Bernhard Gelderblom

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Bernhard Gelderblom, 2013

Bernhard Gelderblom (born March 9, 1943 in Schwetz (Weichsel) ) is a German historian and author .

Act

After studying Protestant theology , history and politics, Gelderblom worked as a teacher at the Albert Einstein Grammar School in Hameln until 2006 .

Based on his documentation of the tombstones of the Jewish cemetery in Hameln in the 1980s, Gelderblom presented the results of his research into the fate of Hamelin Jews during the Nazi era in 1997 in the book “They were citizens of the city”. The preliminary conclusion of his diverse research work, for which he established contact in particular with former Hamelin Jews and their descendants, was the comprehensive work “The Jews of Hamelin from their beginnings in the 13th century to their extermination by the Nazi regime” in 2011. For this he organized various exhibitions.

Another area of ​​research was the uncovering of the fate of the inmates of the Hamelin penitentiary from 1942 to 1945, especially those from the Benelux countries.As a result, he researched the fate of the victims of the Nazi regime in the city of Hameln and in the district of Hameln- Pyrmont , which he documented in a memorial book and portraits of forced laborers.

In 2010 he founded the Association for Regional Cultural and Contemporary History Hameln eV, which he has chaired since then. Since 2013 he has been initiating and organizing the laying of stumbling blocks in and around Hameln with the association .

Bückeberg

With a paper from 1998 and a subsequent exhibition about the Reichserntedankfeste on the Bückeberg , Gelderblom first drew attention to the historical significance of this mass event. At the beginning of 2001 he applied to put the Bückeberg under monument protection because of its historical importance . From 2016 he headed the two-year project "Documentation Bückeberg" to prepare the documentation and learning site in Bückeberg . The centerpiece is the circular route designed by Gelderblom with text and picture boards, later called the "historical-topographical information system", on the former festival site. In March 2018, the district council of the Hameln-Pyrmont district approved the implementation of the project by the "Documentation and Learning Place Bückberg gGmbH" to be founded. Since the preparatory information events of the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture from 2009 on the protection of monuments, a fundamental criticism by the local population has solidified against the project on the Bückeberg . It was presented in information events, letters to the editor, newspaper advertisements and signature lists and was reinforced by a survey of residents decided by the local council. Gelderblom defended himself with clear words against the criticism from the municipality and district council. Even after a compromise brokered by District Administrator Tjark Bartels in November 2018 , the initially suspended residents survey and its significance for the further implementation of the project remains open.

Awards / honors

For his work, Bernhard Gelderblom was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon in 2008 and the Obermayer German Jewish History Award in 2009.

Publications (selection)

