Friedrich Schorlemmer

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Friedrich Schorlemmer (during a reading in September 2009)

Friedrich-Wilhelm Schorlemmer (born May 16, 1944 in Wittenberge ) is a German Protestant theologian and civil rights activist . He was a prominent protagonist of the opposition in the GDR and is still politically active.

Life

Schorlemmer was born as the son of a pastor in Wittenberge (Prignitz) and grew up in Werben (Altmark). Because of his origins, he was denied access to the extended secondary school . Instead, he obtained his Abitur at an adult education center and then studied theology from 1962 to 1967 at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg . From 1971 to 1978 he was a student pastor in Merseburg , from 1978 to 1992 he taught as a lecturer at the Evangelical Preacher's Seminary and was a preacher at the castle church in Lutherstadt Wittenberg . From 1992 to 2007 Schorlemmer was director of studies at the Evangelical Academy of Saxony-Anhalt .

In 1968 Schorlemmer took part in actions against the new constitution of the GDR and the suppression of the Prague Spring by Warsaw Pact troops . From the 1970s onwards he was a member of the peace , human rights and environmental movements .

On the Church Congress 1983 in Wittenberg was on the Lutherhof the symbolic under his responsibility Umschmiedung a sword into a plowshare in the presence of Richard von Weizsacker instead. The GDR authorities had previously declared the public use of the slogan swords for plowshares illegal. This action made him known internationally and became a sign of hope for the peace movement in the GDR . Stefan Nau, the blacksmith , had to leave the GDR a short time later.

Schorlemmer participated in synods of the Protestant Church in the GDR. In 1988/1989 he was an advisor to the Ecumenical Assembly for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation in the GDR .

Schorlemmer speaks at the major Berlin demonstration on November 4, 1989 on Alexanderplatz

Friedrich Schorlemmer was one of the first to sign the appeal “ For our country ” on November 26, 1989.

He was a co-founder of the Democratic Awakening Party (DA). When the DA met at the party congress on 16./17. December 1989 politically reoriented and turned away from leftist ideas, Schorlemmer resigned from the party with other leftists. He switched to the Social Democratic Party in the GDR (SDP) .

After their union with the SPD on September 26, 1990, Schorlemmer was parliamentary group leader of the SPD in the Wittenberg city parliament until 1994.

He was one of the opponents of the war in Afghanistan from 2001 and the Iraq war in 2003.
Schorlemmer is co-editor of the monthly newspaper Blätter for German and international politics and was previously co-editor of the weekly newspaper der Freitag .

Schorlemmer is a member of the German UNESCO Commission , a member of the PEN Center Germany and a member of the advisory board of the Association Against Forgetting - For Democracy . His political priorities are less about coming to terms with the past and more about pointing out the dangers of globalization . He spoke out against the exclusion of the PDS from the political discourse and signed the Erfurt Declaration in 1997 , which called for a broad alliance of left parties and organizations and insists on Article 14 (2) of the Basic Law , according to which property must also serve the common good.

Schorlemmer has been a member of the globalization-critical Attac network since March 2009 . In 2009 he called the Alexanderplatz demonstration on November 4, 1989 a " Liberation Day ". In 2010 Schorlemmer was one of the founding members of the Solidarity Modern Institute .

Friedrich Schorlemmer lives in Lutherstadt Wittenberg . Andreas Schorlemmer, pastor in Groß Kiesow near Greifswald and police and emergency chaplain in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , who died on July 4, 2019 , was his younger brother.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • Dreams and nightmares. Berlin 1990 (texts and speeches from 1982 to 1990 from the GDR).
  • Until all the walls fall. Berlin 1991. (Texts and speeches from the GDR.)
  • Words open fists. The return to a difficult fatherland. Munich 1992.
  • Freedom as insight - building blocks for unity. Munich 1993
  • Reconciliation in Truth - Suggestions and Lookups from an East German. Munich 1992-
  • Stand by your word. Kindler Verlag, Munich 1994.
  • The book of values ​​- Against the disorientation of our time. Edition Stuttgart, VS Verlagshaus Stuttgart, 1995, without ISBN, book no .: 032/016519.
  • What I think. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1995.
  • Engravings about being human today. Freiburg 1996.
  • Icy Times - A Pamphlet. Collection of current texts and speeches. Munich 1996/1998.
  • The turning point in Wittenberg - personal review. Drei Kastanien Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-933028-01-9 .
  • Time announcements. Munich 1999, ISBN 3-442-75540-9 . (Collection of current texts and speeches.)
  • Crash into freedom - what democracy demands of us. Berlin 2000.
  • Not from bread alone. Living in a Vulnerable World. Berlin 2002.
  • The Bible for those in a hurry. 2003.
  • To exist in freedom. 2004.
  • Here I am, Martin Luther. 2003.
  • Risk the peace. Sentences and principles, pamphlets and sermons, speeches and sayings from twenty years. Stuttgart 2003.
  • Pay attention to one another - pay attention to one another. Jena 2004.
  • Is there truth in the plural? Frankfurt am Main 2005.
  • Paths of Life - Conversations with Contemporaries, from 1991–2006. Edited by Friedrich Schorlemmer. 6 volumes. Hall 1995-2006.
  • Let it be good. Encouragement to lead a successful life. 2007.
  • I don't have a god, but god has me, the artists and the religion. Berlin 2007.
  • (as editor): What is Protestant / Great texts from 500 years. Freiburg i. B. 2008.
  • Good for those who have a home. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-351-02679-0 .
  • Albert Schweitzer . Genius of humanity. Construction Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-335102712-4 .
  • The truth for two, a selection of the best conversations. Hall 2010.
  • Take a step, 52 weekly sayings. Freiburg 2010.
  • Your heart will also be there, committed Christianity. Freiburg 2011.
  • Anger and affection. (Co-author: Hans-Dieter Schütt) Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-360-02122-9 .
  • See clearly and yet hope, My political life. Construction Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-351-02750-6 .
  • Greed and happiness. We destroy what we long for. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-33515-0 .
  • (with Gregor Gysi ) What will stay: A conversation about origin and future . Construction Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-351-03599-0 .
  • Luther: Life and Effect . Construction Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 3746632811 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Schorlemmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kuratorium , website of the Peaceful Revolution Foundation, accessed on September 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Script of an SWR feature
  3. ↑ Call of November 26, 1989 "For our country" text with the names of the first signatories ( Memento of October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Erfurt declaration: http://www.glasnost.de/db/DokZeit/9702erfurt.html
  5. ↑ Attac press release: Schorlemmer joins Attac
  6. ↑ p. 5
  7. ^ ISM - founding members. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  8. ^ Mourning for Andreas Schorlemmer
  9. ↑ http://www.friedenspreis-des-deutschen-buchhandels.de/sixcms/media.php/1290/1993_schorlemmer.pdf
  10. ↑ Friedrich Schorlemmer receives an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the European University Viadrina , in Information Service Science , (idw-online.de) from October 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ Culture news. Friedrich Schorlemmer receives Humboldt Medal. www.deutschlandradiokultur.de, September 25, 2014, accessed June 8, 2016 .
  12. ^ Friedrich Schorlemmer becomes an honorary citizen of Wittenberg. In: Der Prignitzer 232/70, October 6, 2015, p. 9.
personal data
SURNAME Schorlemmer, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schorlemmer, Friedrich-Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and civil rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg