Gerhard Scholten
Gerhard F. Scholten (born August 16, 1923 in Trautenau in the Riesengebirge , Czechoslovakia ; † April 21, 1995 in Vienna ) was an Austrian author .
Life
Gerhard Scholten was born into an industrial family in Trautenau, came to Prague in 1930 and attended the Stefansgymnasium there. In 1944 he was arrested by the Gestapo because of his Jewish origin and later deported to a concentration camp . After the end of the war, Scholten was denounced as a German and arrested by the Czechoslovak state security . In 1947 he was able to flee to Austria. In 1953 he married Sophie van der Straten-Ponthoz in Vienna .
His son Rudolf Scholten was the Austrian Minister of Education.
Books
- Between all camps. Living in a time of madness. Universitas-Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-8004-1163-6 .
- The case "M" , Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna [u. a.] 1992, ISBN 978-3-85002-318-4 .
- My Prague. Memories of the city of my youth. Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna (among others) 1993, ISBN 3-85002-336-2 .
- When the sun didn't go down The Spanish Habsburgs. Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna (among others) 1995, ISBN 978-3-85002-370-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Scholten in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Scholten on thepeerage.com , accessed October 4, 2015.
- ↑ a b Gerhard Scholten: Between all camps. Living in a time of madness. Austrian Cultural Forum Prague, accessed on May 9, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scholten, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scholten, Gerhard F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trautenau in the Giant Mountains , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1995 |
| Place of death | Vienna |