Heinz M. Bleicher

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Heinz Max Bleicher (born February 9, 1923 in Esslingen-Mettingen ; † March 9, 2005 in Gerlingen ) was a German publisher who was committed to reconciliation between Jews and Christians .

After completing a commercial apprenticeship and studying psychology, Bleicher was district director of the Stuttgart Post Office from 1950 to 1966 . In 1968 he and his daughter founded Bleicher Verlag in Gerlingen , which mainly operates as an address book publisher.

At the suggestion of his friend Richard Schulz , Bleicher learned the international language Esperanto in 1975, which he has been promoting since then. The Bleicher Verlag (in Esperanto Bleicher Eldonejo ) was one of the world's most important Esperanto publishers from 1976 to 1990.

From 1979 to 1993 he was chairman of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Stuttgart eV

He published poems under the pseudonym Heinz Max Aid .

Bleicher received numerous medals and awards, including the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1983), the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1989) and the Otto Hirsch Medal (1994).

Fonts

  • Recorder , poems (with woodcuts by Hans Schultz-Severin), 1968
  • Landscape of the Heart , Poems, 1983
  • The man who means peace: encounters, texts, pictures for Shalom Ben-Chorin (on the occasion of his 70th birthday in July 1983). Bleicher, Gerlingen 1983, ISBN 3-88350-227-8

literature

  • Karl Geibel (Ed.): Wagenburg. Viewpoints for Heinz M. Bleicher . Gerlingen, Bleicher Verlag 1983.

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personal data
SURNAME Bleicher, Heinz M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bleicher, Heinz Max; Aid, Heinz Max (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Mettingen
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2005
Place of death Gerlingen