Gernot Jochheim

Gernot Jochheim (* 1942 ) is a German historian , educator and author .

He studied political science, history, pedagogy, German and art history in Cologne and Berlin and completed his studies with a diploma in political science, the state examination and a doctorate to become a Dr. phil. with the work: "Antimilitarist Theories of Action, Social Revolution and Social Defense - On the Development of the Nonviolence Theory in the European Antimilitarist and Socialist Movement 1890–1940, with special emphasis on the Netherlands."

While working on his dissertation in May 1975, he met Arthur Lehning , then 75 , with whom he remained on friendly terms until his death in 2000.

Grassroots Revolution magazine 1987

It was against the background of this relationship that the special issue of the magazine " Graswurzelrevolution ", No. 117/118, on the social history of anti-militarism "No woman, no man, no penny for state and war!" Was created.

The theory, practice and social history of nonviolence were objects of his - ongoing - commitment in various thematic working phases. From October 1969 he was co-publisher and editor of the magazine “Nonviolent Action. Quarterly Books for Peace and Justice ”. He has been a member of the Reconciliation Alliance for over four decades .

With his research and publications on the theory and practice of non-violent conflict resolution, he helped shape the “ Peace Research ” department at the Free University of Berlin. His publications on the non-violent protests against the deportation of Jews in Berlin's Rosenstrasse in February / March 1943 drew attention to an occurrence of resistance that was ignored by traditional historical research. With his book “Live longer than violence. Civilism as Idea and Action ”(1986), he sought to deepen the term Egbert Jahn brought up in 1970. He also wrote books for young people on the history of non-violent conflict resolution.

For more than three decades, Jochheim worked as a teacher at a secondary school in Berlin's Gropiusstadt and for several years at the Berlin Pedagogical Center . The focus of his work was on supporting learners and teachers in the practice of non-violent conflict management and conflict resolution, as well as in developing a culture of remembrance in schools.

Publications

• Alexanderplatz in Berlin (2006)
• ... the many murders (1999)
• Women's protest in Rosenstrasse Berlin 1943 (1990)
• Antimilitarist Theories of Action, Social Revolution and Social Defense - On the Development of the Nonviolence Theory in the European Antimilitarist and Socialist Movement 1890–1940, with special reference to the Netherlands. Frankfurt / Main 1977. ISBN 3-88129-070-2 (dissertation)
• March 18 in the history of German democracy

Web links

• Literature by and about Gernot Jochheim in the catalog of the German National Library
• Book review by Nikolaus Bernau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfram Beyer : Pacifism and Antimilitarism. An introduction to the history of ideas, Schmetterling Verlag Stuttgart 2012, pp. 103f
2. ↑ Ibid., P. 105f