Franz Christoph (publicist)

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Franz Christoph (born July 2, 1953 in Furth im Wald , † December 28, 1996 in Berlin ) was a German publicist and co-founder of the cripple movement .

Life

In 1977 Christoph founded the first group of cripples in Germany together with Horst Frehe in Bremen. Politically, the group did not demand integration, but wanted to see the “non-disabled public confronted with their own inadequacies” (Sierck).

Franz Christoph was a close observer of social discussions about “removing taboos” from the subject of “ euthanasia ”. Here he particularly criticized the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . Christoph was one of the first critics in Germany of the theses of the Australian bioethicist Peter Singer , which he described as a "call to murder". He claimed that there was a close connection between racism and Singer's theses.

Franz Christoph also caused a stir with actions like the one on June 18, 1981, when he hit Federal President Karl Carstens in front of the legs with his walking aid at a public event. Udo Sierck, author of the book “The Benefactor Mafia - From Hereditary Health Court to Human Genetic Counseling”, commented on the campaign: “The blow was aimed at the lying patrons who talked about integration and togetherness, but who refused to admit the open and hidden discrimination of disabled people . "

Quote

“After the Nazis' murder of the disabled was accompanied by terms such as' beautiful death 'or' mercy death ', the original' positive 'meaning of the word should have served its purpose even with a poorly developed historical awareness. Euthanasia actually means mass murder. Anyone who evaluates the Nazi victims differently mocks the euthanasia victims and ultimately makes different evaluations of human life socially acceptable again. "

- Franz Christoph 1990, Deadly ZEIT spirit. I protest against time. In: Disabled Education , 28, 1989.

Works

  • I am (not) a Felix. Autobiographical novel. Edited by Christian Mürner . Verlag am park. 1998. ISBN 3-932180-71-2
  • Suppression of disabled people by non-disabled people - justification of an application for asylum. in: Handicapped Education, 4/1979, 344–365.
  • Disabled standpoint, in: Sozialmagazin - Zeitschrift für Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik, 3/1980, 56–59.
  • Explanations of my action at the rehab '81. In: Krüppelzeitung 2/81, 24-27.
  • Cripple blows. Against the violence of humanity , 1st edition, Hamburg 1983. ISBN 3-499-15235-5

literature

  • Christian Mürner : On the death of the publicist and co-founder of the “cripple movement” Franz Christoph (1953–1996). Aspects of its importance for disabled education. In: Disabled Education 36 (1997)
  • Udo Sierck : The development of the cripple groups , in: Michael Wunder , Udo Sierck (Hrsg.): They call it care. Disabled people between annihilation and resistance , 1st edition, Berlin 1982.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Christoph: (Not) a discourse about life unworthy of living! In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1989, pp. 240-242 ( Online - June 5, 1989 ).
personal data
SURNAME Christoph, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and co-founder of the cripple movement
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Furth in the forest
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1996
Place of death Berlin