Claus-Dieter Sprink

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Claus-Dieter Sprink (born November 27, 1954 in Dresden , † October 4, 2006 in Berlin ) was a German homeland researcher and a victim of the dictatorship in the GDR.

Life

Claus-Dieter Sprink was born in Dresden in what was then the GDR . After an apprenticeship as an electronics technician , he began studying engineering. Because he had read banned books and expressed his political opinion publicly, he was monitored by the Stasi . During the subsequent legal proceedings, his girlfriend at the time incriminated him heavily. He was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for "subversive agitation". He served this in the Cottbus prison . After his release from prison, he moved to East Berlin and worked at the Oberspree cable works. In his free time he was involved in the “Interest Group for Monument Preservation” of the local cultural association , of which he became chairman in 1989. As such, he was a member of the local round table during the reunification and he took over the chairmanship of the "Friedrichshagen Citizens' Association" until 1997.

In 1991 he was appointed director of the Heimatmuseum Köpenick . For him, local history research not only consisted of researching earlier history such as the Captain von Köpenick or the Schlossinsel , but also of coming to terms with the recent past and the misanthropic activities of the local state security. During an exhibition on the Köpenick Stasi district office, a PDS city ​​councilor had the names of the perpetrators pasted over, allegedly for data protection reasons. After protests by Sprink against this action, the exhibition was opened a second time - with the names of the perpetrators clearly visible. He made it a point to remember both German dictatorships of the 20th century and to pay tribute to the victims of National Socialism.

Under the direction of Sprink, the permanent exhibitions in the Heimatmuseum Köpenick, in the town hall on the history of Captain von Köpenick and in the Köpenick Blood Week Memorial as well as numerous special exhibitions were created.

Sprink was first diagnosed with cancer in 2002 . The disease recurred in 2006 and he died of it in the hospital.

Claus-Dieter Sprink was the father of a daughter.

The Claus-Dieter-Sprink-Weg in Berlin-Köpenick

memory

The Heimatverein Köpenick was founded in May 2007 in memory of Claus-Dieter Sprink. Further goals are to preserve the historical and cultural heritage in the district and to support the work of the local history museum after so much commitment and knowledge had been lost due to Sprink's death.

On November 27, 2014, a street not far from the local museum in Köpenick was named after him as "Claus-Dieter-Sprink-Weg".

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ life data from a press release of the Treptow-Köpenick district office from November 14, 2014; accessed on January 9, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c District Office Treptow-Köpenick: District Mayor Igel reveals information boards at the Friedrichshagen cemetery , press release from November 26, 2018; accessed on January 9, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c Der Tagesspiegel online: Claus-Dieter Sprink , December 8, 2006; accessed January 9, 2019
  4. ^ Ralf Drescher: Street was named after Claus-Dieter Sprink , berliner-woche.de, November 28, 2014
  5. ^ Müggelheimer Bote: Mourning for Claus-Dieter Sprink (†) , 13th year, edition 11/2006
  6. ^ Association on heimatverein-koepenick.de; accessed on January 9, 2019
  7. ↑ Ralf Drescher: Honor for museum director , berliner-woche.de, November 20, 2014
  8. ↑ http://d-nb.info/950971995
personal data
SURNAME Sprink, Claus-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher and victim of the SED dictatorship
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 2006
Place of death Berlin