Hans-Joachim Böttrich

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Hans-Joachim Böttrich (actually Jochen , born December 20, 1923 in Chemnitz ; † January 5, 2013 in Grünwald ) was a German director , author and journalist .

Life

Böttrich, the brother of Heinz Böttrich , attended secondary school in Leipzig after primary school , which he finished with the Abitur. Until 1945 he served in the Wehrmacht in the Navy . In summer 1945 he became a founding member of the CDU in Leipzig. and 1945 to 1946 member of the city youth committee of Chemnitz. Then in 1946 he became district youth officer of the CDU in Chemnitz and district youth secretary of the FDJ in Chemnitz. From 1946 to 1947, Böttrich was the CDU's liaison to the FDJ regional leadership in Saxony , where he also started working during the same period. After he was a basic production worker and cultural director of the Auto-Union in Chemnitz from 1947 to 1948, he began studying film studies in East Berlin in 1949 and delivered his first artistic works. Böttrich resigned from the CDU in 1950 and fled from the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1956 , where he began working as a journalist and editor for Burda-Verlag . He also worked alongside Peter Lustig as a co-author of the dandelion books that were published by the school television publishing company . Together with his wife, he wrote children's and youth literature.

He died at the age of 89 on January 5, 2013 in the Munich suburb of Grünwald .

Böttrich was married to Kristina Böttrich-Merdjanowa for 45 years, who died just a few days before his death on December 19, 2012 at the age of 79. Both were buried on January 17, 2013 in the Grünwald forest cemetery.

literature

  • Böttrich, Hans-Joachim; Böttrich-Merdjanowa, Kristina: Jakob, the runaway , Karl-Hebel-Verlag , Rastatt, 1968
  • Böttrich, Hans-Joachim; Böttrich-Merdjanowa, Kristina: The circus is coming , Karl-Hebel-Verlag, Rastatt, 1969

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Münchner Merkur : Obituaries: Hans-Joachim Böttrich , January 10, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Mike Schmeitzner, Wolfgang Marcus: In the shadow of the FDJ: The 'Young Union' in Saxony 1945–1950 (Reports and Studies No. 47) . V&R unipress GmbH , Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89971-201-3 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ a b c Focus : Graphic artist Kristina Böttrich-Merdjanowa: Creator of the “Tatort” opening credits died , Hamburg / Munich, sbr / dapd, January 10, 2013
  4. ↑ Literature by and about Hans-Joachim Böttrich in the catalog of the German National Library
  5. ↑ Picture : Kristina Böttrich-Merdjanowa Inventor of the "Tatort" opening credits dead , January 10, 2013
  6. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung : Creator of the crime scene opening credits is dead: In the face of crime , Ekkehard Müller-Jentsch, January 9, 2013
  7. ^ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung : Inventor of the crime scene opening credits died in December , people, SpotOn, January 10, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Böttrich, Hans-Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Böttrich, Jochen (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 2013
Place of death Grünwald , Germany