Günter Hortzschansky
Günter Hortzschansky (born February 20, 1926 in Berlin ; † October 11, 2015 there ) was a German historian .
Günter Hortzschansky studied history at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1946 to 1949 . In 1949 he passed the state examination. From 1949 to 1951 he was a consultant at the “House of the Child” on Strausberger Platz in Berlin. From 1951 to 1956 he held a scientific degree or was a research assistant at the Institute for Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the SED (IfG) . In 1958 he received his doctorate with the thesis The national treason of the German monopoly rulers during the Ruhr War in 1923 . From 1962 to 1969 he was deputy head of the Department of History of the German Labor Movement from the Beginnings to 1945 at the Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Central Committee of the SED (IML) from 1969 to 1989 . Since 1966 he was a professor with a teaching position for the history of the German labor movement at the IML. From 1970 to 1975 he was a member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the GDR . Hortzschansky was particularly concerned with the communist politician Ernst Thälmann .
He was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver (1966), the National Prize of the GDR , First Class (1979) and the Labor Banner , Level I (1986) for his achievements . Hortzschansky was married to the daughter of the executed resistance fighter Judith Auer and the KPD functionary Erich Auer .
Fonts
- The national betrayal of the German monopoly rulers during the Ruhr War in 1923. Dietz, Berlin 1961 (also: Berlin, Institute for Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the SED, dissertation, 1958).
- with others: Illustrated history of the November Revolution in Germany. Published by the Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Central Committee of the SED. Dietz, Berlin 1968.
- as editor with others: Minutes of the founding party congress of the Communist Party of Germany. (December 30, 1918 - January 1, 1919). Dietz, Berlin 1972.
- Ernst Thalmann. Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1976.
- with others: Ernst Thälmann. A biography. Dietz, Berlin 1979.
- as editor with Stefan Weber: The illegal meeting of the central committee of the KPD on February 7th, 1933 in Ziegenhals near Berlin (= series history. ). 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 1980.
- as editor with Katja Haferkorn: Ernst Thälmann. Pictures, documents, texts. Dietz, Berlin 1986.
- with Walter Wimmer: Ernst Thälmann. Short biography (= series of publications history. ). Dietz, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-320-01066-2 .
literature
- Lothar Mertens : Lexicon of the GDR historians. Biographies and bibliographies on the historians from the German Democratic Republic. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-11673-X , p. 303.
- Günter Hortzschansky 60 years. In: Journal of History . 34 Jg., H. 2, 1986, pp. 150-151.
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Hortzschansky in the catalog of the German National Library
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hortzschansky, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2015 |
| Place of death | Berlin |