Günther Lachmann

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Günter Lachmann (2015)

Günther Lachmann (born March 11, 1961 in Papenburg ) is a German journalist , author and active in the field of strategic communication for the AfD parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament as well as media advisor to AfD state chairman Björn Höcke .

Life

Education

Lachmann studied economics in Münster . According to Piper Verlag , he lived in Berlin when he was employed by Die Welt .

Journalistic career

Lachmann was u. a. Politics editor at Bild and from 2001 head of page three (politics) or deputy head of the parliamentary editorial office of Welt am Sonntag . He works as an occasional columnist for Deutschlandradio Kultur and MDR Kultur .

Until his dismissal in February 2016, he was chief reporter for Welt Online and the Welt -Gruppe. Among other things, he was responsible for reporting on the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party . Stefan Aust justified Lachmann's dismissal with “dishonest behavior”. The Junge Freiheit had recently published emails from Lachmann to the press spokesman Marcus Pretzells , which should show that Lachmann had written a concept for a reorientation of the AfD. Marcus Pretzell, at the time AfD state chairman in North Rhine-Westphalia, also suspects that Lachmann reported particularly critically about the AfD after chairwoman Frauke Petry - Pretzell's partner at the time - rejected Lachmann's offer to work for her as a fee advisor.

Lachmann immediately denied the allegations. Former AfD chairman Bernd Lucke affirmed on oath that Lachmann, contrary to what Pretzell claims, would never have offered himself in any way during his time as AfD boss.

In a labor court case, the world had to withdraw the termination without notice. Both sides agreed on an amicable termination of the employment relationship in June 2016. A three-month internal investigation at Die Welt gegen Lachmann, which was supposed to prove that he had given up his journalistic independence from the AfD, found no evidence for this allegation. On the contrary, it says in the final report that Lachmann "by no means reported uncritically about the AfD".

Activity after the end of his journalistic activity

In August 2016 it became known that Lachmann was advising the Thuringian AfD parliamentary group, chaired by Björn Höcke , on issues relating to strategic communication. In September 2019, he interrupted a Höcke interview with ZDF on the grounds that Höcke had not been able to prepare sufficiently for the questions and had become too emotional as a result. The ZDF editor declined his request to restart the interview, citing freedom of the press.

Journalism and reception

Geolitico

Lachmann is the publisher of the Geolitico internet platform . According to its self-description, the platform sees itself as a “magazine for political culture” and primarily deals with the “social and cultural consequences of a financial market dominated [ sic! ] globalized world economy and the crisis of democracy ”.

Publications

In his book Tödliche Toleranz , published in 2005 , Lachmann spoke out in favor of a “critical tolerance” towards Islam and, among other things, called for sermons in mosques to be held only in German and for social housing to avoid ghettos according to aspects of a “good mix” between Muslims and to forgive non-Muslims. According to a review by the Süddeutsche Zeitung , he created a scenario of a “terrorist killing power” that wants to subjugate liberal societies in both an “accounting” and “haunting” portrayal. The integration of " guest workers " had failed in Germany; from them an excluded, fanatical generation of migrants emerged.

Works

Monographs
Contributions
  • The citizen's anger has remained . In: Simona Appenzeller, Felix Flemming, Lena Küpper (eds.): Citizen protests in the field of tension between politics and the media. Contributions to the 7th symposium of the DFPK (= Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation . Vol. 2). Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86596-402-1 , p. 31 ff.

Web links

Commons : Günther Lachmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZDF and Björn Höcke: the right way to deal with it? , by Nils Altland & Inga Mathwig, Zapp September 18, 2019
  2. ↑ About Günther Lachmann. Piper Verlag, accessed September 17, 2019 .
  3. ^ Günther Lachmann: Deadly tolerance. The Muslims and our open society . Munich 2005, p. 306.
  4. ↑ Personal details . In: Der Tagesspiegel , No. 17409, May 16, 2001, p. 31.
  5. ^ Simona Appenzeller, Felix Flemming, Lena Küpper (eds.): Citizens' protests in the field of tension between politics and the media. Contributions to the 7th symposium of the DFPK (= Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation . Vol. 2). Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86596-402-1 , p. 277.
  6. ^ "World" separates from AfD reporter. In: Young Freedom . February 13, 2016, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  7. ^ "Die Welt" dismisses journalists for offering advice to AfD. In: Zeit Online . February 13, 2016, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Christian Stöcker: AfD accusations of mercury: Stefan Aust announces expulsion of "Welt" journalist. In: Spiegel Online . February 13, 2016, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Justus Bender: AfD - Höcke's new spokesman is even from the "old media". In: faz.net , August 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2017
  10. ↑ "World" clears up a dispute with a terminated reporter. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
  11. ↑ He has always tried to be critical of the AfD. In: Übermedien. July 13, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016 .
  12. ^ After being kicked out of Springer: Ex-Welt-Editor Günther Lachmann is now working for AfD man Björn Höcke. In: Meedia August 1, 2016
  13. ↑ Because of “massive consequences” - how the interrupted ZDF interview with AfD man Björn Höcke is exploited. Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Die "Welt" dismisses editor who sketched a "manifest" for the AfD. February 13, 2016, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  15. ↑ About Geolitico . Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  16. ↑ Europistan. Günther Lachmann castigates the "deadly tolerance" of Muslim fundamentalists. In: Review forum literaturkritik.de. August 2005, accessed December 17, 2012 .
  17. ↑ From cars to multicultural society. Non-fiction press review from February 28, 2005. In: Die Berliner Literaturkritik. February 28, 2005, accessed December 18, 2012 .
  18. ↑ Short biography and reviews of works by Günther Lachmann at perlentaucher.de , accessed on December 18, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Lachmann, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Papenburg