Hans Günter Aurich

Hans Günter Aurich (born December 14, 1932 in Meuselwitz ) is a former professor of organic chemistry at the Philipps University of Marburg and a political prisoner of the Soviet Union .

Life

After graduating from high school, Hans Günther Aurich studied chemistry and biology as a teacher training course at Leipzig University from 1950 to 1952 . During this time, the state security organs became aware of him, as he was discussing the distribution of anti-Soviet leaflets among friends. On April 26, 1952, he was arrested in Meuselwitz. In July 1952, the Leistikowstrasse prison was sentenced to 25 years in a camp for espionage, the preparation of active resistance, the preparation of terrorist acts and the formation of an anti-Soviet group. Thereupon he was deported via Moscow to Vorkuta in the Soviet Union in September of the same year . Aurich had to work there in the Vorkuta coal mines. From January 1955, they were transported back in stages via the camps in Inta and Sukhobesvodnoje . He was given an amnesty in October 1955 and was released from prison. After returning to the GDR, he moved to the Federal Republic of Germany .

In November 1955 he resumed his chemistry studies at the Phillips University of Marburg, which he then completed in 1962 with a doctorate. In 1967 he completed his habilitation under Karl Dimroth in the field of organic chemistry. In 1970 he was appointed professor at the University of Marburg. In 1998 he was retired for reasons of age.

Aurich still lives in Marburg after his retirement and has written an autobiographical book. During his teaching activity he was co-author of an internship book.

His research interests during his active time as a professor included mechanistic and methodological studies of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions , especially those of nitrones , aminyloxides and nitroxides .

Works

• Hans Günter Aurich, Peter Rinze: Chemical internship for physicians. Teubner, Stuttgart Leipzig Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-519-43513-6 .
• Hans Günter Aurich: And the morning shines in the distance: years of apprenticeship under two totalitarian regimes. Gerhard-Hess-Verlag Schussenried 2007, ISBN 978-3-87336-336-6 .

Web links

• Biography on the website of the exhibition "From Potsdam to Vorkuta"
• Biography on the website of the Leipzig Citizens Movement Archive V.