Gerhard Barkleit

Gerhard Barkleit (born July 18, 1943 in Schillfelde , East Prussia ) is a German physicist, science historian and journalist from Dresden.

Career

Barkleit entered the school in Pröda in 1949 and attended school in Leuben from autumn 1953 .

After studying physics at the TU Dresden and subsequent doctorate at the Institute for Physical Chemistry ( Bergakademie Freiberg ), Barkleit worked for two decades as an employee of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in the fields of nuclear energy and microelectronics. He worked at the Central Institute for Nuclear Research in Rossendorf and the Microelectronics Research Center in Dresden. There were also research stays in the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the GDR, he was one of the founders of the Hannah Arendt Institute in Dresden.

Publications (selection)

• The role of the MfS in building the aviation industry in the GDR , Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism: Reports and Studies No. 5, Dresden 1995, ISBN 978-3-931648-04-6 .
• Vulnerable climbers. Unofficial employees of the MfS in companies of high technology (with Annette Dunsch), Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarian Research: Reports and Studies No. 15, Dresden 1998, ISBN 978-3-931648-15-2 .
• Microelectronics in the GDR. SED, State Apparatus and State Security in the Contest of Systems , Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Research: Reports and Studies No. 29, Dresden 2000, ISBN 978-3-931648-32-9 .
• Manfred von Ardenne. Self-realization in the century of dictatorships , 2nd edition, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-428-12790-0 .
• Northern East Prussia today. A region in the focus of the sons and daughters , Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-943583-28-1 .
• A look into two worlds. The end of the GDR as a stroke of luck in history , Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-942437-40-0 .
• Germany and the refugees. Observations and confessions of a Dresden citizen. A pamphlet , Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-942437-45-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uwe Ullrich (Ed.): From trickle to river: Dresden residents answer 15 questions about the Peaceful Revolution and German reunification . Auruspress, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-940183-05-7 , p. 36 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
2. ↑ Gerhard Barkleit: A look into two worlds The end of the GDR as a stroke of luck in history . East European Center Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-942437-40-0 , p. 69 ff .
3. ^ The memories of the Dresden science historian Gerhard Barkleit. Dresden Latest News , January 25, 2016, accessed November 1, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Gerhard Barkleit: A look into two worlds The end of the GDR as a stroke of luck in history . East European Center Berlin-Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-942437-40-0 , p. Envelope .