Birgit Lohmeyer
Birgit Lohmeyer , maiden name Birgit H. Hölscher (born September 10, 1958 in La Laguna, Panamá Oeste Province , Panama ) is a German educator , writer and politician ( SPD ).
Education and profession
Birgit Hölscher began visiting prisoners in Hamburg's correctional facilities as early as the late 1970s . From 1980 she studied educational science at the University of Hamburg with a focus on extracurricular youth and adult education, deviance pedagogy and completed the supplementary course in the field of criminology . She completed her studies in 1985 with a degree in education . She then worked in the field of addiction prevention and counseling for ten years .
From 2003 she is responsible for the coordinator of the advanced training and works as editor of the association magazine as well as in the website editing of the Central Association of German Business Associations for Trade Brokerage and Distribution (CDH). Since September 2015 she wrote as an editor for the magazine for members of the Education and Science Union (GEW) the national association Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Literary work
She has been a freelance writer since 1998 and has written stories, short stories and novels, as well as book reviews and journalistic texts for web and print. She processes her experiences in prisons, in the drug scene and in Hamburg's red-light district St. Pauli in writing.
Birgit Lohmeyer is a member of the Association of German Writers and teaches literary writing. So she is z. B. since 2006 as a course leader of the holiday academy " Creative Writing " of the Westphalian Literature Office (WLB) in Unna . In 2008 she founded the Wismar reading stage “WortReich”.
Further fields of activity are experimental photography , book cover designs, literary sound collages and internet art projects .
Civil society engagement
She has been living at the Jamel Forest Farm in the municipality of Gägelow in Northwest Mecklenburg since 2004 . Since 2007, she and her husband Horst Lohmeyer have been organizing the annual open-air rock festival Jamel rocks the Forester for Democracy and Tolerance, for which they received the Paul Spiegel Civil Courage Prize of the Central Council of Jews in Germany in 2011 . In 2012 they were awarded the German Newspaper Citizens' Prize. The readers, listeners and viewers of the NDR and four major north German daily newspapers both voted for “Heroes of the North 2011”. The background to these awards is that the couple resisted the fact that the village of Jamel is a stronghold of the neo-Nazi scene in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
On the night of August 13, 2015, the Lohmeyer family's forester's barn burned down completely. A holiday guest noticed an unknown person on the Forsthof shortly before the fire, said Birgit Lohmeyer after the fire. Interior Minister Lorenz Caffier (CDU) said on the same day that he was assuming a right-wing extremist background because of the commitment of the Lohmeyer couple. According to prosecutors, the fire was started intentionally. The perpetrator (s) could not be identified.
Political commitment
In September 2018 Birgit Lohmeyer joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany . She ran for the Northwest Mecklenburg District Council and the Gägelow municipal council in May 2019 , but did not win a mandate in either case. In Gägelow, however, the Jamel candidate for the NPD camouflage list Sven Krüger received a mandate.
filming
Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer are the main actors in the artistic ( split-screen technology) documentary film "Dialoge", directed by Carmen Blazejewski . The premiere took place on October 7, 2016 in the Green Salon of the Volksbühne Berlin .
Awards / nominations
Literary prizes
- 2001 Marlowe - Raymond Chandler Society's Best Detective Short Story
- 2001 nomination for the women's crime prize of the city of Wiesbaden
- 2003 nomination for the Agatha Christie detective award
- 2005 German Short Crime Prize - 3rd place
Appreciation for the civil society engagement
- 2011: Paul Spiegel Prize for moral courage
- 2011: Ambassador of Tolerance from Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance
- 2011: Heroes of the North 2011
- 2012: Citizen Award of the German Newspapers
- 2015: Georg Leber Prize for moral courage
- 2017: Prize “The Intrepid Word” from the Federation of Luther Cities
- 2018: Prize for Pop Culture for "Lived Pop Culture" (Jamel rocks the forester)
- 2018: 1 Live Krone for the Jamel-rocks-den-Förster -Festival (special price)
- 2019: Live Entertainment Award (Jury Prize)
Works
As Birgit H. Hölscher
- Therapy resulting in death . Elefanten Press, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-88520-907-1 .
- Destroyer . Elefanten Press, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88520-912-8 .
- Sweet swamp . Hamburger Abendblatt , Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-921305-95-0 .
- Steilshoop's front man . Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-921305-87-X .
- Last exit Wilhelmsburg . Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-921305-05-5 .
- Driven hunt on board. Novel . Scherz Verlag , Bern 2003, ISBN 3-502-51884-X .
- Death in the Heuckenlock . Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-921305-16-0 .
As Birgit Lohmeyer
- Sokop's revenge . Hinstorff Verlag , Rostock 2012, ISBN 978-3-356-01484-6 .
- Weller's anger . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2013, ISBN 978-3-356-01559-1 .
- Hamburg Blues. Four cases for load . Magma-Verlag, Rieps -Cronskamp 2013, ISBN 978-3-943992-08-3 .
- Only the cog was a witness . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2015, ISBN 978-3-356-01872-1 .
Crime short stories
- The cook, my sister and fate. In: AC Busch (ed.): Murder between knife and fork . Gerstenberg, 1999.
- Fat is beautiful. In: T. Kruse , M. Bick (Ed.): Mordgewichte . Piper, 2000.
- The runway of the dead kangaroos. In: AC Busch, A. Heuner (Ed.): Murder on arrival . Gerstenberg, 2000.
- An old home recipe. In: A. Cibach (Ed.): Age does not protect against murder . Gerstenberg, 2000.
- Cyber Park. In: AC Busch, A. Heuner (Ed.): Mord im Grünen . Gerstenberg, 2001.
- Mom. In: I. Schmitz , I. Coelen (Ed.): Devilish neighbors . Joke, 2001.
- Revenge is not sweet. In: P. Gerdes (Ed.): Flossen hoch . Leda, 2002.
- Anröchter fragment. In: HP Karr , J. Kehrer , H. Knorr (eds.): Mord am Hellweg . Graphite, 2002.
- Sheer fear. In: A. Cibach (Ed.): Liebestöter . Joke, 2003.
- The Mona was her destiny. In: V. Albers (ed.): Death on the quay . Rowohlt, 2003.
- Thanksgiving 2084. In: AC Busch, A. Heuner (Ed.): Festtagsmorde . Gerstenberg, 2003.
- Welcome home. In: V. Albers (Ed.): Mordsjubiläum . Joke, 2003.
- Bombs on Kranenburg. In: Murder on the Lower Rhine. Graphite, 2004.
- Two strangers in Hamm. In: More murders on Hellweg. Graphite 2004.
- Conflict. In: embracing the sea. Publishers Between the Seas, 2004.
- The scream of the mandrake. In: G. Wischmann (Ed.): Tatort FloraFarm . Juwi Mac Millan Group, 2004.
- The deception. In: M. Bick (Ed.): The winter journey . Gerstenberg, 2004.
- No more bodices. In: HP Karr, J. Alberts (Ed.): Hotel Terminus. A detective novel by 12 authors . Construction 2005.
- Hard work . and Velvet Heaven. In: St. Pauli Kurverwaltung (Hrsg.): St. Pauli - forays into the Kiez . Edition Nautilus, 2006.
- The purr of the tiger. In: S. Schubarsky, F. Henz (Eds.): Tatort Internet - Carinthian Krimipreis 2006 . Wieser Verlag, 2006.
- Homeland. In: Förderverein Stadtbibliothek Wismar (Ed.): Wismar City Talks . Koch & Raum publishing house, 2008.
- Wismar Calzone . and the treasure of Ahrenshoop. In: HP Karr (Ed.): Endstation Ostsee . KBV, 2009.
Filmography
- 2016: Dialogues. Documentary (103 min.)
Web links
- Literature and sound carriers by Birgit Lohmeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Web presence of the writer
- Jamel rocks the forester
- Short biography and information on Birgit Lohmeyer's work at Literaturport
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birgit Lohmeyer - author / biography. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .
- ^ HP Karr ( Reinhard Jahn ): Birgit H. Hölscher. Lexicon of German crime fiction authors, September 9, 2003, accessed on November 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Lonely in the Nazi village. In: Berliner Morgenpost . February 14, 2011, accessed July 15, 2011 .
- ^ Kai Doering: Hück and Lohmeyer: Two political newcomers want change. Vorwärts.de, June 1, 2019, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Birgit Lohmeyer - author - biography. Retrieved November 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Paul Spiegel Civil Courage Prize 2011 to the artist couple Lohmeyer. (No longer available online.) Central Council of Jews in Germany , February 2, 2011, archived from the original on August 16, 2011 ; Retrieved July 15, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ svz.de: Artist couple from Jamel receives citizen award . February 21, 2012.
- ↑ ndr.de: Nazi opponents are "Heroes of the North 2011". ( Memento of January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) December 17, 2011.
- ↑ Alone among the Nazis. In: Der Spiegel. 1/2011, January 3, 2011.
- ↑ Silke Hasselmann: In the village of intolerance. ( Memento from November 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on: ndr.de , November 19, 2014.
- ↑ After the fire: the couple receives police protection. ( Memento from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: NDR. August 13, 2015.
- ↑ Fire in Jamel: Police find fire accelerator. August 14, 2015, accessed October 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Police stop investigating the Jamel case. November 18, 2015, archived from the original on November 18, 2015 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 .
- ↑ "Jamel rocks the forester": Lohmeyer stands for SPD. NDR.de, June 1, 2019, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Konrad Litschko: Birgit Lohmeyer from Jamel stepped in the local elections in Gägelow. TAZ, June 1, 2019, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Carmen Blazejewski: “Dialogues” with Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer. (No longer available online.) Carmen Blazejewski, 2017, archived from the original on January 7, 2018 ; accessed on January 7, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Preview: “Dialogues” with Birgit and Horst Lohmayer ... Grüner Salon, October 7, 2016, accessed on January 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Jamel. The Lohmeyer couple receives the moral courage award. End stop on the right , May 24, 2011, accessed on November 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Georg Leber Prize for moral courage. IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt , August 13, 2015, archived from the original on September 10, 2017 ; accessed on September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Horst and Birgit Lohmeyer as well as Markus and Susanna Nierth - award winners “Das interschrockene Wort 2017”. Nibelungenstadt Worms, 2017, archived from the original on September 10, 2017 ; accessed on September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Winner 2018. preisfuerpopkultur.de, October 19, 2018, accessed on October 25, 2018 .
- ↑ 1LIVE Krone special price for "Jamel rocks the Forester" - organizers Birgit & Horst Lohmeyer. November 30, 2018, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ^ The 14th award of the German Live Entertainment Prize in the Frankfurt Festhalle. Live Enertaiment Award, April 1, 2019, accessed May 9, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lohmeyer, Birgit |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hölscher, Birgit H. (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German certified pedagogue and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | La Laguna, Panamá Oeste Province |