Bernd Ogan

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Bernd Ogan (2015)

Bernd Ogan (born October 29, 1942 in Gleiwitz ; † May 1, 2019 ) was a German educator and journalist . In the early 1980s he developed the exhibition “ Fascination & Violence ” in Nuremberg . It was the first historical-critical examination of the functioning of the Nazi dictatorship at the site of the National Socialist party rallies.

Life

Grown up in Wolframs-Eschenbach and Nuremberg , Ogan studied philosophy, theology and German studies in Bamberg and Tübingen from 1962 to 1971 . Then he was a teacher at the Labenwolf-Gymnasium and employee of the Pedagogical Institute (PI) of the city of Nuremberg. In 1978 the Archdiocese of Bamberg withdrew the Missio canonica , i.e. the license to teach in the Catholic religion, because he did not allow his children to be baptized. In the 1980s, designed, organized and he supervised the exhibition "Fascination and Terror - Nuremberg and National Socialism" inside the Zeppelin Grandstand on the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds . From 1996 until his retirement in 2004 he was the director of the Labenwolf-Gymnasium . Bernd Ogan was married and has two daughters.

Act

In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the National Socialist takeover of power in 1983, Bernd Ogan, together with the historian Siegfried Zelnhefer and the political scientist Eckart Dietzfelbinger, developed the idea and concept for an exhibition on Nuremberg's prominent position in National Socialism as the “city of Nazi party rallies”. Supported by the cultural advisor Hermann Glaser , a slide show was created which could be seen on several monitors in the so-called Golden Hall. In 1985 the exhibition "Fascination & Violence" was opened in the same place inside the Zeppelin grandstand of the Nazi party rally grounds. Although it can only be viewed in the summer months, it attracted several hundred thousand visitors until it was closed in 2001. In addition to factual information on simple wooden panels, artistic exploration of the topic was part of the concept. Together with Thomas Schadt , Ogan developed video films to accompany the exhibition. In front of the entrance, a three meter high sculpture made of American armored pipes ("Overkill I & II") welcomed the visitors. Like the room installation “Litzmannstadt” shown in 1988, it came from the artist Hans-Jürgen Breuste . One of the sensational events that Ogan organized as part of the exhibition's supporting program was a concert by the band Einstürzende Neubauten , which took place in 1986 in the Golden Hall of the Zeppelin Grandstand. The exhibition title “Fascination & Violence” found by Ogan has meanwhile been copied and varied many times over. Since 2001 it has been the title of the permanent exhibition in the newly established Documentation Center of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds .

In addition to his activities as an exhibition organizer, Bernd Ogan published books and essays on the aesthetics of National Socialism, wrote theological articles, a novel, a play as well as book reviews, school radio programs on religious instruction, jazz reviews and poems. In the 1980s he organized several readings in Nuremberg with writers from the GDR, a. a. with Helga Schubert and Lutz Rathenow .

literature

  • Katheder, Doris / Weiß, Matthias (Ed.): Beyond the fascination? The exhibition on National Socialism in the Nuremberg Zeppelin Grandstand 1984–2001 . With contributions by Hermann Glaser, Bernd Ogan, Wolfgang W. Weiß, Bernhard Jehle, Doris Katheder, Mattias Weiß, Eckart Dietzfelbinger and photos by Regina Maria Suchy, Echter Verlag Würzburg 2013.

Works

  • Ahnenerbe. A German social comedy. First performance as a staged reading in the Markgrafentheater Erlangen on May 1st, 2002.
  • Wintering. Roman, together with Franz Hummel (music) and Gregor Hiltner (painting), Livorno Verlag 2000.
  • Practical teaching analyzes on Heinrich Heine's “Germany - A Winter's Tale” and Thomas Mann's “Tristan”.
  • Working texts for the lesson: Heinrich von Kleist: Michael Kohlhaas: The Marquise von O ...
  • Working texts for the classroom: Forms of oppositional literature in Germany and literature censorship in Germany (all at Reclam).
  • Fascination and Violence - On the Political Aesthetics of National Socialism, Nuremberg Tümmels Verlag 1992.
  • Architecture as a Weltanschauung - A contribution about the aestheticization of politics, in: Backdrops of violence. The Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, Hugendubel Verlag Munich 1992, pp. 123–140.
  • Stones for the ages. The former Nazi party rally grounds. (together with Wolfgang W. Weiss), In: Nuremberg on foot. 20 city tours, ed. By Holger Twele, VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 1988
  • Bernd Ogan, Wolfgang W. Weiss: The Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Stones for Eternity In: Helmut Weihsmann. Build under the swastika. Architektur des Untergang, pp. 717–722, Vienna, PRO MEDIA 1998.
  • Built megalomania. The former Nazi party rally grounds, in: Out into the city. A guide for children through Nuremberg, Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach, ed. by Holger Twele, Elefanten Press, Berlin 1989, pp. 36–43.
  • Fascination and Violence, Nuremberg and National Socialism. An exhibition (together with Wolfgang W. Weiss ed.) Pedagogical Institute of the City of Nuremberg, 1990.
  • "But Hitler did ...". Seven legends about the Third Reich (together with Carlo Jahn), Pedagogical Institute of the City of Nuremberg, materials for schools and educational work.

Theological texts

  • "Jesus von Nazareth" - A mystagogue as guardian of the faith, in: "Jesus von Nazareth" in the scientific discussion, ed. by Hermann Häring , LIT Verlag Wien / Berlin 2008, pp. 291–306.
  • Death and resurrection - a rhetorical feat. Or how to comply with the papal invitation to listen and read particularly carefully - A reading exercise, in: The Pope's Jesus. Passion, death and resurrection in dispute, ed. by Hermann Häring, LIT Verlag Berlin 2011, pp. 203-214.

Web links

Commons : Bernd Ogan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituaries , accessed on May 21, 2019
  2. ^ Letter from the Archbishop's Ordinariate Bamberg from Domkapitular Joh. Krause dated March 7, 1978. a. the “spreading scandalum” cited as the cause for the withdrawal of the Mission canonica.
  3. ↑ On the slide show and all other exhibition elements cf. Doris Katheder and Matthias Weiß (eds.): Beyond fascination? The exhibition on National Socialism in the Nuremberg Zeppelin Grandstand 1984–2001. Würzburg (Echter Verlag) 2013.
  4. ↑ The press coverage, especially on the Neubauten concert, was controversial. See Steffen Radlmaier: Much Ado About Nothing. Two appearances by the "Einstürzende Neubauten" in the Nuremberg Zeppelin grandstand. In: Nürnberger Nachrichten of February 24, 1986. Roland Spiegel: Steinwucht and a riddle. The “commentary” by Einstürzende Neubauten on German history remained vague. In: Nürnberger Zeitung of February 24, 1986. On the same day the evening newspaper headlined : “Choral with steel hammer - Einstürzende Neubauten played at Nuremberg's Nazi site”.
personal data
SURNAME Ogan, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Gliwice
DATE OF DEATH 1st May 2019