Walter Nehm

Walter Nehm (born July 1, 1884 in Rüdesheim ; † August 10, 1958 in Emden ) was a German mining engineer and university professor at the Clausthal mining academy and at the TH Aachen .

Nehm studied in Bonn, Aachen and Clausthal and passed the exam as a mark separator in 1908 . Then he worked as an assistant in Aachen, worked in private mines and taught at the Agricultural University in Bonn-Poppelsdorf as a private lecturer . From 1915 to 1919 he served as a soldier. In 1930 he was appointed full professor in Clausthal, where he was elected university rector in 1935/36 . On April 1, 1936, he moved to the TH Aachen, where he was full professor for mine surveying and mining damage until 1946 and retired on January 1, 1947.

As the only professor at the Bergakademie Clausthal, Nehm dared to criticize the Nazi regime after seizing power in January 1933, and in one case he opposed the will of the Nazi leader Grothe. Nevertheless, he joined the NSDAP in May 1933 and signed the confession of the German professors to Adolf Hitler in November 1933 . Nehm was an expert in mining damage and mineral deposits , especially hard coal .

Fonts

• The development of the Markscheidewesens on the Harz up to the 30 Years War ; Speech given at the annual celebration of the Clausthal Mining Academy on June 30, 1934
• Materials on the history of the Saxon marrow separation system , 1951/52

literature

• Ulrich Kalkmann: The Technical University of Aachen in the Third Reich (1933–1945) , Aachen 2003, p. 487ff ( Google books )

Web links

• Ordinaries Directory Aachen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Müller: From the steel helmet to the swastika . Ed .: The Rector of the Clausthal University of Technology. Clausthal-Zellerfeld 1995, p. 199 .
2. ↑ Georg Müller: Clausthal University of Technology, outline of their storied development . 2007, ISBN 978-3-940394-05-7 , pp. 22 .