Christian Doehler
Christian Doehler (born January 2, 1924 in Kaufungen , Saxony , † November 2, 2004 in Stuttgart ) was a German journalist.
Life
As the son of the Altenhain pastor Hugo Döhler and his wife Margarete geb. Ebert studied Doehler Protestant theology and psychology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen .
Employed by the Institute for Foreign Relations in Stuttgart in 1953 , he took on the public relations department - education and information - for the Federal Republic of Germany at international trade fairs on behalf of the Federal Press Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation .
On July 17, 1962, he became a member of the German-Japanese Society in Baden-Württemberg (DJG BW). In 1964 he took over Department 4 of the IfA “Germany / Foreign Studies, Information and Public Relations”. He led 185 seminars to prepare German specialists and executives from business and industry, from 1965 one year on Japan. He cooperated with the Ministry of Economics Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government . This department also includes the advice center for emigrants and German lessons for foreigners.
On May 12, 1964, he became deputy chairman and on March 1, 1966 managing director of the DJG Baden-Württemberg. In 1970 he was sent on his first visit to Japan to observe the presentations of the countries at the world exhibition in Osaka . His proposals were realized on the Doitsu Haku in 1984 . He was head of the information desk of the Federal Government's Press and Information Office. He also represented the DJG at Expo '85 Tsukuba (Ibaraki) .
In 1975 he was elected President of the German-Japanese Society Baden-Württemberg. He won Werner Niefer and Lothar Späth as keynote speakers at the 25th and 30th anniversary of the DJG. It was thanks to him that the Japanese Garden was set up at the International Garden Show 1993 , the Japanese School Toin-Gakuen in Bad Saulgau, Upper Swabia, and the Japanese Saturday School at Rotebühlplatz , and Stuttgart received the first Japanese restaurant, Kicho . After ten years of efforts, he succeeded in setting up the Japanese honorary consulate in the state capital. He supported the Evangelical Educational Organization free of charge.
He retired on September 21, 1989 at the academy of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese , his long-term seminar center. Interested in medicine since his youth , Doehler was involved in the field of transplant medicine and in the fibromyalgia association of Baden-Württemberg . He helped raise donations for the Björn Steiger Foundation and (as a victim) supported the association for people with lung disease / oxygen patients .
Doehler died at the age of 80 in the Robert Bosch Hospital , leaving behind his Swedish wife Torborg nee. Hellsten (daughter of the chief physician at Malmö Epidemic Hospital), two daughters and two sons.
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (May 17, 1977)
- Order of the Rising Sun on the collar, golden rays
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Archive DJG Baden-Württemberg
- ^ History. Who we are. The history of DJG BW. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doehler, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaufungen , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 2004 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |