Heinrich Schultz (cultural functionary)
Heinrich Schultz ( Russian Генрих Леович Шульц , Genrich Leowitsch Schulz (born September 10) jul. / 23. September 1924 greg. In Valga , † 1. October 2012 in Tallinn ) was a Soviet-Estonian cultural functionary.
Early years
Heinrich Schultz was born into a German-Russian family during the interwar period . His Baltic German father was a forest manager, his mother Russian .
During the Second World War , Schultz served as a clerk in an Estonian Red Army unit . He received several awards for his services in the war: in 1944 he received the Order of Glory (3rd class), in 1985 the Order of the Great Patriotic War (2nd class).
From 1961 to 1967 Schultz was the head of the cultural department of the Estonian capital Tallinn (officially head of the cultural department of the executive committee of the Tallinn Council of Workers' Deputies ). Schultz organized cultural events as well as the dance tournaments popular at the time.
Tallinn Jazz '67
As a jazz fan, Schultz was behind the organization of the Tallinn Jazz Festival in May 1967. The event in the Kalevi spordihall caused a sensation within the Soviet Union and internationally.
Schultz managed to invite Charles Lloyd and his quartet from the USA to Tallinn as the main artist . In addition, musicians from several Soviet republics, Poland ( Zbigniew Namysłowski's quartet ), Finland ( Erik Lindström ) and Sweden ( Arne Domnérus sextet with Jan Johansson at the piano) could be heard. In 1970 Atlantic Records produced an LP of the concert under the title Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union .
The Soviet authorities had allowed the concert, but viewed it with suspicion. Jazz was considered Western American music. They rated the meeting of famous jazz musicians from East and West as politically sensitive. Numerous Western journalists had traveled to Tallinn.
In times of the crises in Vietnam and the Middle East, the authorities were particularly concerned about the great popularity of the American Charles Lloyd during the concert on May 14, 1967. The officials covered the drums during the final applause to prevent encores and interrupted the festival for half an hour. The KGB feared that thoughts of resistance against communist ideology were clustered around the jazz scene.
After the great success of Tallinn Jazz '67 , which was undesirable for official Moscow , the Soviet authorities banned jazz festivals for years to come. The festival planned in Tallinn for September 1968 was no longer allowed to take place. The invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact states finally ended the performances of western jazz greats in the Soviet Union.
Heinrich Schultz, who was primarily responsible for Tallinn Jazz '67, was dismissed from his post and demoted to a simple civil servant. Schultz, who was considered a scapegoat, then largely withdrew from the public.
Immediately after Estonian regained independence in 1991, Estonian journalists attributed to Heinrich Schultz a significant contribution to building bridges between East and West during the Cold War or even to the collapse of the Soviet Union. He is buried in the Tallinn Forest Cemetery.
literature
- Mati Brauer: "Dzhässipaanika 1967". In: Eesti Ekspress , October 5, 1990
Web links
- Interview with Heinrich Schultz about the events in 1967 ( Eesti Kroonika No. 21, 1990)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://pamyat-naroda.ru
- ^ Karsten Brüggemann , Ralph Tuchtenhagen : Tallinn. Little history of the city. Cologne / Weimar / Vienna: Böhlau 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-412-20601-7 ), p. 295
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schultz, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schults, Heinrich; Шульц, Генрих Леович (Russian); Schulz, Genrich Leowitsch (Russian, transcribed) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Estonian cultural functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valga |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 2012 |
| Place of death | Tallinn |