Paul Hermann August Oestreich (30 March 1878 – 28 February 1959) was a German

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and

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Early life

Oestreich was born in Kolberg, within the

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Province of Pomerania. He studied

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, and new languages at the universities of

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and

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from 1896-1900.

Career

In Berlin-Schöneberg, Oestreich was a teacher from 1901 and a

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from 1905. He joined the

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and the Liberals Association to

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, which he represented 1906-08 in the

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, then the Democratic Union. He became a member of the "Federal New Fatherland", and later, in 1921-1926 he was a board member of the "German Peace Society". From 1918 till 1931 he was a member of the

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. In 1919, Oestreich founded the ''Bund Entschiedener Schulreformer'' (BESch) and led it until 1933. After the Second World War, Oestirch joined the

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and later the Socialist Unity Party. From 1945-1949, Oestreich was ''Hauptschulrat'' in

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. From 1949 to 1950 he worked in the ''Hauptschulamt'' of the Magistrat of Groß-Berlin Dezernent for higher education. In 1949 he became a head of the 29 higher schools in east Berlin. In autumn of 1954 he received the award "Verdienter Lehrer des Volkes" by the Soviet Council of Ministers. Paul-Oestreich-Straße is a street named after Oestreich in

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Literary works

* An editor of the "''Neue Erziehung''" (bulletin of the ''Bund Entschiedener Schulreformer'') * Die Produktionsschule, 1920 * Die Einheitsschule als Schule d. Menschenbildung, 1920; * Die elastische Einheitsschule, 1921 * Die Produktionsschule als Nothaus u. Neubau, 1924; * Der neue Lehrer, 1926 (with O. Tacke); * Erziehung zur Liebe, 1930 (with E. Dehmel); * Der Einbruch d. Technik in d. Pädagogik, 1930; * Hat dieser Wettbewerb einen Sinn, 1931 (with A. Horschitz) * Die Technik als Luzifer der Pädagogik, 1947 * Die Schule zur Volkskultur, 1947Oestreich, Paul
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1878 births 1959 deaths People from Kołobrzeg German academic administrators People from the Province of Pomerania University of Greifswald alumni {{edu-bio-stub

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