Georg Holmsten

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Georg Holmsten (1992)

Georg Holmsten (born August 4, 1913 in Riga , † July 21, 2010 in Berlin ) was a German writer and historian .

Life

Georg Holmsten first grew up in the Baltic States . In 1922 the family moved to Berlin , where he graduated from high school in 1933 and then studied literature and history at what was then Friedrich Wilhelms University . In 1935 he broke off his studies because of his opposition to the Nazi regime and became a freelance journalist , first with the US news agency United Press , from 1939 as editor and head of the foreign editorial department of the German news office .

On July 1, 1942, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht . Since February 1943, he served as an intelligence officer in the Office Group abroad in the Ausland / Abwehr under Admiral Canaris . In this capacity he also played a role in the July 20, 1944 conspiracy . In the event of a successful coup d'état, he was appointed head of the German news office.

After the war, Holmsten became a freelance author and journalist and published around thirty books. He lived in Berlin and was married to the poet Aldona Gustas .

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Georg Holmsten has come out with both fiction and scientific publications. He wrote historical novels as well as historical monographs. He also gained fame through several biographies written for the series rororo . He wrote the texts for six of the Baedeker volumes that appeared in 1967 and were dedicated to the West Berlin districts. His focus as a novelist is on personalities of the ancien régime , as a historian on the 18th century and on Germany in the Second World War .

Office and dignity

Holmsten was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class, in 1981. He was a member of the Association of German writers (VS) in ver.di .

Publications

  • Berlin miniatures: city melody . With drawings by Ilse Theuer. DBV, Berlin 1946.
  • Elisabeth of Austria. With detailed appreciation of the Mayerling affair based on contemporary sources . DBV, Berlin / Düsseldorf 1951.
  • Lucrezia Borgia. Passion and crime of the Borgia dynasty . DBV, Berlin / Düsseldorf 1951.
  • Friedrich II. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1969.
  • Bridgehead . Eduard Kaiser, Klagenfurt, 1971.
  • Voltaire . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1971.
  • Rousseau . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1972.
  • Freiherr vom Stein . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1975.
  • Baedeker city guide (6 West Berlin districts). Karl Baedeker Verlag, Freiburg 1975–1980
  • Everyday life in the war 1939–1945 in Germany . Droste, Düsseldorf 1982.
  • The Berlin Chronicle . Droste, Düsseldorf 1984.
  • When nobody knew if he would survive. Between the summers of 1944/45 . Droste, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-7700-1042-6 .
  • July 20, 1944. People and actions . German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin 2001.

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  • Who's who in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Author's note, in: July 20 , p. 23.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Welcome at the federal government's ceremony on July 20, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock, Berlin, on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of July 20, 1944, Prof. Dr. Robert von Steinau-Steinrück, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation July 20, 1944 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stiftung-20-juli-1944.de
  2. ↑ Georg Holmsten, July 20, 1944 - People and Actions (lecture at the Stauffenbergstrasse Memorial and Education Center in January 1975) . In: German Resistance Memorial Center (Ed.): Contributions on the subject of resistance . 6th edition. tape 5 . Berlin 1990 ( online: PDF, 2 MB ). online: PDF, 2 MB ( Memento of the original dated October 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gdw-berlin.de
  3. ↑ It concerns the issues for the districts Wilmersdorf (1975), Wedding (1976), Tempelhof (1977), Steglitz (1980), Kreuzberg (1977), Charlottenburg (1980); the years indicate the publication of the first editions.
personal data
SURNAME Holmsten, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 2010
Place of death Berlin