Walther Schulz (prehistoric)
Walther Schulz (* 20th November 1887 in Bydgoszcz ; † 12. March 1982 in Weimar ) was a German prehistory . His name occasionally appears in the spelling Walter Schulz .
Life
Walther Schulz passed his Abitur in Minden in 1907. He studied history, German and history at the Universities of Göttingen , Münster and Berlin and in 1912 with a thesis on The Germanic house in prehistoric times when Gustaf Kossinna in Berlin doctorate . From 1911 to 1914 Schulz was a member of the German National Student Union . After a brief activity as a research assistant at the museum in Poznan, he got a job at the State Institute for Prehistory (Provincial Museum) in Halle . In the First World War he took part as an officer. In 1925 he became curator of the Provincial Museum, and in 1928 he completed his habilitation in Northern European Prehistory . From 1932 he was a member of the Kampfbund für Deutsche Kultur and the NSDAP's sacrificial ring , from 1933 of the NSDAP and the SA .
1935 Schulz was an adjunct professor at the University of Halle and successor of his mentor Hans Hahne as director of the 1934 State Institute for folkhood customer what he renamed Provincial Museum, 1936 Full Professor and 1937-38 Vice-Rector of the University Hall to a falling out with the rector John Weigelt remained . As a museum administrator for the province of Saxony, Schulz tried to prevent the numerous, ideologically motivated lay excavations (some of which were initiated by the SS). In 1944/45 he was drafted into the Volkssturm , released in 1945, whereupon he worked as an unskilled worker in a printing company. In 1947 he compiled a bibliography on the prehistory of Central Germany, from 1951 he took part in an excavation in Wahlitz (Burg district), both commissioned by the Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. In 1953 he was given a teaching position at the university in Halle, which he held until his retirement. In 1935 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
literature
- Walter Schulz: The young academy club . in Deutsche Rundschau Nov. 1926.
- Henrik Eberle : The Martin Luther University in the time of National Socialism 1933-1945 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2002, ISBN 3-89812-150-X .
- Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Walther Schulz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Walther Schulz in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
notes
- ↑ Jung was one of the founders of the club in July 1926 in Munich.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulz, Walther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulz, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German prehistorian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bromberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1982 |
| Place of death | Weimar |