Walter Justus Jeep

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Walter Justus Jeep (born April 13, 1878 in Bad Harzburg , † February 5, 1964 in Bremen ) was a Protestant pastor and a high church official of the Inner Mission in 1932/33 . As such, he played a role in the church struggle .

Life

Born the second of five children of Rudolf Anton Jeep (Superintendent in Holzminden / Weser, brother of Ludwig Jeep ) and his wife Elisabeth Delius. Attended grammar school in Holzminden , from 1896 studies of theology in Greifswald, Tübingen, Berlin, 1900 first theological examination in Wolfenbüttel, 1902 as a candidate at the state welfare education institution in Bevern, 1904 second theological examination in Wolfenbüttel, 1909 pastor in Vorsfelde / Aller. 1922 clergyman at the Evangelical Association for Inner Mission in Braunschweig , 1927 honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Rostock (with Friedrich Brunstädt ), from April 22, 1932 first director in the Central Committee for Inner Mission as successor to Gerhard Füllkrug, May 1 1933 joined the NSDAP. Member of the Young Reformation Movement , on October 19, 1933, resigned from the Central Committee for the Inner Mission (successor Horst Schirmacher, German Christians ), then briefly managing director of the Evangelical Reich Women's Aid in Potsdam as successor to Hans Hermenau (left in 1933) and predecessor of K. Lohmann (joined February 18, 1934). From April 1, 1934 pastor in Bremen at the Liebfrauenkirche ( Our Dear Women ). Exclusion from the NSDAP on November 30, 1934 due to party court proceedings (expert Otto Heider , President, and Heinrich Weidemann , regional bishop of the regional church Bremen, both German Christians), resumption on May 19, 1935, from 1936 negotiator in the trust committee of the "Church Working Group of Bremen", Member of the “Wittenberger Bund” from 1937, retired from September 30, 1945 in Bremen.

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SURNAME Jeep, Walter Justus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and church functionary
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Harzburg
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1964
Place of death Bremen