Be Ruys
Amalie Elisabeth Ruys (born October 27, 1917 in Hoenderloo ; † May 22, 2014 in Berlin ) was a Dutch pastor, the first pastor of the Dutch Ecumenical Congregation in Berlin and the defining figure of the Hendrik Kraemer House.
For a long time this house was regarded by the staff of the World Council of Churches as a kind of branch of the World Council in West Berlin , where one could find out directly about the situation of the churches in the GDR and in Eastern Europe . Theologically, Bé Ruys proclaimed the subject of the rich Christians and poor Lazarus as a challenge for the church as well as for society. Her work for the Ministry for State Security (MfS) as IM "Tulip" was taken for granted. The West Department of the Church Department of the MfS used Tulpe for the “constant monitoring of the GDR information evenings of the Evangelical Academy” and for operational personal controls (OPK).
In 1999, Bé Ruys received the so-called human rights award of the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity .
Bibliography
- Gerard Minnaard, Wilken Ven (ed.): In dat Huis daar woont een vrouw. Festbundel voor Bé Ruys ter Lageheid van haar vijfenzeventigste verjaardag op October 27, 1992. Narratio, Gorinchem 1992, ISBN 90-5263-090-9 .
- Horst Dohle, Joachim Heise , Rimco Spanjer (eds.): See history in the face. For Bé Ruys' 80th birthday. Autobiographical sketches, memories and reflections. Ernst Lange Institute for Ecumenical Studies, Rothenburg odT 1997, ISBN 3-928617-19-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bé Ruys in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hendrik Kraemer House
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claudia Keller : Bé Ruys (born 1917). It would never have occurred to her to move to the east . In: Der Tagesspiegel from August 22, 2014
- ↑ Quotation from a work plan of the MfS for 1973 from Hubertus Knabe : Die unterwanderte Republik. Stasi in the west. Propylaea, 1999, ISBN 978-3-549-05589-2 , p. 287, on the use of "Tulpes" in OPKn p. 285
- ↑ GBM: About us
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruys, Be |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruys, Amalie Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first pastor of the Dutch ecumenical congregation in Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hoenderloo |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 2014 |
| Place of death | Berlin |