his release in 1946 he was able to resume his service with the Vienna City School Board. His father, who in 1944 - now almost 60 years old - also had to move to the Second World War , was entrusted with the rebuilding of the Austrian school system as section head during this time. The son also worked as an editor at the Jugend & Volk publishing house , which was founded in the 1920s on the initiative of his father. In 1949 Fadrus returned to the school service and together with Lotte Schenk-Danzinger set up the school psychology service at Bundesgymnasium 12, Rosasgasse .

In 1962 he was appointed director of the Federal High School Vienna 17, Geblergasse . In 1978, at the age of 66, Fadrus retired, but continued to work as a lecturer at Jugend & Volk and, like his father after his retirement, took part in conferences on school issues and school books. He handed over his father's estate to the Pedagogical Institute of the City of Vienna , whereupon the so-called Fadrus Archive was opened in 1985 . In 1992 a group led by Fadrus founded the Association of the Vienna School Museum , today the Association for Viennese Educational and School History .

On March 7, 2004, a little over a month before his 92nd birthday, Fadrus died in his native Vienna and was buried on March 24, 2004 in the Döbling cemetery (group 19, row 13, number 2). His wife Hertha, who was born on March 4, 1914, was also a doctorate who was sometimes active as a writer for the Jugend & Volk publishing house in the 1950s, survived him by almost two years, died on December 17, 2005 and was at her husband's side buried.

Honors

Viktor Fadrus was honored several times throughout his life; His greatest honors include the award of the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna on January 7, 1975, which he accepted on January 22, 1975, and the award of the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria on July 22, 1977.

literature

  • Michael Martischnig (Ed.): Viktor Fadrus - father and son - in the service of Austrian reform pedagogy in the 20th century. Contributions to Austrian school history with consideration of the art pedagogical aspect. Leykam , Graz 2003, ISBN 3-7011-0041-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Vienna School Museum , accessed on July 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Grave of Viktor Fadrus on the official website of the Vienna Cemeteries , accessed on July 28, 2019
  3. ↑ Grave of Hertha Fadrus on the official website of the Vienna cemeteries , accessed on July 28, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Fadrus, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian educator and school reformer
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2004
Place of death Vienna , Austria