Author: Krieck, Ernst [1882-1947]
Title: Leben als Prinzip der Weltanschauung und Problem der Wissenschaft
Description: Leipzig, Armanen Verlag, 1938. orig. wrappers. 22x15cm, 269 pages. Name inked on flyleaf. Series: Weltanschauung und Wissenschaft, 7. "Mit Anhang von Willi Kunz und Karl August Götz. Worn. Pencilled underlinings throughout. Foxed. Good. ¶ In fraktur. ["Krieck was a German teacher, writer, and professor. Along with Alfred Baeumler, Krieck was considered a leading National Socialistic (Nazi) theoretical scientist....In 1931, he became a member of the racial minded, anti-semitic fighting union for German culture. After he had declared, “Heil auf das Dritte Reich” ('Hail to the Third Reich') at the solstice festival in 1931, Krieck was transferred to the Pädagogische Akademie Dortmund for disciplinary reasons. During this time, throughout the Ruhr region in Germany, Krieck acted frequently as a political speaker.On January 1, 1932 he became a member of the NSDAP ( Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or National Socialistic German Workers Party) and the National Socialistic teachers union. In 1932,due to further Nazi agitation, Krieck was suspended as professor... Krieck became the publisher of the new magazine 'Volk im Werden' (NS Race Coming into Being), which was published every two months from 1933-1944 and depicted Nazi ideas about education. Krieck published many articles in this magazine. In 1934, Krieck went to Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg and took a position as chair of the Philosophy and Education department... Starting in 1934, he also worked with the Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service) des Reichsführers SS and worked as a spy in the science section. In 1935 he became the leader of the Gau Nazi teachers union in Baden. From April 1937 to October 1938 he was President at the University of Heidelberg..." -wikipedia].

Keywords: Germany 1933-1945, National Socialism, Nazi Philosophy, Vitalism, Vitalist, German, , ,