Gertrud Höhler

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Gertrud Höhler in March 2011 with Markus Lanz (TV show) .

Gertrud Höhler (born January 10, 1941 in Wuppertal ) is a German literary scholar. She became known as a publicist and management consultant.

family

Gertrud Höhler is the second of four children from the marriage of the parish priest and superintendent in Elberfeld Heinrich Höhler (1907–1995) and his wife Helene, daughter of the theologian Fritz Horn .

Höhler is single and has a son, Abel Rainer Daniel (* 1967 in Baden AG ), who also works as a consultant.

Life

After graduating from high school, Gertrud Höhler studied literature and art history in Bonn , Berlin , Zurich and Mannheim from 1960 to 1966 at the Helmholtz grammar school in Wuppertal . During this time she belonged to the left subcultural milieu. She was in a relationship with Ulf Miehe (with whom she self-published a volume of poetry in 1962) and was friends with Jörg Fauser and Bernward Vesper . In 1967 she became a guest with a work on the subject of restless guests. The quotation from the Bible in Wilhelm Raabe's novel on Dr. phil. PhD and worked at the University of Mannheim . In 1972, at the age of 31, Höhler was appointed to the founding senate of the University of Paderborn as an academic adviser .

From 1976 to 1993, Höhler was Professor of German Studies and General Literature Studies at the University of Paderborn . She gained national fame through numerous publications and media appearances in which she commented on current political and economic issues.

In the 1980s, Höhler was considered a permanent candidate for a ministerial position in the Kohl cabinet. From 1987 to 1989 she advised the Management Board spokesman of Deutsche Bank , Alfred Herrhausen . In 1989, the then VW boss, Carl Hahn Höhler, wanted to work as a communications consultant against resistance from within his own ranks. During her work for Deutsche Bank, she worked as a consultant for other associations and companies and was on leave from her professorship. In 1993 she resigned from her professorship in Paderborn to work as a freelance journalist and management consultant. Professors and students had accused her of neglecting her teaching duties; she herself spoke of bullying .

In the book Rights Women published by right-wing extremism researcher Renate Bitzan in 1997 . Skingirls, Valkyries and fine ladies are portrayed Gertrud Höhler on pages 254 to 256. There her journalism is mentioned in the right-wing monthly magazine Mut and the Konrad Adenauer Prize for Literature 1988 of the national conservative Germany Foundation . She was also the author of the national revolutionary magazine Wir sich and interview partner of the right-wing conservative weekly newspaper Junge Freiheit and Novo magazine .

In addition, from 1988 to 2000, Höhler was the presenter of the talk show Baden-Badener Disput - culture talk at the time , which had a total of 58 episodes.

In public, Gertrud Höhler a. a. known for her alleged advisory role for politicians like Helmut Kohl and Dieter Althaus . In 2012 Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre attacked her on the television show Markus Lanz with the question of which politicians had actually advised her. She then named "Chancellor Kohl" and the CSU , which was immediately contradicted by the present Edmund Stoiber , whereupon Höhler replied that Stoiber did not represent the CSU. As a book author, she published titles like Wölfin unter Wölfen. Why Men Make Mistakes Without Women (2000), Why Trust Triumphs (2003) and Beyond Greed. On the luxury of sharing (2005). In 1992 she also caused a sensation in an advertising campaign for the credit card company American Express with a photo taken by Annie Leibovitz , which shows the literary scholar in riding clothes and in a luxurious setting with her son. An article in the magazine Betonkon (March 1993), in which Eckhard Henscheid made fun of this photo (and a second one), led to Höhler's lawsuit, which was dismissed in the first instance. Henscheid was later sentenced to pay 20,000 marks in compensation for pain and suffering.

In April 2007 she was elected to the newly created supreme governing body of the University Council of her former university in Paderborn. A little later she came under public criticism after the Neue Westfälische had researched that the Saxon NPD member of the state parliament, Peter Klose , was running a “citizens' office” in a house that she owned in Zwickau . Höhler initially denied having known about her tenant's NPD background, but later admitted this. As a result, the then Science Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Andreas Pinkwart ( FDP ), called on her to resign from the University Council of Paderborn University on June 22, 2007 , which Höhler refused, as the NPD was an approved party belonging to the Saxon state parliament. On July 2, 2007, the university council withdrew her mandate in the selection committee for the election of the future university management. She remained a member of the University Council until 2012, when she was no longer appointed for the next electoral term.

In various books and media appearances, she presented herself as a harsh critic of Angela Merkel. She accused the Chancellor of working on the "disintegration of democracy" , impaired by her socialization in the GDR , and of installing an authoritarian regime clandestinely. The majority of journalists reject Höhler's criticism as being exaggerated. Instead of cold analysis, it is bursting with repetition, on the one hand, in denouncing banalities (such as Merkel's cold-weathering of political competitors) and, on the other hand, in a heated demonization of the Chancellor, which is partly reminiscent of conspiracy theories.

