Ullmann, Friedrich (called Fritz)
Teacher
Born: October 2, 1901 in Mainz
died: February 12, 1961 in Wiesbaden

Between 1908 and 1911, Friedrich, known as Fritz, Ullmann attended elementary school in Mainz and then transferred to the Oberrealschule, which he graduated from in 1920. In the following three years, Ullmann attended the teacher training college in Darmstadt and passed his first teacher's examination in 1923.

In 1923, he became a primary school teacher in Kostheim (opens in a new tab) in the position of school administrator. In 1925, he passed the second teacher's examination. In the following years, Ullmann deputized for the principal and was also head of the settlement school in Kostheim and three other Kostheim schools. In 1938, Ullmann was made a civil servant for life.

According to his own statements from the post-war period, his final appointment to the civil service was deliberately delayed. A year later, Ullmann was dismissed from the teaching profession. After the war, he claims that he was dismissed for political, denominational and racist reasons. In an extensive curriculum vitae, Ullmann describes himself as a Catholic anti-fascist. According to his own statements, he had Jewish ancestors and was active as a leader in the Windthorstbund, the youth association of the Center Party, before 1933.

Ullmann also stated that he had been a member of numerous Catholic associations and organizations such as the Catholic Teachers' Association of Hesse and the Catholic Men's Association. Nevertheless, he initially joined the SA in 1933, later the National Socialist People's Welfare Organization and, from May 1937, the NSDAP. In the SA Mainz, Ullmann held the rank of Rottenführer. According to him, he left the SA again in May 1938.

In November 1939, Ullmann, who continued his involvement in the church, was transferred to Mainz-Kastel and retired on November 14, 1940. He resigned from the NSDAP on February 9, 1940. After his dismissal in 1940, Ullmann worked in an ammunition factory in Allendorf, at the Fischer construction company in Thorn and finally at the Ruthof shipyard and machine factory in Kastel. Ullman was drafted in 1941. He served as a medic. At the end of the war, Ullmann was taken prisoner of war, from which he was released in October 1945. After his time as a prisoner of war, he tried to be reinstated as a school teacher.

From 1945 to 1948, Ullmann was self-employed as a research assistant and consultant for industry, trade and commerce. In addition to his self-employment, Ullmann studied comparative education, cultural studies and literature at the University of Mainz. On April 12, 1948, he was placed in Group 5 ("exonerated") by the responsible court. In its verdict, the Trial Chamber certified that Ullmann had suffered a great deal and had suffered considerable economic damage as a result of National Socialism. The court classified Ullmann as an active resister against the Nazi regime. In November 1951, Friedrich Ullmann was taken on as an employee in the Hessian education service and became a teacher at an elementary school in Frankfurt am Main. In October 1952, he was appointed as a civil servant for life. From May 1956, Ullmann was deputy principal and acting principal of the Eichendorff School in Frankfurt am Main. One year later, he was promoted to principal. In 1959, he moved to the Mainz-Kastel elementary school as principal. Ullmann was an honorary member of the Wiesbaden city council for the CDU from 1956 to 1961.
Shortly after his appointment as principal in Mainz-Kastel (opens in a new tab), Friedrich Ullmann died.

A street in the Mainz-Kastel district was named after Fritz Ullmann by resolution of the city council on November 19, 1981.