Heinz Günther Hüsch

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Heinz Günther Hüsch (right) 1987

Heinz Günther Hüsch (born June 13, 1929 in Karken ) is a German lawyer and politician ( CDU ). He lives in Neuss (North Rhine-Westphalia).

Life and work

Hüsch studied law and received his doctorate in Cologne in 1956 on criminal law in Neuss between 1074 and 1794 .

He was one of the founders of the CDU in Neuss and was chairman of the Junge Union for many years . From November 1956 to October 2009 he was a non-stop member of the city council of Neuss. 1998–1999 he was chairman of the CDU council group.

In 1966, Hüsch was elected to succeed Adolf Flecken in Neuss as a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, of which he was a member until 1976. There he was chairman of the economic committee and, together with the two MPs Peter Giesen and Hans-Ulrich Klose, campaigned for the interests of the city of Neuss and the then Grevenbroich district in the reorganization of the municipality.

From 1976 to 1990 Heinz Günther Hüsch was a member of the German Bundestag . He won the constituency Neuss-Grevenbroich I and Neuss I directly, among others against the then President of the Bundestag Annemarie Renger . While he was a member of the Bundestag, Hüsch was chairman of the mediation committee, deputy chairman of the committee for economic cooperation, chairman of the Flick committee of inquiry and chairman of the now famous “ New Home ” committee.

In the period from 1968 to 1989 was Hüsch Germany's chief negotiator in the top secret channel over the ransom of 226,654 Germans in Romania . In the course of this he had more than 200 official and between 600 and 1000 unofficial meetings with representatives of the Romanian government under the code name Eduard given to him by the Securitate . His mission only ended with the fall of the Ceaușescu regime during the Romanian Revolution in 1989 . Hüsch has handed over his files on the secret channel channel to the Federal Archives in Koblenz .

In 1972, Hüsch was the rifle king in Neuss, and for many years he was chairman of the Association of Heimatfreunde Neuss e. For decades he was a member of the church council of the Catholic parish of St. Quirin (see also Quirinus-Münster (Neuss) and Quirinus von Neuss ) in Neuss. He is one of the founders of Augustinus Hospiz Neuss eV, of which he is honorary chairman (2016).

He is a member of the Catholic student associations KD St. V. Asgard Cologne in the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations (CV).

Hüsch is the holder of the Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia , the "Hessen Prize" and the Pro Merito Melitensi Order of Merit . In 2014, Hüsch was awarded the highest award by the Banat Swabian country team , the “Prinz-Eugen-Nadel”. In 2019, the city of Neuss will be the first to honor Hüsch with its coat of arms.

His daughter Hanni Hüsch works as a correspondent for ARD .

literature

  • Jens Metzdorf (Ed.): 150 citizens. The civil society of Neuss 1861–2011. Bürgergesellschaft zu Neuss, Neuss 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039656-4 , p. 198.
  • Jens Metzdorf (ed. On behalf of the city of Neuss): An honorary position for the citizen. 50 years city councilor Dr. Heinz Günther Hüsch (1956-2006). Stadtarchiv Neuss, 2006, ISBN 3-922980-82-1 .
  • Elected. Seven days from the life of an MP. Walter Rau Verlag, 1973, ISBN 3-7919-0154-0 .
  • Purchase of freedom, resettlement of Germans from Romania 1968–1990. Honterus Verlag, Hermannstadt 2013, ISBN 978-973-1725-90-1 .
  • Hannelore Baier , Heinz-Günther Hüsch: Cumpărarea Libertății. Honterus, 2014, ISBN 978-606-8573-17-5 .
  • Acţiunea "Recuperarea". Securitatea şi emigrarea germanilor din România (1962–1989). Editura Enciclopedica, București 2011, ISBN 978-973-45-0628-6 .
  • An honorary position for the citizen. Documentation from the Neuss city archive. Neuss 2006, ISBN 3-922980-82-1 .
  • Neuss eyewitness conversations: Air force helper from Neuss 1943–1945: led by Heinz Günther Hüsch 2009. Association of Friends of Home, Neuss 2010, ISBN 978-3-934794-22-1 .
  • Heinz Günther Hüsch, Peter-Dietmar Leber, Hannelore Baier: Paths to freedom. German-Romanian documents on family reunification and resettlement 1968–1989. Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben , Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-934794-44-3 .
  • Daniel Hrenciuc: In umbra Securitatii. Emigrarea germanilor din Romania 1962-1989. Cluj-Napoca 2018, ISBN 978-606-543-954-2

Video material

  • Jane CK Amberger, Radu Gota: The Free Buyer , 2015
  • Răzvan Georgescu: Germans against Foreign Exchange , 2014
  • Răzvan Georgescu: A Passport for Germany , 2014
  • Susanne Glass: Expensive ransom , 2013
  • Alexander Feist: The Biggest Ransom , 2011
  • Razvan Georgescu: Pasaport de Germania. Film for school lessons in Romania, One World Romania 2016
  • Heinz Günther Hüsch . In: Film series "Portrait of Artists and Contemporary Witnesses", Culture Office of the City of Neuss 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Meinhardt: The ransom of the Romanian Germans - What do German politicians say about it? What do the archives provide? on: kulturraum-banat.de
  2. ↑ "So far I have not found a single correct number" - Germany's chief negotiator on the ransom of Romanian Germans in the period 1967–1989. In: Banater Post.
  3. ^ Peter-Dietmar Leber : Buyback and bribe for departure. In: Transylvanian newspaper . September 12, 2007.
  4. ↑ Hüsch talks about ransom the Romanian Germans. In: Rheinische Post from April 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Honorary Chair. In: Nachrichten für Neusser in der Ferne, p. 6.
  6. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus: Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag 1949-2002. Walter de Gruyter, 2002, ISBN 3-11096-905-X , p. 369.
  7. ^ Benjamin Schulz: Heinz-Günther Hüsch: A Neusser with body and soul. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of August 27, 2007.
  8. ↑ Hessen Prize for his "inventor" Hüsch. In: Rheinische Post from March 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ Order "Pro Merito" for Heinz Günther Hüsch. In: Rheinische Post from December 11, 2012.
  10. ↑ banater-schwaben.org , honoring lawyer Dr. Heinz-Günther Hüsch with the Prinz Eugen needle
  11. ↑ New award in Neuss: First coat of arms goes to HG Hüsch. In: rp-online.de from July 5, 2019.
  12. ↑ Ludger Baten: A Neuss woman for America. on: ngz-online.de , April 23, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Hüsch, Heinz Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hüsch, Heinz-Günther (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Karken