Ludwig von Friedeburg (21 May 1924, in
Wilhelmshaven
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– 17 May 2010, in
Frankfurt am Main
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) was a German politician and sociologist. He served as
Minister for Education for the state of
Hesse
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from 1969 until 1974. During that period he forced the installation of
Comprehensive Schools
A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is re ...
in the state of Hesse, heavily opposed by the
Christian Democratic Union. He was a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Germany.
His father was
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (15 July 1895 – 23 May 1945) was a German admiral, the deputy commander of the U-boat Forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. He was the only representative of the armed ...
, Commander-in-chief of the
Kriegsmarine. During the last year of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, Ludwig von Friedeburg became the youngest
U-boat
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare ro ...
-commander of Germany ever during war periods, aged only 20.
[ He served as commander of and .
]
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1924 births
2010 deaths
German sociologists
German untitled nobility
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U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine)
People from Wilhelmshaven
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
People from the Province of Hanover
German male writers
German prisoners of war in World War II
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