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Helga temple

Helga Tempel born Stolle (born January 10, 1932 in Hamburg ) is a teacher, Quaker and pacifist .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1951, Helga Tempel studied pedagogy and physics at the University of Hamburg . From 1955–1963 and 1980–1992 she worked as a primary school teacher in Hamburg. During her child-rearing time, she also worked at the State Youth Music School and took on tasks in pre-school education and adult education. After retiring, she trained as a mediator. She has been married to Konrad Tempel since 1962 and has three children (1963, 1965, 1968). Both are involved in the peace movement for nonviolence and social participation. As a pedagogue, Helga Tempel is oriented towards the fact that people can learn to cope with their conflicts without violence. It gained its standards through the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount , Henry David Thoreau's understanding of democracy , from Hasidic stories ( Martin Buber ) and the practice of Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is Helga Tempel's spiritual home. For a number of years she was the chairwoman of the youth welfare organization “Quaker Houses”, organized family camps and got involved in the spirit of the Quaker peace certificate (Peace Committee, 1986 “Pray-In” before the NATO High Command, publications on Quaker peacekeeping)

Against armament and war

In the mid-1950s, Helga Tempel became a member of the International of Military Service Opponents (IdK) , was involved in advising conscientious objectors, represented them in two instances before the examination committees and was a member of the IdK federal executive board. She was involved in the merger with the group of conscientious objectors, co-founder of the Association of Conscientious Objectors / VK (1958) and later on the VK federal board. During this time she worked on drafts for a civil service law.

She got in touch with the British peace and anti-nuclear weapons movement ( April Carter , Pat Arrowsmith ) and Gene Sharp , editor of the pacifist weekly Peace News, and became a Peace News correspondent. Helga Tempel was a co-founder of the Action Group for Nonviolence (in the IdK, later in the Association of Conscientious Objectors ) and influenced their political commitment (1958 14-day "vigil" following the last big fight-the-atomic death rally in Hamburg / 1959 30 -day protest against French nuclear tests in the Sahara / search for "death centers" like Aldermaston / UK and "Aktion Mole" against the construction of the first North German nuclear shelter). In 1960 she was one of the organizers of the first Easter marches against nuclear weapons of every nation in East and West and formulated leaflet texts and slogans (e.g. "Our no to the bomb is a yes to democracy" / "We become barbarians through barbaric means"), coordinated 1961 the American-European March San Francisco-Moscow for unilateral disarmament, co-founded the World Peace Brigade in Beirut with Andreas Buro in 1962 and became a member of its International Council.

For conflict transformation

After the announcement of the development of the neutron bomb at the end of the 1970s, the second phase of her political commitment began, mostly together with Konrad Tempel:

  • in the peace initiative Ahrensburg u. a. through a fortnightly campaign “Fasting for Peace”, through public events to “de-feud”, through advertising for a twinning with an Eastern Bloc city and through participation in blockades
  • through participation in the founding phase of the educational and meeting place for nonviolent action / KURVE Wustrow,
  • by participating in the founding of the Federation for Social Defense / FSIO;
  • by participating in the concept of the BSV for a civil peace service in 1994 and founding of the forum civil peace service / forumZFD in 1996, there co-chair until 2008, since then honorary chair; In 1997 she accepted the Gustav Heinemann Citizens Prize for forumZFD (“for people, groups or organizations who have made a contribution to freedom and justice in an independent manner”);
  • by the "appeal to all soldiers of the Bundeswehr who are involved in the Yugoslavian war: refuse your further participation in this war!" in the taz of April 21, 1999 as a co-signatory. For Helga Tempel, the appeal to refuse is an appeal to examine one's conscience according to the Basic Law Art. 4/3 and Section 22 Soldiers Act. The Berlin public prosecutor's office assessed the appeal under the Criminal Code (Section 111, StGB) as a call for criminal offenses, namely desertion (Section 16 (1) Wehrstrafgesetz [WStG]) and refusal to obey (Section 20 WStG). Most of the other signatories were convicted, and she and her husband were acquitted on two counts. In 2001 the Humanist Union (HU) honored the first signatories of the appeal with the Fritz Bauer Prize . (see below).
  • by initiating the European Network for Civil Peace Services / EN.CPS and participating in lobbying events at EU institutions in Brussels.
  • by participating in the conception and founding of the Nonviolent Peaceforce / NP for Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping 2002 in Delhi and involvement in the German NP-AG.

In 1977 she signed the voluntary commitment of Ohne Armung Leben , Stuttgart, ("I am ready to live without the protection of military armaments. I want to advocate in our state that peace without arms is politically developed") and is a member of the International Union of Reconciliation and in the Federal Mediation Association.

Awards

  • 1988 “Olof Palme Peace Prize” of the SPD Stormarn, together with Konrad Tempel
  • 2001 Fritz Bauer Prize of the Humanist Union, together with other first signatories of the appeal of April 21, 1999 in the taz : “Appeal to all soldiers of the Bundeswehr who are involved in the war in Yugoslavia: Refuse to participate in this war! “Had signed. (see above)

Works

  • Co-editor of "Texts on Nonviolence": Gene Sharp "On other ways" (Which Way to Freedom? - A Study in Nonviolence ", 1957) Hamburg 1958, and Henry David Thoreau" Resistance to the Government "(Civil Disobedience", 1849, first German single print), Hamburg 1959
  • Co-editor and translator “Handbook for Nonviolent Actions” by Charles Walker, Offenbach 1963
  • "Easter marches against atomic death", NDR 3 school radio history, 2nd half of the year, Hamburg 1982
  • “That one should live there / vision and experience of a life together”, Pyrmont 1986
  • Co-editor “Radical Hope - Voices for Keeping German Quakers Today”, Pyrmont 1993
  • “Me and you / ways to deal constructively with conflicts”, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Authority for Schools, Youth and Vocational Training, 1996
  • “The beginning of nonviolent action in the first 20 years after the war. Who knows how it really was ", in the magazine" Nonviolent Action - Quarterly Issues for Peace and Justice "special volume, Berlin 1997,
  • “Guidelines of the Civil Peace Service”, in Tilman Evers, ed. “Civil Peace Service - Experts for Peace - Idea. Experience. Goals ", Opladen 2000
  • Several articles in Andreas Buro, ed. “Stories from the Peace Movement / Personal and Political”, Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy, Cologne 2005
  • "Spirituality and global responsibility -" What does global responsibility mean for me? What is it that makes me live and fight? "" Quaker magazine, Pyrmont, issue 4/2007
  • Co-Editor "1660 to 2010 - Let Your Lives Speak / Quaker Peace Testimonies in Our Time", Pyrmont 2010
  • “Success story of civil peace service” in the magazine Friedensforum 3/2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, “That one may live there”, Pyrmont 1986, p. 76
  2. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, “That one may live there”, Pyrmont 1986, p. 76
  3. ^ Karl A. Otto , "From Easter March to APO - History of the Extra-Parliamentary Opposition 1960-70", Frankfurt 1977, a. a. P. 70; Lübecker Nachrichten / Stormarner Nachrichten, “Marching for Peace”, March 21, 2008, p. 11
  4. ↑ "Politics from Below - On the Past and Present of Nonviolent Action", Journal of Nonviolent Action, special volume 1997, p. 66ff
  5. ↑ Andreas Buro “The emergence of the Easter march movement as an example for the development of mass learning processes” in “Peace analyzes, focus on peace movement, Frankfurt 1977, p. 60ff; Westermanns Pedagogical Contributions, “Peace Education”, Braunschweig, 3/1982, p. 120ff; Norddeutscher Rundfunk, "Easter marches against atomic death", NDR 3 school radio history / 2nd half of the year, Hamburg, 1982, p. 23ff; Hermes Handlexikon, “The Peace Movement”, 1983, p. 296; Der Spiegel, “Children of Light, Children of Darkness,” No. 42, Oct. 17, 1983; Lübecker Nachrichten / Stormarner Nachrichten “Marching for Peace”, ”March 21, 2008, p. 11; Welt am Sonntag “50 Years of the Easter March”, April 4, 2010, p. 8; Hamburger Abendblatt, magazine, “Links, links, two three four”, April 3, 2010, p. VII
  6. ↑ http://www.nato-tribunal.de/narr.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.forum-recht-online.de/hp/pdf/Hefte/FoR0903_092_thurn.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.forum-recht-online.de  
  8. ↑ http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/presse/2001-03-06.html
  9. ↑ http://www.spd-stormarn.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=263&Itemid=97
  10. ↑ http://www.humanistische-union.de/?id=682
  11. ↑ http://www.antimilitarismus-information.de/pdf/aufruf.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Temple, Helga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stolle, Helga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, Quaker and pacifist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg