Günther W. Gellermann

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Günther Walter Gellermann (born July 17, 1930 in Bremen , † December 25, 2002 in Koblenz ) was a German civil servant and historian .

Life

Gellermann initially completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and worked in this area for several years. He successfully passed a gifted test and studied political science from 1953 to 1960 at the Munich School of Politics (diploma 1957) and history and geography at the Free University of Berlin . In 1960 he passed the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools. He then completed his legal clerkship and passed the assessor exam in 1962.

Then he was active in the school service. In 1964 he became teacher . From 1965 to 1971 he was district councilor for public education in the Schöneberg district . In 1971 he switched from the SPD to the CDU .

In 1981 he was with Andreas Hillgruber at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Cologne with the dissertation Die Army Wenck. Establishment, deployment and end of the 12th German Army in 1945 as Dr. phil. PhD.

Fonts (selection)

  • Wenck's Army - Hitler's Last Hope. Formation, deployment and end of the 12th German Army in spring 1945 . Bernard and Graefe, Koblenz 1984, ISBN 3-7637-5438-5 .
  • The war that didn't take place. Possibilities, considerations and decisions of the German top leadership on the use of chemical warfare agents in World War II . Bernard and Graefe, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-7637-5804-6 .
  • Moscow calls Army Group Center ... which was not in the Wehrmacht report - the operations of the secret Kampfgeschwader 200 in World War II . Bernard and Graefe, Koblenz 1988, ISBN 3-7637-5851-8 .
  • ... and listened for Hitler. Secret Reich business. The eavesdropping centers of the Third Reich . Bernard and Graefe, Bonn 1991, ISBN 3-7637-5899-2 .
  • Secret Paths to Peace with England. Selected initiatives to end the war in 1940/42 . Bernard and Graefe, Koblenz 1995, ISBN 3-7637-5947-6 .
  • The other job. Agent missions of German submarines in World War II . Bernard and Graefe, Koblenz 1997, ISBN 3-7637-5971-9 .
  • Deep in the enemy's hinterland. ... selected companies of German secret services in the Second World War . Bernard and Graefe, Koblenz 1999, ISBN 3-7637-5998-0 .
  • Secret imperial matter - secret matter of command. Mysterious cases from the time of the Second World War . Mittler, Hamburg a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-8132-0784-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der SPIEGEL reported… . In: Der Spiegel , 44/1971, October 25, 1971.
  2. ^ Günther W. Gellermann: The Wenck Army, Hitler's Last Hope . Koblenz 1984, p. 215.
personal data
SURNAME Gellermann, Günther W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gellermann, Günther Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2002
Place of death Koblenz