Gerd Hirschauer
Gerd Hirschauer (born April 22, 1928 in Hagen ; † January 2, 2007 in Munich ) was a German editor and publicist .
Life and work
Gerd Hirschauer was the child of Hans Hirschauer, a businessman at the Habich cloth factory in Herdecke, and Therese Hirschauer, nee. Baumhoff, teacher. He was the second oldest son of five siblings and went to elementary school in Herdecke. At fifteen he was a flak helper in World War II . After he allegedly deserted, his parents hid him until the war ended. He then did his Abitur in Herdecke.
He then studied philosophy and theology in Mainz and Munich, where his doctoral supervisor was Prof. Hermann Grings, but he did not receive a doctorate. During his studies he joined the Catholic Young Team, whose “Reichskaplan” was Manfred Hörhammer . It was there that he met his future wife Margot Martin in 1954. They married in 1962 and had a daughter (Nikola). The family lived in Seefeld (Upper Bavaria) until the parents separated , after which Hirschauer lived in Munich. He was an active participant in the Easter marches and many other pacifist demonstrations.
From 1956 until she was hired in the mid-1970s, he was the responsible editor and publisher of the left- wing Catholic magazine werkhefte (“werkhefte, magazine for problems of society and catholicism”) and the magazine Kapitel . He then oversaw the process for many years as an editor . Journal for civil rights and social policy of the Humanist Union and worked as a freelance editor for various publishers, supervised by Sabine Peters , among others .
Works
- Catholicism at risk of freedom. Obituary for a council , Szcesny Verlag, Munich 1966.
Web links
- Carl Wilhelm Macke: A sherpa of civil rights. About Gerd Hirschauer (1928 - 2007) , obituary at the Humanist Union
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 5, 2007, p. 46
- ^ Biographical data of Gerd Hirschauer in: Friede, Demokratie und Wirtschaft , by Fred H. Blum, Gerd Hirschauer, Heinz Raspini, Vogt, 1963, page 116
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirschauer, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German editor and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 2007 |
| Place of death | Munich |