Bernd Hey

Bernd Hey (born May 5, 1942 in Bielefeld ; † January 27, 2011 there ) was a German historian and archivist .

Life

Hey, who was born and raised in Bielefeld, studied history, German, journalism, philosophy and education at the University of Münster from 1961 to 1968 . After two state examinations for higher teaching qualifications, in the 1970s he was assistant in the subject of history and its didactics at the Pedagogical University of Westphalia-Lippe , Bielefeld department. In 1980 Hey completed his habilitation at Bielefeld University and worked at the Faculty of History there (temporary professor since 1984, adjunct professor since 1991). From 1985 to 2007 Hey was director of the regional church archive of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . In 1996 he was elected a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . Between 1997 and 2009 he was also chairman of the Association for Westphalian Church History .

The main focus of his research was general and ecclesiastical contemporary history , as well as Westphalian regional history , especially since his dissertation on the history of the Westphalian regional church in the time of National Socialism (1974) and as the archival administrator of Kurt Gerstein (1905-1945), who served as an SS officer tried in vain to inform the world public about the Holocaust . Hey introduced the topics of historical excursions and nature trails, leisure didactics and tourism history to university teaching and historical educational work , together with Joachim Radkau , among others .

The church province of Westphalia 1933–1945 . 1974, ISBN 3-7858-0199-8 .
(Ed.) History processes. Historical walks through Bielefeld . 1990, ISBN 3-921680-81-6 .
Historical-political world studies. Weimar Republic and National Socialism. Democracy and dictatorship in Germany 1918–1945 . 1992 (together with Hans-Jürgen Pandel and Joachim Radkau), ISBN 3-12-456100-7 .
Kurt Gerstein (1905–1945) - Resistance in SS uniform . 2000 (together with Matthias Rickling and Kerstin Stockhecke), ISBN 978-3-89534-776-4 .
(Ed.) Church, State and Society after 1945. Denomination and social change . 2001, ISBN 3-7858-0424-5 .
(Ed.) Church during the war 1939–1945 . 2005, ISBN 3-7858-0447-4 .
(Ed.) 1968 and the churches . 2008, ISBN 978-3-89534-717-7 .

Claudia Brack u. a. (Ed.): Church archives with a future. Festschrift for Bernd Hey on his 65th birthday . 2007 (with bibliography), ISBN 978-3-89534-700-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hey, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH	January 27, 2011
Place of death	Bielefeld