Wilhelm Kähler (archivist)
Wilhelm Kähler (born September 21, 1905 , † April 18, 1994 ) was a German worker , intellectual and archivist . The friend of the German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies founded the Ferdinand Tönnies Society (FTG) in Kiel in 1956 . His estate is in the Schleswig-Holstein State Library .
In his youth, Kähler trained as a farm worker and later as a sheet metal plumber. After a long period of unemployment, he began studying at the German University of Politics in Berlin during the last years of the Weimar Republic . Politically, Kähler was organized in the socialist working-class youth. In the course of the banning of the SPD by the National Socialists, Kähler returned to Kiel and worked at Deutsche Werke until the end of the war . Subsequently, he was involved in the reconstruction of the SPD as secretary for youth and young socialists in the Schleswig-Holstein regional association, and later he became cultural advisor. In the 1950s he was a co-founder of the FTG and organized the discussion forum on the Socialist Tribune. After all, he worked in the press office of the State Chancellery .
Kähler was married.
He was director of the State Youth Home in Selent and received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 1966 .
Remarks
- ↑ See overview of the bequests on the SHLB website.
- ↑ See: Jürgen Zander: Wilhelm Kähler um Gedenken, in: Tönnies-Forum , Heft 2 1994, pp. 4–8.
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| SURNAME | Kähler, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1905 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1994 |