Hans-Ulrich Ludewig

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Hans-Ulrich Ludewig (* 1943 in Waldenburg , Lower Silesia ) is a German historian . Since 2000 he has been academic director at the history seminar of the Technical University of Braunschweig .

Life

Ludewig was born in Silesia, but grew up in Bavaria and graduated from high school there . He then studied history , German and political science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich with the aim of becoming a teacher . After completing his thesis, Ludewig began the teaching traineeship , but was already working as an assistant at the Chair of Modern History at the University of Munich. After the end of the two-year traineeship, he decided against a teaching career and in 1972 took a position as a research assistant at the history seminar of the TU Braunschweig. There he worked as a teacher in the high school system and was a member of the Academic Council. He also received his doctorate there in 1975 with a thesis on the history of the labor movement in the Weimar Republic . In 2000 he was appointed Academic Director.

In addition to his work in seminars and courses for students, Ludewig devoted himself to research on Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries, in particular the labor movement and the judiciary during the Nazi era . Another focus is the regional history of Braunschweig and the surrounding area. After Ludewig retired in 2008, the library of the historical seminar was renamed the Hans-Ulrich Ludewig Library (HULB) in his honor.

Publications (selection)

  • Labor Movement and Insurrection: An Inquiry into the Behavior of Labor Parties in the Insurrection Movements of the Early Weimar Republic 1920–1923. Matthiesen Verlag , Husum 1978, ISBN 3-7868-1432-5 . (also dissertation)
  • The Duchy of Braunschweig in the First World War: Economy – Society – State. In: Sources and research on the Braunschweig national history. No. 26, Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein , Braunschweig 1984.
  • 100 years of the construction union: about us. 1988, OCLC 256082173 .
  • together with Dietrich Kuessner : "So everyone should be warned" - The Braunschweig Special Court 1933–1945. In: Sources and research on the Braunschweig national history. No. 36, Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein , Braunschweig 2000, ISBN 3-928009-17-6 .
  • together with Gudrun Fiedler : Forced Labor and War Economy in the State of Braunschweig 1939–1945. In: Sources and research on the Braunschweig national history. No. 39, Appelhans, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-930-29278-5 .

Web links

  • Profile on the official website of the Braunschweig Historical Seminar.
  • detailed list of publications on the official website of the Braunschweig Historical Seminar.
  • Interview with Ludewig from the History Association in Braunschweig.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Opening of the Hans-Ulrich Ludewig Library , History Seminar of the Technical University of Braunschweig, accessed on June 24, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Ludewig, Hans-Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldenburg , Lower Silesia