honors and awards

Fonts

  • Poems , with Ulf Miehe, Sphinx, Bad Salzuflen 1962
  • Restless guests. The Bible quote in Wilhelm Raabe's novel , 1969 (dissertation)
  • Intellectual competition among intellectuals , Osnabrück 1978
  • Nobody's son. On the poetology of Rainer Maria Rilke . Fink, Munich 1979
  • The claim society. From the ambivalent dreams of our time. Econ, Düsseldorf 1979
  • Happiness. Analysis of a longing , Düsseldorf 1981
  • The children of freedom , Stuttgart 1983
  • The trees of life , Stuttgart 1985
  • The future society , Düsseldorf 1986
  • Rules of the game of luck , Düsseldorf 1988
  • Open horizon. Young strategies change the world , Düsseldorf 1988
  • Farewell virtuosos / New values ​​for a changing world , Düsseldorf 1989
  • Rules of the game for winners , Düsseldorf 1991
  • Competitive games of power . Econ, Düsseldorf 1994 (new edition: Ullstein 2005. ISBN 3-548-36731-3 )
  • Heartbeat the winner. The EQ revolution . Econ, Düsseldorf 1997 (new edition: Ullstein 2004. ISBN 3-548-36668-6 )
  • The embezzled Fall of Man (with Michael G. Koch), Stuttgart 1998
  • Divorce or a new alliance? , Stuttgart 1998
  • She-wolf among wolves. Why men make mistakes without women . Econ Ullstein List, Munich 2000 (2004. ISBN 3-548-36499-3 )
  • The sense makers. Whoever wants to win has to lead . Econ Ullstein List, Munich 2002 (2004. ISBN 3-548-36499-3 )
  • Why trust wins . Ullstein Heyne List, Munich 2003 (Tb Ullstein 2005. ISBN 3-548-36717-8 )
  • Beyond greed. On the luxury of sharing , Berlin 2005
  • Ascent for everyone. What the winners owe the losers . Econ, Berlin 2007; Ullstein, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-37247-1
  • The end of the closed season. Alpha women in power . Econ, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-430-20050-9
  • Twilight of the Idols. The money religion eats its children . Heyne, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-17796-3
  • The godmother. How Angela Merkel is transforming Germany . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-280-05480-2
  • Democracy on the decline: How Angela Merkel and EU politicians face current law . FinanzBook Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-959-72063-2
  • Angela Merkel - Das Requiem , Ullstein, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-430-21027-0 .

Web links

Commons : Gertrud Höhler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gerd Langguth: The legend of the chancellor advisor. spiegel.de from August 25, 2012, accessed on August 25, 2012
  2. ↑ Emsländische and Bentheimer Familienforschung (page 154) , August 1999, issue 50, volume 10, accessed on February 17, 2019
  3. ^ Society Models: Celebrities from Business & Culture , manager-magazin.de, October 31, 2006
  4. ↑ Mothers & Sons ( Memento of the original from May 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , arte.tv, July 15, 2002  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  5. ↑ Modern Life: Learning from the Wolves , focus.de, June 26, 2000
  6. ↑ Henner Voss: Before the trip. Memories of the writer Bernward Vesper. ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jungle-world.com
  7. ↑ [1]
  8. ^ VW: A lot of trouble about Ms. Höhler , spiegel.de, September 2, 1989
  9. ^ Volkswagen - Idiosyncratic management style , spiegel.de, September 18, 1989
  10. ↑ In the Rapids of Value Change , spiegel.de, January 16, 1989
  11. ↑ Business representatives dominate university councils, heise.de, October 22, 2007
  12. ↑ https://jungefreiheit.de/informationen/interviewpartner/
  13. ↑ University of Paderborn disciplined Kohl advisor. DPA report in the Tagesspiegel , July 3, 2007.
  14. ↑ Matthias Tüsing: Close Althaus advisor came under criticism. Free Word , July 4th 2007.
  15. ↑ Broadcast of the ZDF television program Markus Lanz on October 18, 2012
  16. ↑ Gertrud Höhler dismantles at "Markus Lanz" , Tagesspiegel , October 19, 2012
  17. ↑ Katharina Heimeier: The Taming of the Shrew. taz , July 2, 2007.
  18. ↑ MF Erdl: THE STORY OF AN ERRTUMS , S. 17,18 Polemik mit
    Karacho , Der Spiegel , April 5, 1993
    Eckhard Henscheid: Memories. From my life , Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-89561-387-6 - pp. 225–228
  19. ↑ Senate of the University of Paderborn elected (...) University Council. ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the University of Paderborn, April 25, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-paderborn.de
  20. ↑ Thomas van Zütphen: The third version of the truth. Focus , June 24, 2007, accessed February 15, 2011.
  21. ↑ The third version of the truth , FOCUS , June 24, 2007
    Former Kohl advisor Höhler should go , Der Spiegel , June 30, 2007
  22. ↑ Statement by the chairman of the University Council of Paderborn University ( Memento of the original of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 2, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-paderborn.de
  23. ^ Neue Westfälische from May 10, 2012: University of Paderborn: University Council without Höhler
  24. ↑ The godmother. How Angela Merkel is transforming Germany . - Democracy in descent: How Angela Merkel and EU politicians face current law . - Angela Merkel - The Requiem
  25. ↑ Das System M , FAZ , August 2, 2012
    BAZ interview: “The ESM is controlled by 'godparents'” , Basler Zeitung , September 13, 2012
    Merkel debate at Jauch - a torrent of doomsday prophet , Der Spiegel , August 27, 2012
  26. ↑ MICHAEL HANFELD If you don't weigh, you win nothing FAZ , August 27, 2012
    Annett Meiritz Spanning the bow , Der Spiegel , August 23, 2012
    Stephan Hebel Knapp is also next to it , Frankfurter Rundschau , August 29, 2012
    Lothar Keller With Darth Vader im Chancellery - The final Merkel account , ntv , January 10, 2020
    Cora Stephan Zickenkrieg , achgut , January 19, 2020
  27. ↑ Office of the Federal President (May 17, 1999)
  28. ↑ Biography of Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler. Fairness Foundation, undated
personal data
SURNAME Höhler, Gertrud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal