Friedrich Heinrich Karl Syrup (9 October 1881 – 31 August 1945) was a German

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and

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Life

Syrup was born in

Lüchow Lüchow (Wendland) () is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, in Germany. It is the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Lüchow (Wendland), and is the capital of the district Lüchow-Dannenberg. Situated approximately 13&nbs ...

, Dannenberg district, in the Prussian

Province of Hanover The Province of Hanover (german: Provinz Hannover) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946. During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, ...

. The postal official's son studied

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science as well as

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and

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. In 1905, he joined the

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Industrial Inspection Service, staying until 1918, and making a name for himself in this time with various scientific publications on issues such as

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and the work force's social status. In November 1918, Syrup was delegated by the

Ministry for Trade and Industry to the

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Ministry, where he was responsible for reintegrating former soldiers into civilian industrial life. While in this job, Syrup created the

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Office for Work Placement, whose president he was appointed in 1920. From 1927 until the end of 1938, he was president of the Reich institution for Work Placement and Unemployment Insurance. When the central office of the hitherto autonomous institution was integrated into the Reich Ministry of Labour, Syrup was appointed State Secretary in this ministry. In

Kurt von Schleicher Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher (; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German general and the last chancellor of Germany (before Adolf Hitler) during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Hitler, Schleicher was murdered by ...

's cabinet, the last before

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's rise to power, Syrup was Reich Minister for Labour (independent); however, he was sent back to his old job by Hitler.

Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1 ...

, in his capacity as Commissioner of the

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, appointed Syrup in 1936 leader of the ''Geschäftsgruppe Arbeitseinsatz'' (Labour Deployment Business Group). After the 1938 '' Aktion Arbeitsscheu Reich'', he ordered the

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of all jobless

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. An appointed member of the

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since 1939, on 2 May 1941 he attended the state secretary meeting on the

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in preparation of the

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invasion of the

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. In 1941, Syrup suffered a complete breakdown. After a long illness, he took up work once again, but only part-time. This was the deciding factor in appointing the ''

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'' of

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Fritz Sauckel Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Thuringia from 1927 and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (''Arbeitseinsatz'') from March 1942 unti ...

, to the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment on 21 March 1942, effectively putting Syrup under Sauckel. When the war ended, Syrup stayed in

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, although he could have fled. On 7 June 1945, he was deported to the

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where he died a few months later.

Works (selection)

*''Arbeitseinsatz und Arbeitsbeschaffung'' / Friedrich Syrup. Berlin,

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*''Der Arbeitseinsatz und die Arbeitslosenhilfe in Deutschland'' / Friedrich Syrup. Berlin, 1936. *''Astigmatische Spiegelung im dreiaxigen Ellipsoid'' / presented by Friedrich Syrup. Rostock, Univ., Diss., 1905. *''Probleme des Arbeitsmarktes und der Arbeitslosenversicherung'' / Syrup. Cologne, 1930.

Bequests

*Friedrich Syrup Collection at the ''Fachhochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung'', field of Labour Administration, SEAD-BA in

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, (1,0 m), http://www.fh-arbeit.de/ FH der Bundesagentur für Arbeit

Literature

*''Hundert Jahre staatliche Sozialpolitik 1839 -1939 : aus dem Nachlass von Friedrich Syrup'' / published by Julius Scheuble. Edited by Otto Neuloh. Stuttgart, 1957. *Jürgen Nürnberger: ''Friedrich Syrup (1881-1945). Personalbibliografie''. Ludwigshafen, 006, in progress

External links

*
Entry of Friedrich Syrup
in

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