  • The Jewish cemetery in Hameln . [a project of the Albert Einstein High School in Hameln. Accompanying document to an exhibition organized by the Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Reichspogromnacht under the title “Traces and Encounters” in the City Museum], Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium, Hameln 1988
  • The Reichserntedankfeste on the Bückeberg 1933–1937. Niemeyer, Hameln 1998, ISBN 3-8271-9029-0 . Further editions, 3rd unchanged 2012. Exhibitions on this in Hameln (1999), Braunschweig (2000), Rinteln (2001), Hösseringen (2006/2007), Berchtesgaden-Obersalzberg (2007/2008), Goslar (2009), Nuremberg (2009 / 2010).
  • They were citizens of the city. The story of the Jewish inhabitants of Hameln in the Third Reich. A memorial book. Niemeyer, Hameln 1996, ISBN 978-3-8271-9024-6
  • About Christians and Jews in Hameln. A walk through 700 years of life together. Hamelin 2000.
  • Murder warrant and death march. The Hamelin prison in 1944 and 1945. In: Detlef Creydt (Hrsg.): Forced labor for industry and armaments in Hils 1943-45. Holzminden 2001, pp. 165-212.
  • Jewish life in the central Weser area between Hehlen and Polle. From its beginnings in the 14th century to its destruction during the National Socialist era. A memorial book. [Ed. from the local history and history association for the district and town of Holzminden], Mitzkat, Holzminden 2003, ISBN 3-931656-57-8 .
  • (as ed. :) "The worst were homesickness and hunger". Letters after sixty years. Foreign forced labor in and around Hameln 1939–1945. Mitzkat, Holzminden 2004, ISBN 3-931656-66-7 .
  • with Joachim Schween and Sigurd Elert (photos): Hameln. Images of a city from eight centuries. Niemeyer, Hameln 2004, ISBN 3-8271-9053-3 .
  • with Sigurd Elert (photos): Hameln. Pictures from the city of the Pied Piper. Niemeyer, Hameln 2005, ISBN 3-8271-9054-1 .
  • with Wolfhard F. Truchseß a. a .: 60 years of the end of the war. A documentary about the last days of the Second World War in and around Hameln. Niemeyer, Hameln 2005, ISBN 3-8271-9302-8 .
  • with Mario Keller-Holte: Foreign forced labor in Hameln and in the Hameln-Pyrmont district 1939–1945. Mitzkat, Holzminden 2006, ISBN 3-931656-96-9 .
  • Story next door. The Reichserntedankfeste on the Bückeberg 1933–1937. Fährhaus-Verlag, Grohnde [i. e. Wunstorf] 2008.
  • From the cart prison to the youth institution. Over 300 years of penal execution in Hameln. Holzminden 2009, ISBN 978-3-940751-24-9 .
  • The 50s in Hameln. From the hard toil and the joyful work of the years of construction. Niemeyer, Hameln 2008, ISBN 978-3-8271-9307-0 .
  • The last months in Hameln will be terrible. The escalation of violence in the Hamelin penitentiary at the end of the Second World War. (Together with Mario Keller-Holte) in: Informations. Scientific journal of the German Resistance Study Group 1933–1945. No. 76, vol. 37, November 2012, pp. 12-18.
  • The Jews of Hameln from their beginnings in the 13th century to their extermination by the Nazi regime. Appendix: Documentation of the tombstones of the Jewish cemetery created by Berndt Schaller together with Bernhard Gelderblom, Holzminden 2011, ISBN 978-3-940751-39-3 .
  • The Jews in the villages of Salzhemmendorf. Holzminden 2013, ISBN 978-3-940751-76-8 .
  • with Mario Keller-Holte: Documentation of the victims of Nazi rule in the city of Hameln and in the Hameln-Pyrmont district. Hameln 2013, online publication under memorial book .
  • (as ed. :) Les Sans-Amour - Die Unbeliebten. The Ukrainian forced laborer Olga Barbesolle's memories of her years in an armaments factory in Hamelin 1942-45, Holzminden 2015, ISBN 978-3-940751-93-5 .
  • (as publisher :) As a prisoner of war and "displaced person" in Hameln in 1945. The diary of the Slovak Vladimir Varinsky from the Slovak national uprising in August 1944 to his return home in 1945, Holzminden 2015, ISBN 978-3-95954-001-8 .
  • The Jews of Coppenbrügge. Holzminden 2016, ISBN 978-3-95954-017-9 .
  • 40 years of the Battle of Grohnde 1977–2017. Holzminden 2017, ISBN 978-3-95954-038-4 .
  • Hameln - then & now. 109 contributions to the city's history, Holzminden 2017, ISBN 978-3-95954-039-1 .
  • with Mario Keller-Holte: The NS-Reichserntedankfeste on the Bückeberg 1933-37. Parade of the national community and mass propaganda. Mitzkat, Holzminden 2018, ISBN 978-3-95954-059-9 .
  • with David Bankier and Daniel Fraenkel did Gelderblom for the historical manual of the Jewish communities in Lower Saxony and Bremen. (Ed .: Herbert Obenaus ), Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89244-753-5 , nine manual articles written:

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Cropped resumes. The fate of the Jewish citizens of Hameln in the Third Reich , Hameln Wedding House 1994
  • Hameln prison during the Nazi era , Hameln District Court 2004
  • with Mario Keller-Holte: Faces. Foreign forced labor in and around Hameln , Hamelner Münster 2005
  • 70 years ago. The path of Hameln's Jewish families to the destruction , Hameln Synagogue 2012
  • with Mario Keller-Holte: The Hamelin police during the Nazi era , in the framework program Order and Destruction. The police in the Nazi state , Hameln Police Department 2013
  • with Mario Keller-Holte: Citizens from the Benelux countries as victims of Nazi persecution in the Hameln penitentiary 1942–1945 , exhibition in Hamelin Minster 2015, Haaren memorial plaza (NL) 2015, Flemish Community Leuven (B) 2015, Esterwegen memorial , Augustaschacht Osnabrück 2016 , Museum St. Vith (B) 2016, Museum Celle 2016
  • with Mario Keller-Holte: Victims of Nazi rule in the city of Hameln and in the Hameln-Pyrmont district , Hameln 2013 (updated 2016)
  • Traveling exhibition 40 years "Battle of Grohnde" about the protests against the construction of the Grohnde nuclear power plant , Hamelin Minster 2017

Web links

Commons : Bernhard Gelderblom  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the dead
  2. ↑ Memorial Book
  3. ↑ Board of Directors
  4. ↑ Stumbling blocks in Hameln
  5. ↑ Christian Branahl, Nazi party as a place of learning, DWZ of December 30, 2015, p. 22.
  6. ↑ Hameln-Pyrmont approves the NS information center on Bückeberg in Dewezet from March 13, 2018
  7. ↑ Christian Branahl: Majority in favor of the survey of residents in Dewezet from January 30, 2018
  8. ↑ Marc Fisser, Historian: Hold on to the facts, in DWZ of December 2, 2017, p. 22
  9. ↑ Philipp Killmann, "District and Politics have failed", in DWZ of May 9, 2018, p. 17.
  10. ^ After resistance from residents: Compromise for the Bückeberg memorial in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of November 30, 2018
  11. ↑ Community letter of the ev.-luth. Parish "Zum HeiligenKreuz", issue 04/2009, pp. 4–8 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
  12. ↑ Bernhard Gelderblom: “Battle of Grohnde” on March 19, 1977 , online at grohnde.gelderblom-hameln.de, accessed on September 1, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Gelderblom, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwetz on the Vistula