Gerhard Wettig

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Gerhard Wettig (born February 17, 1934 in Gelnhausen ) is a German historian . He was head of the research department for foreign and security policy at the Federal Institute for Eastern and International Studies in Cologne .

Career

After graduating from high school in 1953, Wettig studied history, politics and Slavic studies in Tübingen, Freiburg, Leeds / England and Göttingen between 1953 and 1959. In 1961 he received his doctorate from the Georg-August University in Göttingen . From 1961 to 1962 he was research assistant for the Evangelical Study Community. From 1962 to 1966 he was a research assistant at the German Society for Foreign Policy . Subsequently, from 1966 to 1969, he was initially a scientific consultant, since 1989 head of the research area for foreign and security policy at the Federal Institute for Eastern and International Studies in Cologne. From 1990 to 1999 he was the publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine " Außenpolitik ".

He has presented numerous publications on foreign and security policy processes and problems during the Cold War . He is considered an expert on Germany and Berlin policy in the USSR and the GDR. For Rolf Steininger he is "one of the best experts on Soviet Germany policy after 1945". In the dispute over the significance of the Stalin notes, Wettig took the opposite position to Wilfried Loth . Loth sees the Stalin notes from 1952 as a missed opportunity for reunification. Gerhard Wettig is convinced that the Soviet offers for reunification were not meant seriously. Stalin never considered abandoning the GDR in favor of a neutral, reunified Germany.

Publications

  • Demilitarization and rearmament in Germany 1943–1955 . International debates about the role of Germans in Europe (publications of the Research Institute for Foreign Policy eV vol. 25), Oldenbourg, Munich 1967 ( ISBN 978-3486468816 ).
  • Broadcasting and Détente. Eastern Policies and their Implications for East-West Relations, Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London 1977 ( ISBN 0-903983-91-5 ).
  • The Four Power Agreement in the acid test. Berlin in the field of tension between East and West (1972–1980), Berlin Verlag, [West-] Berlin 1981 (2nd corrected edition) ( ISBN 3-87061-216-9 ).
  • Readiness for unity in freedom? The Soviet policy on Germany 1945–1955 , Olzog, Munich 1999 ( ISBN 3-7892-8020-8 kart.).
  • Stalin and the Cold War in Europe, 1939-1953. Genesis and Development of East West Conflict (The Harvard Cold War Book Publication Series 7), by Gerhard Wettig, Lanham - Boulder - New York - Toronto - Plymouth 2008 ( ISBN 978-0-7425-5542-6 ).
  • The Stalin Note of March 10, 1952. New sources and analyzes. With contributions by Wolfried Loth, Hermann Graml and Gerhard Wettig. Edited by Jürgen Zarusky . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2002 ( ISBN 978-3-486645-84-2 ).
  • Khrushchev's Berlin crisis 1958 to 1963. Drohpolitik and building the wall, Oldenbourg Wiss.-Verl., Munich 2006 ( ISBN 3-486-57993-2 ).
  • Soviet policy on Germany 1953 to 1958: Corrections to Stalin's legacy, Khrushchev's rise and the road to the Berlin ultimatum , by Gerhard Wettig, Munich, Oldenbourg 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-486-59806-3 ).
  • Documentation Khrushchev's Westpolitik from 1955 to 1964. Conversations, notes and statements (sources and representations on contemporary history. Edited by the Institute for Contemporary History, 88 / 1–4), edited by Gerhard Wettig, Volume 1: De Gruyter-Oldenbourg, Munich 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-11-043756-0 ); Volume 2: De Gruyter-Oldenbourg, Munich 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-11-041238-3 ); Volume 3: Oldenbourg, Munich 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-486-70415-0 ); Volume 4: De Gruyter-Oldenbourg, Munich 2016 ( ISBN 978-3-11-046211-1 ).
  • The Tjuľpanov report. Soviet occupation policy in Germany after the Second World War (Reports and Studies No. 63), by Gerhard Wettig, Göttingen 2012 ( ISBN 978-3-8471-0002-7 ).
  • Stalin's GDR: Origin and Development of Communist Rule 1945–1953 , by Gerhard Wettig. State Center for Political Education Thuringia, Erfurt 2012 ( ISBN 978-3-943588-00-2 kart).
  • The Stalin Note. Historical controversies as reflected in the sources, be.bra verlag, Berlin 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-95410-037-8 ).

literature

  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1996 , Sp. 1575

Awards

Wettig received the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin on October 1, 1995 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ R. Steininger: Berlin Crisis and Wall Building 1958 to 1963. Munich 2009, p. 10.
personal data
SURNAME Wettig, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelnhausen