Gerhard Gabriel (pastor)
Gerhard Gabriel (born June 29, 1950 in Farsleben ) is a former representative of the opposition movement in the GDR . His father, Pastor Christfried Gabriel, was also the pastor's son. From 1980 until his retirement in 2015 he was a Protestant pastor in Grüneberg ( Oberes Havelland church district in the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia ). In 1984 an ARD team filmed its unconventional efforts to preserve the church there. Gerhard Gabriel has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .
His sister Katrin Eigenfeld was in pre- trial detention at the Ministry for State Security of the GDR for subversive agitation in 1983 and took part in the illegal establishment of the New Forum in September 1989 .
Web links
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Evangelical Church Berlin / Brandenburg )
- When the east took to the streets
- It is not easy to say goodbye to the Oberes Havelland church district
Individual evidence
- ↑ German from the other republic / graze his sheep - The country pastor of Grüneberg (broadcast 1985)
- ↑ Presentation by Minister of Culture Johanna Wanka ; Report by Steffen Streu from the ORB for Brandenburg aktuell , February 27, 2002
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| SURNAME | Gabriel, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, representative of the opposition movement in the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farsleben |