archaeologist art historian university professor
From 1911-1917, he studied in Heidelberg and Berlin Classical Archaeology and Classical Philology. He received his doctorate in 1917 in Heidelberg under Friedrich von Duhn with a thesis on "Studies on the chronology of the geometric styles in Greece I". In 1921, Bernhard Schweitzer studied in Heidelberg and in 1925 received the promotion to a professor, he was appointed as the successor of Herbert Koch in Leipzig.
In 1945, he became the first rector of the University of Leipzig to the end of the war. In 1948, he was the successor of Carl Watzinger at Tübingen, where he retired in 1960.
In November 1933, he was one of the signers of the Confession of professors at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state.
German Archaeological Institute. Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities]
Schweitzer was not a member of the Nazi party, but joined only in 1937 in the Nazi People"s Welfare.
