Dietrich Wetzel
Dietrich Wetzel (born October 27, 1936 in Berlin ; † September 2, 2006 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German politician ( Greens ). A graduate engineer and sociologist by profession , he was a member of the German Bundestag from 1987 to 1990 .
Life
Wetzel graduated from high school in Nuremberg and worked as a miner underground in coal and ore mining. He then studied mining at the Clausthal-Zellerfeld Technical University and at the Technical University of Berlin . At the same time, Dietrich Wetzel completed a degree in sociology and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin . He died on September 2, 2006 in Frankfurt am Main . His urn was buried in the Frankfurt main cemetery.
Student movement
Wetzel's political work began as AStA chairman in Clausthal and later as chairman of the Association of German Student Associations (VDS) in Bonn . At first he was a member of the SPD and the Socialist German Student Union (SDS), but was expelled from the SPD, was chairman of the Berlin SDS and a member of the SDS federal executive committee.
In 1967 he went to Frankfurt to learn from Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer . He was involved in the nationwide anti-authoritarian movement, especially in the campaigns against the Vietnam War and in initiatives for a reform of the specialized idiot teaching at universities . Wetzel was a founding member of the Frankfurt Technology Project Group: Systematic examination of the relationships between the development of productive forces and capitalist production relations. Organization of the first anti-war research campaign .
In 1978 he was jointly responsible for the first ecology congress, which arose from a collaboration between the Socialist Office (SB) and the Young Socialists.
Publicist, lecturer and social researcher
Wetzel's journalistic activity began in 1960 as the editor of the study “Erziehungswesen und Judentum” - an analysis of teacher training and school teaching with regard to the new anti-Semitism. In 1963 he published the book “Gestatte mir Hochachtungsschluck” together with Michael Mauke under the pseudonym “Lutz E. Finke”. Federal German Corporated Elite ”(Rütten & Loening Verlag Hamburg). In 1979 he published the volume "On the Brückner case. Facts and tendencies" (Internationalismus Verlag). In 1983 he was editor and co-author of the book “The Extension of History. - Germans, Jews and the Palestine Conflict ”(New Critique Publishing House). In 1984 he wrote the brochure published by the Hessian State Association of the Greens: “The stuff you build bombs with. - The expansion plans for the nuclear industry in Hanau. "
From 1964 to 1967 he worked at the Institute for Applied Social Sciences in Bad Godesberg (INFAS) and was responsible for the research areas of trade unions and neo-fascism. From 1970 to 1979 he taught at the University of Frankfurt . The main focus of teaching was on topics such as fascism , Marxist social theories and the history of the social sciences . His main research interests were state control of research and technology policy .
On behalf of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Dietrich Wetzel made a study for the government of Tanzania on the possibilities of replacing imported energy sources with local ones, taking into account the economic and social impact assessment. From 1980 to 1983 he was the lecturer for politics at the Neue Critique publishing house. From then on he worked as a technical translator and reviewer. After his work as a member of the Bundestag (1987–1990), Dietrich Wetzel worked again as a freelance technical translator and expert and did research for the United Nations .
Member of the Bundestag for the Greens
Wetzel joined the Greens in 1982. His political work focused on nuclear and energy policy. He was the author of the brochure published by the Hessian State Association of the Greens in 1984: “The stuff you build bombs with. - The expansion plans for the nuclear industry in Hanau. "
From 1987 to 1990 Wetzel was a member of the Bundestag for the Green Party. He held the post of Chairman of the Committee of Education and Science and was a member of the Committee for Research and Technology. His political priorities at the time were:
- Climate protection program
- Program to promote solar hydrogen technologies
- Technology assessment
- Space policy
- East-West cooperation in higher education as well as in research and technology
- Middle East Policy.
In 1988 he organized the “Congress against Antisemitism ” in Frankfurt and headed the Berlin support office of the Greens for civil rights groups in the GDR . In 1990 Wetzel got a promising place on the list for the 1990 Bundestag election. However, the Greens failed at the 5 percent hurdle.
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 946.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietrich Wetzel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wetzel, Dietrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (The Greens), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2006 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |