Walter Burmeister
Walter Burmeister (born November 14, 1894 in Ulrichshusen ; † February 23, 1980 ) was a German didactic biology specialist and local researcher from Mecklenburg .
Life
Burmeister, the son of an estate inspector, attended the Carolinum grammar school in Neustrelitz and, after finishing school, completed training as a teacher in Neukloster from 1914 onwards . The teacher training was interrupted by his military service during the First World War, in which he was wounded several times. He was only able to complete his teacher training after the end of the war. He then worked as a teacher in Lohsten , Lehsten , Perniek and from 1928 in Wismar .
Burmester finally became director of studies at the Oberrealschule in Wismar and from 1939 he was a school councilor in Neustrelitz. During the Second World War he did military service. At the Rostock Pedagogical Institute for elementary school teacher training , he was a lecturer in biology and editor of the Mecklenburg school newspaper. Together with Heinrich Eddelbüttel , he published a biology textbook in 1933 in line with National Socialist racial theory . In 1934 he was the chief editor of the Gau newspaper of the NSLB Mecklenburg-Lübeck. After the Second World War he published Mecklenburgica.
On May 1, 1933 , he joined the NSDAP and the NSLB. In the SA he was an Oberscharfuhrer .
After the end of the war, Burmeister worked as a teacher in Süderdithmarschen and from 1957 until his retirement in 1960 he was the principal of the Meldorfer boys' school.
Fonts
- Our homeland Mecklenburg , Beltz 1932
- Biology textbook with Heinrich Eddelbüttel : The young nature lover . Parey, Berlin 1933.
literature
- Hans-Christian Harten, Uwe Neirich, Matthias Schwerendt: Racial hygiene as an educational ideology of the Third Reich , bio-bibliographical manual, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-05-004094-3 , p. 357.
- Stephan Sehlke: Pädagogen- Pastoren- Patrioten, biographical manual on printed matter for children and young people by authors and illustrators from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania until 1945. Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-9497-8 , pp. 64f .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burmeister, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biology didactic and Mecklenburg homeland researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulrichshusen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1980 |