Christoph Spieker

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Christoph Spieker (born February 28, 1956 in Münster ) is a German historian and has been the director of the historical site Villa ten Hompel in Münster since 2003 .

Life

Spieker passed the Abitur at the Alexander-Hegius-Gymnasium Ahaus in 1975. He completed his studies in history , art history and philosophy in 1982 with the first state examination for teaching at secondary levels I and II at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. In November 2013 he received his doctorate with a study on traditional work. A biographical study on the character, responsibility and impact of the police officer Bernhard Heinrich Lankenau 1891–1983, already after a long career as a Dr. phil. After his training as a teacher and an additional qualification as an archivist, he worked as a historian archivist for the city of Greven from 1986. In 1999 he moved to the city of Münster as a research assistant at the historical site of Villa ten Hompel. In 2003 he took over the management of the memorial from founding director Alfons Kenkmann.

His research interests are in various areas of the Westphalian and Dutch history of the 20th century. In 1979 he began regional research on the regional history of National Socialism in Westphalia; on behalf of the city of Greven was involved in research and documentation of the project "Greven 1918 - 1950" from 1986. From 1989 Spieker carried out basic archival work as city archivist as well as further contemporary historical research and in particular the communication of regional history topics by means of exhibitions, publications, archival educational initiatives for school groups and classes from elementary school to upper secondary school in cooperation with all types of schools; Spieker conceived and moderated the "Greven Archive Talks" and published the "Greven History Papers" until 1999. At the historical site of Villa ten Hompel in the city of Münster, he was involved in basic research on recent police history and designed the concept for the first permanent exhibition “In order. Police, Administration and Responsibility ”(2001). Under his direction, the expansion of the permanent exhibition “reparation as an order” (2005) and the multimedia research station in the historical site were designed. The permanent exhibition “History - Violence - Conscience” opened in 2015. Christoph Spieker is currently concerned with the history of the culture of remembrance in Westphalia. Since April 2018 he has also been a member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia .

He is married and lives with five children in Greven, Westphalia.

Publications

  • Local study on "National Socialism in western Münsterland, illustrated using the example of the city of Stadtlohn" as a state examination thesis in 1982, unpublished but accessible in the Landesarchiv NW department Westphalia
  • (Book conception and several contributions) "It is not easy to talk about it". The November pogrom in 1938 in the Borken district. (Ed. By August Bierhaus); Volume XI of the Borken District Series of publications, 1988
  • with Alfons Kenkmann, “By order. Police, Administration and Responsibility ”. Accompanying volume to the exhibition of the same name - Villa ten Hompel, a historical place. Essen 2001 (Villa ten Hompel; Writings 1)
  • Friend or vijand? A big politieman in het Nederlandse verzet. A "green policeman" in the Dutch resistance. Villa ten Hompel Aktuell, 5, Münster 2004
  • Police pictures under SS runes. The film and image office of the Ordnungspolizei, in: Sabine Mecking, Stefan Schröder (ed.): Counterpoint. Discourses of the past and understanding of the present. Festschrift for Wolfgang Jacobmeyer. Essen 2005. pp. 139–149
  • with Alfons Kenkmann and Bernd Walter, reparation as an order. Accompanying volume for the exhibition of the same name in the historical site Villa ten Hompel, Essen (Klartext Verlag) 2007
  • with Andreas Determann, Matthias M. Ester, The Deportations from the Münsterland. Catalog volume for the exhibition in the baggage tunnel at Münster Central Station from May 18 to June 15, 2008
  • with Matthias M. Ester, Dennis Grunendahl, Julia Volmer-Naumann, Julia (2010): Resistance to National Socialism in Münster and in the Münsterland. German-French documentation of the exhibition in Orléans.
  • with Markus Köster, Münster 1968. From the war of the fathers to the protest of the sons. Three films - three perspectives. DVD with booklet, 2011 (D 150) 5 films, total approx. 110 min.
  • Handout for the discussion of street names in Münster in the exhibition “Honor to whom honor is due? ! "2011
  • with Stefan Klemp, ruthlessly eradicated. The police and the Lidice massacre, 2012, Villa aktuell 17
  • Traditional work. A biographical study of the character, responsibility and impact of the police officer Bernhard Heinrich Lankenau 1891–1983, Villa ten Hompel, Schriften, Volume 12, ISBN 978-3-8375-0394-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadt-muenster.de
  2. ↑ further projects cf. stadt-muenster.de
personal data
SURNAME Spieker, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and director of the historical site Villa ten Hompel
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster