Gerhard Zeillinger

Gerhard Zeillinger (* 1964 in Amstetten ) is an Austrian historian , literary scholar , lecturer and writer .

life and work

Gerhard Zeillinger studied German and history in Vienna . He wrote his dissertation on the Amstetten writer Julian Schutting .

Zeillinger gained notoriety with the study Amstetten 1938–1945 , in which he - on behalf of the city - critically worked on the connection time of his hometown. The study does not only mention the names of some victims, such as Adolf and Rosa Greger, the department store to equity " arisiert " was, but also some perpetrators. Using the example of Mayor Wolfgang Mitterdorfer, the study showed “the problem of atonement that never took place”. Zeillinger also documented the efforts of the Kulturhof Amstetten initiative to organize an exhibition at the time of National Socialism in Amstetten on the occasion of the 1995 commemorative year.

Publications

Books

(Ed.): Amstetten 1938-1945 . Documentation and criticism (= Amstetten contributions 1995/96), Amstetten 1996
(Ed., Together with Manfred Wohlfahrt): Amstetten in old views , European Library, Zaltbommel 2001, ISBN 978-90-288-6667-6 .
Oswiecim. Journey to Au , prose text. Literature Edition Lower Austria 2013, ISBN 978-3-902717-17-7
To survive. Walter Fantl's belt. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-218-01129-7

Essays and articles (selection)

Commemoration of the Jewish community of Amstetten (1881–1939), Unser Heimat , 3/2000, 35–54
City portrait: F for Amstetten , Die Presse , March 6, 2009
"Raise the flag" and a Strache autograph , Der Standard , November 27, 2009
The total faymannization of ORF , Der Standard , August 8, 2011
Bringing the matter to an end [On Auschwitz survivor Walter Fantl ], Der Standard , January 17, 2015

Web links

Literature by and about Gerhard Zeillinger in the catalog of the German National Library
Remember.at About the book by Gerhard Zeillinger and Karl Schuber: Oświęcim. Trip to Au (with text samples)

proof

^ Gerhard Zeillinger. Kremayr & Scheriau, accessed January 25, 2019 .
^ Walter Baumgartner , Robert Streibel : Juden in Niederösterreich , Vienna: Oldenbourg 2004, p. 9.

personal data
SURNAME	Zeillinger, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian historian, literary scholar, lecturer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amstetten

[1] Gerhard Zeillinger. Kremayr & Scheriau, accessed January 25, 2019 .

[2] Walter Baumgartner , Robert Streibel : Juden in Niederösterreich , Vienna: Oldenbourg 2004, p. 9.