Adalbert Baumann, was a German gymnasium teacher, politician, and historian.
11 Facts About Adalbert Baumann
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Adalbert Baumann is best known for his ideas surrounding Bavarian separatism, and for his series of Universal German languages, Wede.
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Adalbert Baumann's ideas were brought to attention on 12 September 1919, when he gave a speech at a meeting of the German Workers' Party in the Sterneckerbrau, which were so angrily rebuked by Adolf Hitler that Baumann left the room, while Hitler continued to argue against him.
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Adalbert Baumann thus formed a part of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, as Hitler was recognised by Anton Drexler for his oratory skills, and was invited to join the Worker's Party.
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Adalbert Baumann founded the Democratic Socialist Citizen's Party of Munich in mid-November 1918, joining the South Munich branch of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, where he was reportedly frequently involved in clashes with fellow members, leaving the latter by 1920.
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Adalbert Baumann's request was denied, and Baumann would later be expelled from the Party in 1937.
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Adalbert Baumann supported the formation of a European economic union of 26 countries; in March 1935 a letter to the governments of Europe was sent, demanding an artificial lingua franca be installed to aid "the economic consolidation of Europe".
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Outside of politics, Adalbert Baumann was a teacher at the Luitpold Gymnasium, although some sources incorrectly label him as a professor at the University of Munich.
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Adalbert Baumann was held in the Theresienstadt Ghetto in Terezin before being murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp in Poland.
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Adalbert Baumann's Stolperstein is in Kaiserslautern, along with that of her sister, Olga Schwarz.
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Adalbert Baumann's languages included large spelling reforms, and simplifications of German grammar, designed to make German easier for foreigners to learn.