Dietrich Garstka

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Dietrich Garstka (February 2018)

Dietrich Garstka (* 1939 in Berlin ; † April 18, 2018 ) was a German lecturer and author of a book.

Life

Garstka attended a school in Storkow until he and many of his classmates fled the GDR to West Berlin . After graduating from high school, he studied German , sociology and geography in Cologne and Bochum and was a high school teacher in Essen and Krefeld . Until his death he was a lecturer at the Volkshochschule Essen in the field of art and culture.

In 2006 Garstka published his book The Silent Classroom at Ullstein Verlag . In it he logs the dramatic events during which his high school graduation class came into conflict with the highest positions in the GDR state apparatus on the occasion of the 1956 Hungarian popular uprising . Based on the book by Garstka, the film of the same name was made in 2017, directed by Lars Kraume . The film had its world premiere on February 20, 2018 at the Berlinale in the Berlinale Special section . Almost two months later, Garstka died after a long and serious illness.

Works

  • The silent classroom: a true story of courage, solidarity and the Cold War . Ullstein, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-550-07892-7 (new edition 2007, 2008)
    • De zwijgende klas: Oost-Duitse scholieren trotseren de state . Mets & Schilt, Amsterdam 2008, ISBN 978-90-5330-582-9 (Dutch edition)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary: The silent classroom: Author Dietrich Garstka died . waz.de , April 27, 2018, accessed on April 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Mario Kreuzer: Dietrich Garstka . BuecherTreff.de, March 26, 2016, accessed on April 28, 2018.
  3. ^ Long applause for GDR history . Deutschlandfunk Kultur , February 21, 2018, accessed on April 28, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Garstka, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2018