André Gursky

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André Gursky (* 1959 in Lutherstadt Eisleben ) is a German philosopher , historian and local researcher . He is a pedagogical employee of the “ Red Ox ” memorial in Halle (Saale) .

Life

Gursky studied philosophy and history at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and graduated in 1985 with a degree in philosopher. He then worked at a party school of the SED , which he had to leave after an application to the central committee of the SED . Until 1989 he then worked in an ironworks in Thale in adult education. In 1989 he became an assistant at the University of Halle (Saale) with a fixed term. His main research interests are local history, Reformation history and GDR history, in particular the political system and criminal justice.

Since 1994 Gursky has headed the “Red Ox” memorial in Halle (Saale), which deals with the processing of political persecution during the Nazi era and in the GDR. In 2010 Gursky received his doctorate at the Institute for Ethnology and Philosophy at Martin Luther University . His dissertation deals with the political background of criminal justice in the GDR.

Gursky acts as an expert for questions about political justice in the GDR. André Gursky has been the representative of the state government of Saxony-Anhalt on the advisory board of the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic .

Publications (selection)

  • The MfS prison "Roter Ochse" - recruiting field for spies in heroic "Chekists"? "Scouts of Peace"? Hamburg politicians as GDR spies in the Cold War. Accompanying volume to the exhibition "Hamburg Politicians as GDR Spies in the Cold War" in the library of the Helmut Schmidt University, edited by Helmut Stubbe da Luz , Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86818-077-0 , p. 62– 69.
  • Legal positivism and conspiratorial justice as political criminal justice in the GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-61307-8 .
  • Moral courage: June 17, 1953 in Halle - The persecution and conviction of participants in the popular uprising, presented on the basis of files of the judiciary and the Ministry of State Security. Ministry of the Interior of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 2003.
  • Between enlightenment and decomposition: On the influence of the MfS on Jehovah's Witnesses in the GDR using the example of the Pape brothers. State representative for the documents of the State Security Service of the former GDR Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 2003.
  • The history of the Dessau show trial. State representative for the records of the State Security Service of the former GDR Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 2000.
  • Hans Luther, father of the reformer: A Mansfeld smelter life. Told by Ms. Wöhlbier based on files from the Mansfeldsche Kupferschieferbergbau AG zu Eisleben. Halle (Saale) 2000.
  • Procedure "Riga". The "processing" of a Protestant student pastor in Halle (Saale) in 1953 by the Ministry for State Security. State representative for the records of the State Security Service of the former GDR Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 1998.
  • Erna Dorn: "... sentenced to death ..." - June 22, 1953 in Halle (Saale). State representative for the records of the State Security Service of the former GDR Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 1996.
  • Martin Luther's high school legacy. Self-published (Verlag André Gursky - Heimatliteratur -), Halle (Saale) 1992, ISBN 3-928389-00-2 .

as well as the lead editor and author in the

  • Journal for local history research. ISSN  1610-4870 , which was published from 1992 to 2008 in 17 issues by Verlag André Gursky - Heimatliteratur

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ pedagogical employee ( memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the “Red Ox” memorial. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stgs.sachsen-anhalt.de
  2. ^ Institute for Ethnology and Philosophy at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
  3. ^ Members of the advisory board of the BStU.
  4. ↑ DNB 015041034

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personal data
SURNAME Gursky, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, historian and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Lutherstadt Eisleben