Heinrich von Einsiedel
Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel (born July 26, 1921 in Potsdam , † July 18, 2007 in Munich ) was a German politician and author.
Life
He was the youngest of three children of Count Herbert von Einsiedel (1885–1945) and Countess Irene von Bismarck -Schönhausen (1888–1982). His great-grandfather was Otto von Bismarck . His siblings were Gisela Freifrau von Richthofen Gesch. Von Nostitz-Wallwitz born. Countess von Einsiedel (1909–2005) and Gisbert Graf von Einsiedel (1917–1940). The parents' marriage in 1908 was divorced again in 1931. Both parents remarried - the father married Irma von Tresckow (1901–1976) and the mother married the officer Horst von Petersdorff (1892–1962).
In his youth Graf von Einsiedel was a group leader in 1933 after illegally continuing church youth active. During World War II he was a fighter pilot in Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" and most recently in Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" on the Eastern Front, was shot down on August 30, 1942 near Stalingrad and was taken prisoner by the Soviets . He attended an anti- fascist school , became a member of an anti-fascist group and co-founder, vice-president and “ Front Commissioner for Propaganda” of the National Committee for Free Germany . He was a founding member of the Association of German Officers (BDO).
After his release from captivity in June 1947, he joined the SED in July 1947 and worked as a journalist for the Daily Rundschau in East Berlin . Arrested in the American zone in May 1948 while visiting his mother, returned to East Berlin after six months in prison for a passport violation, feared arrest by the Soviet secret police and fled to West Berlin . He now openly described the “dictatorship of the SED” lying behind him as “inhuman” and resigned from the SED. In the following years he worked in West Germany as a translator, screenwriter and essayist. From 1957 to 1992 he was a member of the SPD .
Elected via the state list of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in Saxony , Einsiedel was a member of the German Bundestag from 1994 to 1998 .
Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel was married to the actress and later Green politician Barbara Rütting (1927-2020) from 1955 to 1964 . In 1972 he married Helga Lechtape geb. Grüter (1938-2018), with whom he had two sons.
Fonts (selection)
- Frank Schumann (ed.): The red count. Heinrich Count von Einsiedel. Historical considerations. Frankfurter Oder Editions, Frankfurt (Oder) 1994, ISBN 3-930842-06-8 (anthology with a selection of Einsiedel's publications and a short biographical accompanying text).
- With Joachim Wieder: Stalingrad and the responsibility of the soldier. Herbig, 4th, revised new edition 1993, ISBN 3-7766-1778-0 .
- Diary of Temptation. 1942-1950. 1950; as Ullstein TB (1985): ISBN 3-548-33046-0 .
- The raid. Hoffmann and Campe 1984, ISBN 3-455-08677-2 .
literature
- Ferdinand Krings: Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel. A case-by-case study on the “Free Germany” National Committee . University of Bamberg Press, Bamberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86309-373-0 .
Television documentary
- Raimund Koplin : Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel. A German fate . WDR 1990.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich von Einsiedel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Newspaper article about Heinrich von Einsiedel in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
- Biography at the German Bundestag
- Short biography of the German Resistance Memorial Center
- Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel speaks for the National Committee Free Germany . On YouTube
- Ferdinand Krings, Johanna Lutteroth: Resistance to Hitler: The Dilemma of Comrade Graf. In: Spiegel Online , one day , March 6, 2009
- Hanns-Peter Bruchhäuser: A patriot of nobility. Obituary. In: DRAFD , 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Köpfchen 3/05, p. 45 (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ^ Nicolaus Sombart: Youth in Berlin, 1933-1943 - a report . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 1986, pp. 19–27, 209–221 ( Memento from December 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Spiegel.de Comrade Graf's dilemma
- ^ Ferdinand Krings: Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel. A case-by-case study on the “Free Germany” National Committee . University of Bamberg Press, Bamberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86309-373-0 , p. 166 ff., Cit. P. 171.
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SURNAME | Einsiedel, Heinrich von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Einsiedel, Heinrich Graf von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED, PDS), Member of the Bundestag |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 2007 |
Place of death | Munich |