Herbert Gottschalk

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Herbert Gottschalk (born June 9, 1919 in Kolowert / Wolhynien , † March 13, 1981 in Stuttgart ) was a German writer who wrote under the pseudonym Ata Hajan .

In 1938 Gottschalk began studying medicine in Berlin and was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1940 after studying in Milan. After three serious wounds, Gottschalk was given leave of absence to study in 1942. Until 1945 he studied medicine, philosophy, psychology, art history, history and literature at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau , Breslau , at the Lyceum Hosianum in Braunsberg in East Prussia, then at the Universities of Königsberg and Göttingen .

Gottschalk continued his studies in Göttingen until 1949 and then worked as a writer and publisher. For many years he was the head of the “Science and General Education” editorial team at Bertelsmann Verlag in Gütersloh. From 1965 he edited the "Zeiss information" in the Carl Zeiss company. In 1970 he took over the management of the "Public Relations" department at Salamander AG . From 1974 onwards he was in charge of public relations at the Information Center for Business in Stuttgart. Gottschalk was a board member and state spokesman for the German Public Relations Society in Baden-Württemberg, as well as an employee of the “Blätter der Schule der Weisheit” and the educational monthly “Unser Schule”.

As one of his greatest works, Gottschalk published the book “World Moving Power Islam” in 1962. In doing so, he attempted to paint a broad picture of the religious, cultural and political reality of Islam.

Works (selection)

  • CG Jung . Colloquium, Berlin 1960 (= heads of the 20th century, 17)
  • Bertrand Russell . Colloquium, Berlin 1962 (= heads of the 20th century, 26; also translated into English)
  • World-shaking power Islam . OW Barth, Weilheim 1962 (with drawings by August Lüdecke)
  • Chapter Yugoslavia , in: You live differently somewhere else. Without published by Heinz Peter, Gütersloh 1962
  • Realm of dreams. Cultural history, exploration, interpretation . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1963 (with drawings by Helmut Bibow and August Lüdecke)
  • The superstition: essence and evil . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1965
  • Karl Jaspers . Colloquium, Berlin 1966 (= heads of the 20th century, 43)
  • Hungary: landscape, history and culture . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1970
  • Lexicon of the Mythology of the European Peoples. Gods, mysteries, cults and symbols, heroes and legends of myths . Safari Verlag, Berlin 1973
  • Sun gods and vampires. Myths and legends from Egypt . Safari, Berlin 1978 (= Lexicon of Mythology, Volume 2)

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notes

  1. ↑ In this publication, HG met with other authors and photographers from the field of war reporters until 1945, e. B. Jan Herchenröder
personal data
SURNAME Gottschalk, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolowert / Volhynia,
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1981
Place of death Stuttgart