Walter Arndt
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Walter Arndt was a German
zoologist and physician
.
and zoology. Even while he was still studying, several companies invited him to take part in various expeditions.
In this way, Arndt ended up exploring the Hohe Tauern
, Corsica
, and Norway
. In 1920, he was appointed as a volunteer of the Zoological Institute at the University of Breslau. There he published his first research findings.
In 1921, Arndt changed jobs and became an assistant at the Zoological Institute in Berlin
. In 1923, he was instrumental in the large-scale hydrochemical study of the North Sea
. He became curator in 1925 and an "ordinary professor" (ordentlicher Professor) in 1931, when he also converted to Judaism. From 1926, Arndt acted as publisher of Fauna Arctica. In 1938, he was appointed to the International Zoological Nomenclature Commission.
Having made some criticisms of the Nazi
régime, Arndt was denounced in 1944 and sentenced to death. Despite many appeals for clemency from academic quarters, Arndt was executed on 26 June 1944 at Zuchthaus Brandenburg-Görden
. He was fifty-three years old.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
zoologist and physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
.
Life
At the University of Breslau, Arndt studied medicineMedicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
and zoology. Even while he was still studying, several companies invited him to take part in various expeditions.
In this way, Arndt ended up exploring the Hohe Tauern
Hohe Tauern
The Hohe Tauern or High Tauern are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian state of Salzburg with Carinthia and East Tyrol, while a small part in the southwest belongs...
, Corsica
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
, and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. In 1920, he was appointed as a volunteer of the Zoological Institute at the University of Breslau. There he published his first research findings.
In 1921, Arndt changed jobs and became an assistant at the Zoological Institute in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. In 1923, he was instrumental in the large-scale hydrochemical study of the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
. He became curator in 1925 and an "ordinary professor" (ordentlicher Professor) in 1931, when he also converted to Judaism. From 1926, Arndt acted as publisher of Fauna Arctica. In 1938, he was appointed to the International Zoological Nomenclature Commission.
Having made some criticisms of the Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
régime, Arndt was denounced in 1944 and sentenced to death. Despite many appeals for clemency from academic quarters, Arndt was executed on 26 June 1944 at Zuchthaus Brandenburg-Görden
Brandenburg-Görden Prison
Brandenburg-Görden Prison is located on Anton-Saefkow-Allee in the Görden section of Brandenburg an der Havel. Erected between 1927 and 1935, it was built to be the most secure and modern prison in Europe. It was a Zuchthaus for inmates with lengthy or life sentences at hard labor, as well as...
. He was fifty-three years old.