Hermann Vinke

Hermann Vinke (* 1940 in Rhede an der Ems ) is a German radio - journalist and nonfiction author .

Life

The son of a builder grew up in a large Catholic family with eight siblings in rural Emsland. The eldest brother was practically killed in front of his eyes during the Allied invasion, and his father's hand was shot in the war. The young Vinke, who was particularly interested in history and philosophy at school, did an internship at the Papenbuger Ems-Zeitung , became an editor for various daily newspapers and later for the NDR . In between he completed a degree in history and sociology .

For five years (1981–1986) Vinke was ARD's Far East correspondent in Tokyo , and from 1986–1990 North America correspondent in Washington. For one year he took over the chief post as head of the ARD studio in Berlin / East Germany from 1990 to 1991. For another eight years he was appointed program director for radio at Radio Bremen from 1992–2000 . Since 2000 he has been the ARD correspondent for Eastern Europe / Baltic States. He was especially long Japan Stay in an interview conversation nuances of Germany Radio in July 2005, and his wife considerably (Quote) had "turned inside out".

As an award-winning non - fiction author , he also turned to young readers in particular to bring them closer to the Nazi past and the resistance to it.

Works

• Carl von Ossietzky (with a foreword by Willy Brandt) . Hamburg: Cecilie Dressler Verlag 1978, ISBN 978-3-791-55007-7 .
• The short life of Sophie Scholl . Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1980, as Tb, 1997 ISBN 3-473-58011-2 .
• With two standards: The German reaction to terrorism from the right: a documentary . Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1981 ISBN 3-499-14822-6 .
• Cato Bontjes van Beek : “I haven't begged for my life.” A portrait. Zurich: Arche Verlag, 2003 ISBN 3-7160-2313-2 .
• Fritz Hartnagel : Sophie Scholl's friend . Zurich-Hamburg: Arche Verlag, 2005 ISBN 3-7160-2341-8 .
• The Third Reich: A documentation with numerous biographies and illustrations. Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 2005 ISBN 3-473-35857-6
• Hopefully you will write soon. Sophie Scholl and Fritz Hartnagel. A friendship 1937–1943. Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag 2006, ISBN 3-473-35253-5 .
• The DDR. Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-473-55116-3 .
• The Federal Republic of. Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-473-55228-3 .
• Wounds that never fully healed. Ravensburger Buchverlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-473-55210-8 .
• Civil courage 2.0. Champion for a just future. Ravensburger Buchverlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-473-55348-8 . [Together with his daughter Kira Vinke]
• "I always see the person in front of me". The life of the German officer Wilm Hosenfeld . A biography. Zurich: Arche Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-7160-2714-1 .

Editorships

• Philippines : the unfinished revolution . Together with Lukas Schwarzacher . Bornheim-Merten: Lamuv, 1987 ISBN 3-88977-138-6
• File inspection Christa Wolf : distorting mirror and dialogue: a documentation . Hamburg: Luchterhand Literaturverlag, 1993 ISBN 3-630-86814-2
• When the first atomic bomb fell. Ravensburg: Maier, 1982. (Original title: Children of Hiroshima ) Licensed edition, abridged paperback edition 1998 ISBN 3-473-58062-7

Awards

• 1980 Buxtehuder Bulle for The Short Life of Sophie Scholl
• 1981 German Youth Book Prize for The Short Life of Sophie Scholl
• 2005 Lynx for the Third Reich

Web links

• Literature by and about Hermann Vinke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Hermann Vinke at perlentaucher.de
• “The Third Reich: A Documentation” DLF 2005 review
• Hermann Vinke read at the Robert-Bosch-Gymnasium Langenau (photo)