Walther Schoenichen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walther Schoenichen

German author

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1876

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1956

Profession: writer, author, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Walther Schoenichen (July 18, 1876 in Cologne – November 22, 1956 in Göppingen) was a German biologist and a prominent proponent of nature conservation within Nazi Germany. In 1922 Schoenichen became manager of the Staatlichen Stelle für Naturdenkmalpflege in Preußen (State Office for Prussian Nature Presevation). In 1942, he published his Magnum Opus, 'Naturschutz als völkische und internationale Kulturaufgabe (Nature Consevation as a National and International Cultural Task) Schoenichen was an antisemite for much of his career, writing in 1926 that "[the German] people face a decline in racial hygiene", and discribed advertising billboards as an "infection with Jewish toxin." In 1932, Schoenichen joined the Nazi Party, and became director of the Reichstelle für Naturschutz (Reich Department of Conservation) in 1942.In 1948, three years after the Second World War, Schoenichen moved to Goslar.
From 1949 until his death, he was a professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig.