Dietrich Heither

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Dietrich Heither (* 1964 ) is a German teacher and social scientist . He is considered an expert on student associations ; he is particularly critical of fraternities . The joint work Blut und Paukboden was discussed widely and controversially. In 2000 he received his doctorate in political science .

life and work

Teachers and political didactic contributions

After graduating from high school in 1983 , Heither did community service as the last year at the Heinrich Schütz School in Kassel . This was followed by a degree in German and history in Mainz and Marburg . He completed his German and social studies studies (to become a teacher) with the state examination. Then he was a student trainee in Wiesbaden.

Today, Heither works full-time as a teacher for politics and economics, German and history at the Heinrich-Böll-Schule, a cooperative comprehensive school with high school in Hattersheim am Main . He also holds the office of headmaster there. He has the official title of Director of Studies .

He is also co-author of the political didactic textbook series Mensch und Politik for the subjects of social studies, social studies and political education in secondary levels I and II , which is published by Schroedel Verlag . He was also involved in the “Social Science Studies for Secondary School II” of the Schroedel Verlag.

Confrontation with fraternities

History workshop Marburg

Heither became an employee of the Marburg History Workshop, founded in 1984 - a registered association specializing in Marburg regional history and everyday history . Furthermore, Heither was a co-founder of the Marburg project “Conservatism and Science”. According to Gerhard Schäfer , “critical corporation research was expanded” with their publications. Both projects are still considered to be the incarnation of “leftist historiography” in connection circles. Publications by or in the context of the history workshop - including Heithers - are criticized for the fact that they “aim to de-legitimize the connection being, as it were, historically”. It was not mainly historians who worked there, but rather political and social scientists with a focus on contemporary history. According to Matthias Stickler, some older work is not very worthwhile.

Publication "Blood and Paukboden"

The work Blut und Paukboden (1997), published jointly with Michael Gehler , Alexandra Kurth and Gerhard Schäfer by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag , is regarded by some observers as a (critical) standard work . It was u. a. Discussed by scholars in the German quality press and in German and English-language specialist magazines: William D. Bowman sees it as an essential contribution to political, social and cultural history. Even Geoffrey J. Giles recommended it in a review. Dieter A. Binder summed up: "In sum, the work must be seen as a successful attempt to present an analytical history of a social phenomenon among students and academics in German-speaking countries, apart from house historiography and party-politically motivated demonization." According to Günter Wollstein , however, the authors of the volume are "not concerned with an overview or overall history of the fraternities". “A nationalistic register of sins” was presented, which was nonetheless “meticulously and well researched and documented”. The study lacks an adequate "historical classification" of events. It is also generalized, so that "interpretation difficulties" arise. For Kevin McAleer , on the one hand, the book corrects misunderstandings regarding the political orientation of the fraternities and their relationship to National Socialism, on the other hand, there are hardly any new conclusions. McAleer identified historical ambiguities and contradictions. Armin Pfahl-Traughber thinks it is an "informative, but sometimes a little undifferentiated history of the German fraternities". The student courier judges differentiated: "Concentrated and comprehensively informative, certainly provoking fruitful controversy, encouraging further reflection and discussion, a piece of German history is communicated in 'Blut und Paukboden', which can certainly be historically and currently equally explosive, but at the same time helpful in determining the position of corporations today. "

Political science dissertation

In 2000 HEITHER in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy was Marburg University with a by Reinhard Kühnl a prominent representative of - Marburg school - supervised political science thesis on the German fraternity (DB) for Dr. phil. doctorate (dissertation: A corporated men's union - a social-scientific study of worldview, politics and customs of the German fraternity ). In the “Introductory Notes”, an express thanks went to his “not only [..] scientific friend []” Gerhard Schäfer. The doctoral supervisor saw with the submitted dissertation and the previous book from 1997 an "essential development strand" worked out. In his “material-rich” work, however, Heither refrained from using the archives of the DB archive (attached to the Federal Archives ), as historians have stated. The fraternity member Harald Lönnecker also attested the work to be political one-sided.

In any case, Heither takes a critical view of the theming of student corporations, especially the fraternities, within the scope of his journalistic activity. Corresponding contributions have been appearing since the mid-1990s in relevant anthologies dealing with the extreme right . In his 2015 study with Adelheid Schulze, "The Mechterstädt Murders On the History of Right-Wing Violence in Germany", the authors use the example of one of the darkest chapters of the Marburg history of connections to show the causes and the serious effects of right-wing violence in the student environment. It is proven that u. a. the continuity of a pre-democratic judiciary. The "comprehensive mentality and social-historical contribution to the history of the early Weimar Republic" (Christian Dietrich) is recognized in a meeting of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies as follows: "Even if the book's evaluations cannot be shared on all points, so here is an overview of sources and documents that is impressive. "

Fonts (selection)

  • with Wolfgang Matthäus, Bernd Pieper: Dismissed as a Jewish student. Memories and documents on the history of the Heinrich Schütz School in Kassel (= National Socialism in Northern Hesse . H. 5). 2nd expanded and corrected edition, published by the Kassel University, Faculty 1, in connection with the project "Hesse under National Socialism - Adaptation and Resistance" at the Hessian Institute for Educational Planning and School Development (HIBS). University Library Kassel, Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-88122-381-9 . (first edition: 1984)
  • with Eva Gottschaldt, Michael Lemling: trailblazers of fascism. From the history of the Marburg Association of German Students (= Marburg contributions to the past and present of student connections . Vol. 1). Edited by the Geschichtswerkstatt Marburg e. V. / General student committee of the Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg 1992, ISBN 3-926295-04-X .
  • with Michael Lemling: Marburg, o Marburg…. An "anti-incorporated city tour" (= Marburg contributions to the past and present of student connections . Vol. 3). Edited by the Marburg History Workshop / General Student Committee of the Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-926295-07-4 .
  • with Ludwig Elm , Gerhard Schäfer (Ed.): Füxe, Burschen, Alte Herren. Student corporations from the Wartburg Festival until today (= New Small Library . 28). Papyrossa , Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-89438-050-0 .
  • with Michael Gehler , Alexandra Kurth , Gerhard Schäfer: Blut und Paukboden. A history of the fraternities . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-596-13378-5 .
  • Allied men. The German Burschenschaft - Weltanschauung, Politics and Customs. With a foreword by Reinhard Kühnl , Papyrossa Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-89438-208-2 . (= also dissertation, University of Marburg, 2000)
  • with Gerd Wiegel (Ed.): The proud Germans. About murder patriots, gentlemen riders and their leading culture (= new small library . 74). Papyrossa, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-89438-225-2 .
  • with Ute Heither, Egbert Klöckner, Hartmann Wunderer : Global political structures and processes (= social science studies for secondary level II ). Schroedel, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-507-10815-1 .
  • with Ute Heither, Egbert Klöckner, Alexandra Kurth, Samuel Salzborn , Mathias Wiards, Hartmann Wunderer: Politics - Economy Society. Basic texts for teaching (= social science studies for upper secondary level ). Schroedel, Braunschweig 2008, ISBN 978-3-507-10818-9 .
  • Fraternities (= basic knowledge of politics, history, economics ). PapyRossa Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-89438-531-6 .
  • with Adelheid Schulze: The Mechterstädt murders in 1920. On the history of right-wing extremist violence in Germany . Metropol, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86331-261-9 .
  • I knew what I was doing. Emil Julius Gumbel and right-wing terror in the Weimar Republic (= New Small Library . 235). PapyRossa Verlag, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-89438-621-4 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Armin Pfahl-Traughber : Coarse wedge on a very coarse block. An informative, but sometimes a little undifferentiated history of the German fraternities . In: Der Tagesspiegel , No. 16074, August 18, 1997, p. 5.
  2. ↑ See the authors . In: Jens Mecklenburg (Ed.): Handbook of German right-wing extremism . Elefanten-Press, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-88520-585-8 , p. [993]; The authors of the volume . In: Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler , Alexandra Kurth , Gerhard Schäfer : Blut und Paukboden. A history of the fraternities . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-596-13378-5 , p. 406.
  3. ↑ Johannes Jäger : The right-wing extremist temptation (= political science . Vol. 78). Lit, Münster u. a. 2000 ISBN 3-8258-5722-0 , p. 70.
  4. ↑ a b Günter Wollstein : Blood and Paukboden. A history of the fraternities by Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler, Alexandra Kurth and Gerhard Schäfer . In: Historische Zeitschrift , 267 (1998) 1, p. 145 (145).
  5. ↑ See Schulchronik , heinrich-schuetz-schule.de, accessed on March 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ The authors . In: Dietrich Heither, Wolfgang Matthäus, Bernd Pieper: Dismissed as a Jewish student. Memories and documents on the history of the Heinrich Schütz School in Kassel (= National Socialism in Northern Hesse . H. 5). 2nd expanded and corrected edition, published by the Kassel University, Faculty 1, in connection with the project "Hesse under National Socialism - Adaptation and Resistance" at the Hessian Institute for Educational Planning and School Development (HIBS). University Library Kassel, Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-88122-381-9 , o. P.
  7. ↑ See authors . In: hochschule ost 3–4 (1999), p. 366.
  8. ↑ See authors . In: Journal for Social History of the 20th and 21st Century 9 (1994) 2, p. 176; Authors of this issue . In: Blätter for German and international politics 37 (1992) 9, p. 1280.
  9. ↑ employees , heinrich-boell-schule.de, accessed on March 2, 2017; Susanne Reinhardt: Mechterstädt massacre as the cruel beginning of the history of right-wing violence . In: Thüringer Allgemeine , Eisenach edition, March 12, 2016, p. 17.
  10. ↑ school management , heinrich-boell-schule.de, accessed on March 2, 2017; Sascha Kröner: Helping others makes you happy . In: Höchster Kreisblatt , March 26, 2015, p. 7.
  11. ↑ Klaus Barheier: 10th Days of Political Education Rhineland-Palatinate: The Renaissance of Politics in the Crisis of the Economy - How Much State Can the Economy Take ? . In: polis 4/2009, p. 27 f.
  12. ↑ See Thorsten Hippe: How is social science education possible? Social key problems as an integrative subject of economic and political education . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-17228-6 , p. 350 f.
  13. ↑ See authors . In: Helmut Reinalter , Franko Petri, Rüdiger Kaufmann (ed.): The worldview of right-wing extremism. The structures of the desolidarization . Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck u. a. 1998, ISBN 3-7065-1258-0 , p. 543.
  14. ^ History workshop Marburg e. V. , hlz.hessen.de, accessed on March 9, 2017.
  15. ↑ Annette Wannemacher: Fraternities - simplicity or diversity? . In: Darmstädter Echo , November 6, 2001.
  16. ^ Gerhard Schäfer : Foreword . In: Anke Beyer u. a .: "... and he must be German ...". Past and present of the student connections in Hamburg . VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-87975-775-5 , pp. 7–9, here: p. 8.
  17. ↑ Andreas Bösche: Between Franz Joseph I. and Schönerer. Innsbruck University and its student associations 1859–1918 . Studienverlag, Innsbruck a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7065-4362-0 , p. 237.
  18. ↑ Matthias Stickler : New publications on student history seil 1994. A research report on a sometimes underestimated field of university history . In: Jahrbuch für Universitätsgeschichte 4 (2001), p. 262 (267); see. ders .: University as a way of life ?. Thoughts on the self-regulation of student socialization in the long 19th century . In: Rüdiger vom Bruch (Ed.): The Berlin University in the context of the German university landscape after 1800, around 1860 and around 1910 (= writings of the historical college / colloquia . 76). Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59710-3 , pp. 149-186, here: pp. 159 f.
  19. ^ Matthias Stickler : University as a way of life ?. Thoughts on the self-regulation of student socialization in the long 19th century . In: Rüdiger vom Bruch (Ed.): The Berlin University in the context of the German university landscape after 1800, around 1860 and around 1910 (= writings of the historical college / colloquia . 76). Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59710-3 , pp. 149-186, here: pp. 159 f.
  20. ↑ Students' Union at the University of Vienna (ed.): Völkischeverbindungen. Contributions to the German national corporation disorder in Austria . With contributions by Heribert Schiedel u. a., Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01522-7 , p. 213.
  21. ↑ William D. Bowman : Blood and Paukboden. A history of the fraternities by Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler, Alexandra Kurth and Gerhard Schäfer . In: Austrian History Yearbook 32 (2001), p. 266 (267).
  22. ↑ Geoffrey J. Giles : Blood and Paukboden. A history of the fraternities by Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler, Alexandra Kurth and Gerhard Schäfer . In: German Studies Review 22 (1999) 1, pp. 141 f.
  23. ↑ Dieter A. Binder : Blood and Paukboden. A history of the fraternities by Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler, Alexandra Kurth and Gerhard Schäfer . In: Geschichte und Gegenwart 17 (1998) 2, p. 126 f.
  24. ^ Günter Wollstein : Blood and Paukboden. A history of the fraternities by Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler, Alexandra Kurth and Gerhard Schäfer . In: Historische Zeitschrift , 267 (1998) 1, p. 145 (146).
  25. ^ Günter Wollstein : Blood and Paukboden. A history of the fraternities by Dietrich Heither, Michael Gehler, Alexandra Kurth and Gerhard Schäfer . In: Historische Zeitschrift , 267 (1998) 1, p. 145 (147).
  26. ↑ Kevin McAleer : Blood and Paukboden: A history of the fraternities by Dietrich Heither et al. In: American Historical Review 103 (1998) 4, pp. 1264 (1265).
  27. ^ Dietrich Heither: Introductory considerations . In: Ders .: Allied men. The German Burschenschaft - Weltanschauung, Politics and Customs. Cologne 2000, pp. 10–19, here: p. 18.
  28. ↑ Alexandra Kurth : Men - Bünde - Rituals. Student associations since 1800 (= Campus Research . Vol. 878). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-593-37623-7 , p. 31; Matthias Stickler : University as a way of life ?. Thoughts on the self-regulation of student socialization in the long 19th century . In: Rüdiger vom Bruch (Ed.): The Berlin University in the context of the German university landscape after 1800, around 1860 and around 1910 (= writings of the historical college / colloquia . 76). Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59710-3 , pp. 149–186, here: p. 160.
  29. ↑ Hessischer Landtag , 16th electoral period, printed matter 16/6093: Answer of the state government to the major inquiry of the Abg. Faeser, Hartmann, Hofmeyer, Rudolph, Schäfer-Gümbel, Siebel, Waschke (SPD) and parliamentary groups on right-wing extremism in Hesse. Printed matter 16/5052 . September 29, 2009, p. 52.
  30. ^ Dietrich Heither: Introductory considerations . In: Ders .: Allied men. The German Burschenschaft - Weltanschauung, Politics and Customs. Cologne 2000, pp. 10–19, here: p. 19.
  31. ↑ Reinhard Kühnl : Research on Fascism and Antifascism . In: Wolfgang Hecker, Joachim Klein, Hans Karl Rupp (ed.): Politics and science. 50 years of political science in Marburg . Volume 1: On the history of the institute (= texts on politics and contemporary history . Vol. 1). Lit, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5440-X , pp. 262–268, here: p. 265.
  32. ^ Matthias Stickler : University as a way of life ?. Thoughts on the self-regulation of student socialization in the long 19th century . In: Rüdiger vom Bruch (Ed.): The Berlin University in the context of the German university landscape after 1800, around 1860 and around 1910 (= writings of the historical college / colloquia . 76). Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59710-3 , pp. 149-186, here: p. 160; Harald Lönnecker : “The word grew huge. A people! A empire! ”- The Linz connection tower between national consciousness, hero cult and admonition for peace . In: Yearbook for German and Eastern European Folklore 48 (2006), p. 35 (113).
  33. ↑ Harald Lönnecker : “The word grew huge. A people! A empire! ”- The Linz connection tower between national consciousness, hero cult and admonition for peace . In: Yearbook for German and Eastern European Folklore 48 (2006), p. 35 (113).
  34. ↑ Peter Kaupp : Author's lexicon for student and university history by Friedhelm Golücke . In: Nassauische Annalen 118 (2007), p. 567 (568); see. Frank Grobe: Compass and gear. Engineers in the bourgeois emancipation struggle around 1900. The history of the technical fraternity (= representations and sources on the history of the German unity movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries . Vol. 17). Winter, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8253-5644-6 , p. 12; see. Student Union at the University of Vienna (ed.): Völkischeverbindungen. Contributions to the German national corporation disorder in Austria . With contributions by Heribert Schiedel u. a., Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01522-7 , p. 213.
  35. ↑ Cf. Christoph Busch : Review of: Stephan Braun / Daniel Hörsch (eds.): Right networks - a threat Wiesbaden: 2004 , in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft , published on January 1, 2006; Thomas Mirbach, review of: Wolfgang Gessenharter / Thomas Pfeiffer (eds.): The New Right - a Danger for Democracy? Wiesbaden: 2004 , in: Portal for Political Science, published on January 1, 2006; Michael Dreyer , review of: Christoph Butterwegge / Gudrun Hentges (eds.): Old and New Rights at the Universities of Münster: 1999 , in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft, published on January 1, 2006; Detlef Lemke, review of: Helmut Reinalter / Franko Petri / Rüdiger Kaufmann (ed.): The world view of right-wing extremism. Innsbruck / Vienna: 1998 , in: Portal for Political Science, published on January 1, 2006; Michael Edinger, review on: Jens Mecklenburg (Hrsg.): Handbuch deutscher Rechtsextremismus Berlin: 1996 , in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft, published on January 1, 2006.
  36. ↑ Christian Dietrich, review in: Das Argument, Vol. 319 (2016), pp. 27–28, here p. 28; Ulrich-Dieter Opitz, magazine of the association for Hess. Business und Landeskunde, Vol. 121 (2016), pp. 328–330, here p. 330
personal data
SURNAME Heither, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and social scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1964