Hans Siemons

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Hans Siemons (* 1930 ; † September / October 2006 ) was a German journalist .

After graduating from the Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in Aachen , Siemons studied German , history , philosophy and journalism . He worked early on in the editorial team of the Aachener Volkszeitung , where he became head of the political editorial department and most recently deputy editor-in-chief . From 1969 to 1984 he was editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Weltbild .

From 1979 until his death he worked for the magazine G / Geschichte , where his articles under the heading “Experienced History” established the connection between historical locations and today's locations.

In retirement, Hans Siemons also wrote a number of papers in which he dealt in particular with the history of his hometown Aachen . He made particular merits by updating Bernhard Poll's main work, Aachen's history in data .

Works (selection)

  • Between the barriers. Wilhelm Rombach - a life for the border region. Meyer and Meyer, Aachen 1996, ISBN 3-89124-344-8 .
  • Everyday war in Aachen. Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 1997, ISBN 3-89124-473-8 .
  • Witch madness in the Aachen border region. An inglorious historical chapter from the Aachen region that does not only appear in fairy tales and legends. (Witches and executioners to Rur, Wurm and Pau). Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 1997, ISBN 3-89124-422-3 .
  • Off limits. Allied occupation 1944–1947 in the Aachen area , Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 1997, ISBN 3-89124-243-3 .
  • Aachen's young savages from the lecture hall. The 1968 student revolution at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule. Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 1997, ISBN 3-89124-397-9 .
  • Slurp & smack. Eating and drinking in old Aachen and the Eifel region. Helios, Aachen 2001, ISBN 3-933608-43-0 .
  • Blues, luckys and potato schnapps. What the Aacheners did with their free time in the rubble years after the last war. Zeitungsverlag Aachen, Aachen 1988, ISBN 3-921691-14-1 .
  • Gambling in Aachen. Casino then and now - and why the old imperial city couldn't do without it. Helios-Verlag, Aachen 2004, ISBN 3-933608-89-9 .
  • with Franz Metzger, Karin Feuerstein-Praßer: prayers, builders, pioneers. Echter, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-429-02325-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Siemons, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
DATE OF DEATH September 2006 or October 2006