Kurt Roiber (sometimes Reiber , German Kurt Reuber ; May 26, 1906 , Kassel - January 20, 1944 , Elabuga ) is a German military doctor who fought in the 16th Wehrmacht Panzer Division in Stalingrad , the author of the Stalingrad Madonna .
Kurt Royber | |
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Date of Birth | May 26, 1906 |
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Date of death | January 20, 1944 (37 years old) |
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Affiliation | German Empire |
Years of service | 1939-1942 |
Battles / Wars | The Second World War |
Retired | prisoner |
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Childhood, Youth
Kurt Roiber was born May 26, 1906, in the German city of Kassel in a poor peasant family. Kurt's parents were pious, as a result of which he received an upbringing that corresponded to both peasant traditions and religious values. The boy showed a penchant for drawing early, but contrary to his artistic interests, he does not study at the art academy, but at the theologian at the universities of Marburg and Tübingen , since this training was free. In the evenings after classes, he attends painting courses. In Kassel, he met Albert Schweitzer , the author of world-famous works on the history of Christianity and cultural philosophy. At the end of his studies, Roiber serves in the church of the village of Wichmannhausen, tearing at the same time whether he should choose medicine or the church. Schweitzer resolved the dilemma: Roiber began to serve in Willingshausen on the Schwalm River. Here he, under the "influence" of local natural beauties, returned to painting. The interest in medicine also took its toll: he studies it in Marburg , and in 1933 he defends his dissertation, and in 1938 - a doctorate on the theme “Ethics of the healing estate”. From this moment, Dr. Royber's day is divided as follows: half a day he works in the clinic, half a day devotes to the church - he reads sermons. There is almost no time for drawing.
At the front
The need for front-line doctors led to the fact that in October 1939 Roiber was called up for military service in the Balkans . Working in hospitals and ambulance trains, he went through Romania , Bulgaria , Greece , where he was wounded.
After the cure, he was sent to the Wehrmacht troops concentration area before the attack on the USSR . From summer to winter 1941, doctor Roiber served sections of the occupied territory, met Russian people, drew them. Until the summer of 1942, he made about 150 drawings, which he brought home during his vacation. Later drawings made by Roiber near Stalingrad were taken out by his commander. In 1942, Roiber was among those who participated in the battle of Stalingrad .
Elabuga
After the battle near Stalingrad, Kurt Roiber ended up in the NKVD camp No. 97 in the city of Elabuga , where he died on January 20, 1944.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119065967 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.