Walter Schmadel

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Heinrich Erwin Walter Schmadel (born November 16, 1902 in Kirchheimbolanden , † 1944 ) was a German journalist .

Life

Born as the son of a preparatory teacher, Schmadel studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and was a member of the university's general student committee . He joined the NS Freedom Party and took part in the march on the Feldherrnhalle on November 9, 1923 . In 1923 he became a member of the Danubia Munich fraternity and was chairman of the German Student Union (DSt) from 1927 to 1929 . The Greater German-oriented association came to a head under the leadership of the National Socialist Schmadel, its activities against the current principle of citizenship . At the university, Schmadel suggested including representatives of the National Socialist German Student Union in corporation lists.

After completing his studies, he worked in 1933 as an employee of Hans Sikorski for the book Wohin, a guide to the career choice of high school graduates , published by the German Student Union . In 1935 Schmadel began an internship at the Berliner Tageblatt . Later he was editor-in-chief of various newspapers. In 1941 he became a member of the NSDAP (No. 8886538). In 1944 Schmadel fell as a soldier near Stalingrad .

In 1999, the asteroid (8811) discovered by Lyudmila Georgijewna Karachkina in 1982 was named Walther Schmadel in honor of Walther Schmadel . His son is the astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel (* 1942; † 2016).

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 255-256.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, p. 255: Missing since 1945 and declared dead on July 31, 1949.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 6th edition. Springer, Berlin 2012, p. 655. (Electronic resource)
  3. ↑ Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Ed.): Civil status of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: summer half year 1925 . Munich 1925, p. 7 (PDF)
  4. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, p. 255.
  5. ^ Dieter Fricke: The bourgeois parties in Germany: Pan-German Association-Progressive People's Party. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1968, p. 592 (online)
  6. ^ Dietrich Heither : Opponent of Weimar Democracy. In: Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler , Alexandra Kurth, Gerhard Schäfer: Blut und Paukboden. A history of the fraternities . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-596-13378-5 , pp. 77–112, here: p. 90.
  7. ^ Geoffrey J. Giles: Students and National Socialism in Germany . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1985, ISBN 0-691-05453-3 , p. 35.
  8. ↑ Where to. A guide to the career choice of high school graduates. Volume 1, 1933, p. Vi. (on-line)
  9. ↑ Margret Boveri : We all lie. P. 186 [1]
  10. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, p. 256.
personal data
SURNAME Schmadel, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmadel, Heinrich Erwin Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchheimbolanden
DATE OF DEATH 1944