Harry Gerlach

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Harry Gerlach (born March 8, 1927 in Albrechts ; † March 10, 1995 ) was a German writer and local history researcher.

Life

At the beginning of the 1950s he made his first attempts at writing in the Young Authors Working Group at the Culture Department of the Suhl District Council . In 1953 he took part in the competition of lay writers in the Suhl district and was one of the award-winning senders with his short story 1813 - The Year of Liberation . He practiced his teaching profession at different types of schools in Geisa , from 1959 at an auxiliary school. His subjects were German and history . In December 1965 he moved to Bad Salzungen . Most recently, in the 1980s, he was a teacher in Helmershausen (Rhönblick). The father of four, who wrote at the same time, produced several children's books and publications on the local and regional history of Thuringia . He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany .

Works (selection)

  • Hecht and his friends. Children's book publisher, Berlin [1962].
  • The white trail. Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin, 1st edition 1981.
  • The miracle medicine and other stories of helping. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1988.
  • Brotterode – Pappenheim – Trusetal – Steinbach near Bad Liebenstein. 2nd edition 1984 ( Tourist-Wanderheft , 10).
  • Schmalkalden – Steinbach-Hallenberg – Breitungen. 3. edit 1985 edition ( Tourist-Wanderheft , 36).
  • Schmalkalden. 1994, ISBN 3-623-00976-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "I should have seen the damned guy". Napoleon I in Buttlar (Rhön). An episode from 1813 . In: The Free Word . Suhl April 10, 1954.
  2. ↑ information. Harry Gerlach . In: Free Word . No. 16/1984 . Suhl April 19, 1984, Literature and Society, p. FW supplement 2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dietrich, Harry Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Albrechts
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1995