Werner Buttler

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Werner Buttler (born June 19, 1907 in Einbeck ; † May 12, 1940 in Altwies, Mondorf ) was a German prehistoric and National Socialist .

Life

Buttler received his doctorate in 1930 at the University of Marburg with Gero von Merhart with the thesis "The band ceramics in their north-westerly distribution area" . In 1931/32 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . Then he dug up the ceramics settlement of Cologne-Lindenthal and the Erdenburg in Moitzfeld , the first excavation officially sponsored by the SS . In 1934 he became custodian of the museum in Cologne, in July 1936 he received his habilitation, in September 1936 he became a scientific assistant in the department for soil conservation of the Reich Ministry of Education . In 1938 he became an associate professor at the University of Göttingen , but was still on leave of absence from the ministry “for service”.

Buttler, who had been a member of the SA and NSDAP since 1930 , was accepted into the SS in 1936. He successfully turned against the attempts made by the Rosenberg Office and especially Hans Reinerth to control German prehistoric archeology, and strengthened the influence of the SS on the subject. At the beginning of the Second World War he volunteered for the Wehrmacht . He fell in Luxembourg at the beginning of the war.

literature

  • Gero von Merhart: Werner Buttler. In: Prehistoric Journal . 1939/40, pp. 479–482 (with list of publications).
  • Karl Jacob-Friesen: Werner Buttler in memory. In: The customer . Vol. 8, 1940, pp. 141 f.
  • News sheet for German prehistory. 1940, p. 41 f. (with picture).
  • Uta Halle : “The Externsteine ​​are Germanic until further notice!” Prehistoric archeology in the Third Reich (= special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe. Vol. 68). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 3-89534-446-X .
  • Reinhard Bollmus: The Rosenberg Office and its opponents. Studies on the power struggle in the National Socialist system of rule. 2nd Edition. Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, pp. 199-211.
  • Eberhard Buttler: Werner Buttler (1907–1940). A son discovers his father. In: Ethnographic-Archaeological Journal . Vol. 49, 2008, 269-294.
  • Eberhard Buttler: Werner Buttler (1907-1940). A picture of life in letters and documents. Habelt, Bonn 2014, ISBN 978-3-7749-3920-2 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Langsdorff : In the footsteps of our ancestors. The Erdenburg near Cologne, a Germanic hill fort. In: The Black Corps . 19th episode, edition of June 18, 1935, p. 8. Halle 2002, p. 346.
  2. ↑ Halle 2002, passim.
personal data
SURNAME Buttler, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Einbeck
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1940
Place of death Altwies, Mondorf