Editing Walter Simons (section)

==Further career==
Since 1926, Simons had been honorary professor for international law at the University of Leipzig and president of the ''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht''. He was also active and influential in the Lutheran church, as the first non-theologian to be president of the ''Evangelisch-sozialer Kongresses'' (Evangelical Social Congress, 1925–1936) and member of the ''Deutsche Evangelischer Kirchenausschuss'' (German Evangelical Church Commission, after 1930). In 1920, he had co-founded the ''Deutsche Hochschule für Politik'' at Berlin (and was a long-standing board member). In 1929/30, Simons was appointed as a teacher of national and international law at the ''Handelshochschule Berlin''.<ref name=Bio/>

After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Simons was active only in the church and in the ''Neue Bachgesellschaft'' honouring [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (where he was president since 1930). Some public statements, such as on occasion of the Bach anniversary in 1935 and late publications on international law indicate some support for the policies of the NSDAP and for German as well as Italian foreign policy (in the [[Abyssinia Crisis]]) and for the [[Falange Española y de las JONS|Falange]] in Spain.<ref name=Bio/>

Simons died at  Neubabelsberg/[[Potsdam]] on 14 July 1937. He was the father of [[:de:Hans Simons|Hans Simons]], father-in-law of [[Ernst Rudolf Huber]] and grandfather of [[Wolfgang Huber]]. Simons is buried at the ''[[:de:Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof Stahnsdorf|Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof]]''.<ref name=Bio/><ref name=Bio2>{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Simons_338.pdf|title=Biografie Walter Simons (German)|publisher=Universität von Leipzig|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref>