Heinz Mildner
Heinz Mildner (* 1908 ; † November 30, 1961 ) was a German writer. He came from Lausitz and started working as an author at an early age. Mildner reached a larger readership in the GDR with historical or contemporary novels.
Life
Heinz Mildner had already started writing short articles for the local newspaper Bautzner Nachrichten as a schoolboy . After finishing school he worked there as a volunteer and in 1928 joined the Communist Youth Association . This led to his dismissal from the newspaper office. So he turned his attention to articles for communist publications and wrote texts for the agitprop group Die rote Sterne , whose leadership he had taken over. He also appeared in meetings of the KPD and the Red Aid . The wave of arrests that followed the Reichstag fire also reached Heinz Mildner. He was sent to the Hohenstein-Ernstthal satellite camp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp for several years . Released at the end of the 1930s, he was placed under police supervision and banned from working . In 1940 he was drafted into military service and sent to the Eastern Front . In the course of the fighting he was taken prisoner by the Soviets and worked on the anti-fascist camp committee. After his release, Mildner returned to Germany and began writing again. He became the cultural editor and subsequently published numerous books.
Works (selection)
- Rockefeller is not that rich! , Board of Directors d. Society f. German-Soviet Friendship, Dept. Cultural Enlightenment, 1955
- A trip through the Soviet Union (Volume 2), 1956
- Deutsches Land Kongress Verlag 1956
- Beat your drum preacher! For People and Fatherland , Publishing House of the Ministry of National Defense, 1956
- (together with Hans Betcke :) Cafe De La Paix , published by the Ministry of National Defense, 1956
translated into Slovenian, where in 1960 under the title Kafe "Mir" published - (together with Hasso Grabner ): With a false passport , Deutscher Militärverlag Berlin, 1958
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Eroberung der Ferne , Verlag Neues Leben, 2nd edition 1961,
translated into Hungarian and published (there together with György Kertész) under the title: A legyőzött távolság ( The defeated distance (?) ), 1961 - Philosopher's Stone , Urania-Verlag 1961
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The sinking of the ›Mary White‹ , Deutscher Militärverlag 1962
A novel-like depiction of the sinking of the Flying Enterprise - (together with Hasso Grabner): The way home , German military publisher 1963
memories of the Second World War and the anti-fascist resistance struggle
source
- Blurb of the novel The Downfall of the 'Mary White'
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief information on Heinz Mildner in the monthly publication for the library system, Der Bibliothekar , Volume 16; Verlag volk und Wissen 1962 , accessed on September 14, 2011
- ↑ A trip through the Soviet Union on Google.books
- ↑ a b c d Heinz Mildner's works on amazon.de , accessed on September 14, 2011
- ↑ Kafe Mir on Google.books
- ↑ Eroberung der Ferne on amazon.de , accessed on September 14, 2011
- ↑ From the Berlin Bibliography: Published 1961 to 1966 by the Berlin Senate Administration.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mildner, Heinz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1908 |
DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1961 |