Bernd Faulenbach

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Bernd Faulenbach (2014)

Bernd Faulenbach (born November 3, 1943 in Pyritz , Pomerania ) is a German historian and honorary professor at the Ruhr University in Bochum . From 1982 to 2007 he was deputy director of the Research Institute for Workers' Education and Research Institute for Work, Education, Participation (FIAB) in Recklinghausen .

academic career

After studying the science of history , German studies , political science , philosophy and pedagogy Faulenbach put first a state examination for secondary education from. In 1977 he was at the University of Bochum with a dissertation on German history in historiography between Empire and Nazi doctorate . First he taught at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund , then he worked as a research assistant at the Ruhr University.

From 1981 he was a research assistant (with responsibility for history and theory) at the Research Institute for Workers' Education in Recklinghausen and from 1982 until the institute was closed in 2007 as its deputy director. In 1993 he was appointed honorary professor by the University of Bochum .

Research priorities

At the Recklinghausen Institute, Faulenbach carried out projects on social and contemporary history as well as didactics . a. on the history of co-determination and political culture , on company history and employee experience , rationalization , oral history , adult education , historical awareness , structural change and the educational system , as well as on the didactics of history in adult education , in museums and in memorials.

Faulenbach intervened in the history debates of the 1980s and 1990s, such as the historians ' dispute, the discussion about historical awareness after the fall of the Wall in the GDR and the disputes about historical memorials such as the Holocaust memorial .

He coined the term “Ideology of the German Way” ( Sonderweg ), which goes back to his 1980 monograph of the same name. As an expert of the Commission of Inquiry of the Bundestag "overcoming the consequences of the SED developed dictatorship in the in the process of German unification" he calls the "Faulenbach" formula, according to which "[t] he Nazi crimes [...] by addressing the crimes of Stalinism cannot be relativized " and vice versa " [t] he Stalinist crimes [...] by referring to the Nazi crimes [may not be trivialized. "

Teaching

His teaching activities at the University of Bochum focus on the history of the labor movement and that of social democracy in the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of the Federal Republic, the GDR and the reunified Germany.

Other activities

Faulenbach on the 70th anniversary of the Wennigs Conference in October 2015

Faulenbach was a member of various inquiry commissions of the Bundestag and other commissions of the federal and state governments as well as of foundations , museums and memorials. From 1989 until its dissolution in 2018 he was chairman of the historical commission of the SPD party executive . In 1992 he became chairman of the expert commission of the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation . From 1998 to the beginning of 2016 he was deputy chairman of the Federal Foundation for Coming to terms with the SED dictatorship . He also works as a liaison professor for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation .

Faulenbach is chairman of the Association Against Forgetting - For Democracy .

Faulenbach was chairman of the Bochum SPD from 2001 to April 2009, and has been its honorary chairman ever since.

Awards

In 1998 Bernd Faulenbach received the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class. In 2016 he received the Great Federal Cross of Merit .

Works

Monographs

author

  • Ideology of the German way. German history in the historiography between the German Empire and National Socialism. Beck, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-406-07587-8 .
  • Experiences of the 20th Century and Political Orientation Today. For dealing with history in adult education and the public (= history and adult education. 5). Klartext, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-519-0 .
  • with Annette Leo and Klaus Weberskirch: Two stories. Life story and historical awareness of employees in West and East Germany (= history and adult education. 11). Klartext, Essen 2000, ISBN 3-88474-757-6 .
  • The social democratic decade. From the reform euphoria to the new confusion. The SPD 1969–1982 (= The German Social Democracy after 1945. 3). Dietz, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-8012-5035-5 .
  • History of the SPD. From the beginning to the present (= Beck'sche series. 2753). Beck, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-63717-9 .
  • Willy Brandt (= Beck series. 2780). Beck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65466-4 .

Editing

  • History in Germany. Traditional positions and current tasks (= Beck's black row. 111). Beck, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-406-04911-7 .
  • Worker education in the Weimar Republic and in the post-war period. Continuity and discontinuity (= Research Institute for Workers' Education. Contributions, information, comments. Suppl. 3, ZDB -ID 635019-7 ). Research Institute for Workers' Education, Recklinghausen 1984.
  • with Franz-Josef Jelich: Visitor interests and visitor behavior in historical museums and exhibitions. Documentation of a conference (= Research Institute for Workers' Education. Contributions, information, comments. Appendix 7). Research Institute for Workers' Education, Recklinghausen 1991, ISBN 3-925724-04-4 .
  • with Günther Högl: A party in its region. On the history of the SPD in western Westphalia. Klartext, Essen 1988, ISBN 3-88474-126-8 .
  • with Heinz Timmermann: Nationalism and Democracy. Social modernization and national idea in Central and Eastern Europe. Klartext, Essen 1993, ISBN 3-88474-075-X .
  • with Franz-Josef Jelich: Reactionary Modernity and Genocide. Problems of dealing with the Nazi era in museums, exhibitions and memorials (= history and adult education. 2). Klartext, Essen 1994, ISBN 3-88474-224-8 .
  • Susanne Miller : Social Democracy as a Meaning in Life. Essays on the past and present of the SPD. For my 80th birthday. Dietz, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-8012-4060-6 .
  • with Johannes Rau : Heinz Putzrath. Against National Socialism, for social democracy. Sketches of life and work. Klartext, Essen 1997, ISBN 3-88474-564-6 .
  • With the collaboration of Anja Wißmann: “Have the courage to do things humanely.” The Jew and democrat Jeanette Wolff in her time (1888–1976). Klartext, Essen 2002, ISBN 3-89861-168-X .
  • with Paul Ciupke , Franz-Josef Jelich and Norbert Reichling : Adult education and political culture in North Rhine-Westphalia. Topics - institutions - developments since 1945 (= history and adult education. 17). Klartext et al., Essen 2003, ISBN 3-89861-230-9 .
  • with Rainer Eppelmann and Ulrich Mählert (eds.): Balance and perspectives of GDR research. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2003, ISBN 3-506-70110-X .
  • with Andreas Helle: Forced Migration in Europe. On the scientific and political debate about the expulsion of Germans from the East. Klartext, Essen 2005, ISBN 3-89861-448-4 .
  • with Franz-Josef Jelich: “Transformations” of the cultures of remembrance in Europe after 1989 (= history and adult education. 21). Klartext, Essen 2006, ISBN 3-89861-755-6 .
  • with Andrea Kaltofen: Hell in the Moor. The Emsland camps 1933–1945 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8353-3137-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Processing of the FIAB  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) (accessed March 1, 2011)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de  
  2. ^ German Bundestag, 13th electoral term: Final report of the Enquete Commission "Overcoming the Consequences of the SED Dictatorship in the Process of German Unity" . Bonn June 10, 1998, p. 240 ( bundestag.de [PDF]).
  3. ↑ Historical Commission. April 7, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Blog: SPD ǀ The Spirit of Social Democratic History - Friday. April 7, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Bernd Faulenbach. University of Bochum, accessed April 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Faulenbach, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and deputy director of the research institute for work, education, participation
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyritz , Pomerania