Education
After studying at several gymnasia, Siegmund-Schultze studied philosophy and theology in Breslau and Magdeburg.
philosopher theologian university professor
After studying at several gymnasia, Siegmund-Schultze studied philosophy and theology in Breslau and Magdeburg.
In 1908 he became the secretary of the Church Committee for friendly relations between Great Britain and Germany (Kirchlichen Komitees zur Pflege freundschaftlicher Beziehungen zwischen Großbritannien und Deutschland) and later secretary to the World Christian Student League for social work and foreign mission (Christlichen Studentenweltbundes für Sozialarbeit und Ausländermission). During the First World War he organised Gefangenenseelsorge for British and German prisoners of war. In 1915 he met the Dutch pacifist Kees Boeke in Berlin.
In 1925 Siegmund-Schultze received the professorship in "Jugendkunde und Jugendwohlfahrt" (and later in "Sozialpädagogik und Sozialethik")at the University of Berlin.
In spring 1933 he joined the foundation of an international aid-committee for German-Jewish refugees. They went to live in Switzerland and he was active there in student chaplaincy and as a guest lecturer until 1946.
In 1947 he was made professor of "Sozialpädagogik und Sozialethik" at the Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universitat at Münster. In 1948 he founded the "Jugend-Wohlfahrtsschule Dortmund", and was its head until 1954.
In 1959 he founded the Ecumenical Archive (Ökumenische Archiv) in Soest, which later received the central archive of the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland in Berlin.
1994 das Antikriegszentrum Belgrad,
1995 German section of Peace Brigades International
1998 Yesh Gvul
2001 Connection e.V.
2004 War Resisters" International
2008 Military Counseling Network sowie Dorf der Freundschaft.