Horst-Klaus Hofmann

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Horst-Klaus Hofmann (born November 20, 1928 in Nidda ) founded in 1968 together with his wife Irmela Hofmann, born in 2003, who died in 2003 . Eberlein (1924–2003) the Young Christians Offensive e. V. After handing over the management to Dominik Klenk , he now lives in Bensheim-Auerbach in active retirement.

Life

Horst-Klaus Hofmann is the youngest of four children of the veterinarian August Hofmann and his wife Thea (née Schauberger). Horst-Klaus Hofmann was in the Reich Labor Service in 1945 , then a soldier as a volunteer and first in American, then in Soviet captivity . He was released that same year. After several stays in sanatoriums he was in 1948 württembergischer delegate of the German YMCA Young Men's Forum elected and there to the Bureau. From 1950 he was full-time in the YMCA service, first in Gießen , after studying at the YMCA secretary school in Kassel from 1953 to 1960 YMCA secretary in Mannheim. During this time he also studied youth and depth psychology , group education , practical theology , cultural history and Marxism .

From 1960 to 1968 he was general secretary of the YMCA-Westbund in Mannheim. During this time he also trained in marriage counseling .

In 1964 he was a founding member of Aktion Sorge um Deutschland e. V. and 1966–1970 member of the sexual ethics commission of the EKD .

In 1968 he organized eight school and student conferences with up to 160 participants each under the motto: "Everyone is talking about revolution - so do we". Based on these events and lectures, the Hofmann couple began to let young people live with their families in Mannheim. This led to the founding of the large family of the Young Christians Offensive in Bensheim, of which he and his wife were long-term directors. There he influenced many of the roommates and guests through countless lectures and publications. Today he is chairman of the Paul Schütz Society.

Services

His main achievement in 1968 was the establishment of the OJC. Furthermore, he was active in coming to terms with the German persecution of the Jews . With the support of Hofmann and the Protestant pastor Wolfgang Breithaupt from Weitenhagen , Ilan Brunner started the Disraelis project in 2002 , which was founded for understanding and friendship between Israelis and Christians. In memory of the Jewish Eckstein family and the Nazi pogrom of 1938, which he experienced as a nine-year-old in Nidda, the first five stumbling blocks were laid in his hometown in 2014.

Honors

For his commitment to youth work in Germany and his contribution to international understanding, Horst-Klaus Hofmann was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon by Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker in 1990.

Works

  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann: Return to Auschwitz. A diary against oblivion. Freimund, Neuendettelsau 2005, ISBN 3-86-540014-0
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann: South Africa. Resistance and forgiveness. R. Brockhaus, Haan 1987, ISBN 3-41-720414-3
  • Gatsha Buthelezi , Horst-Klaus Hofmann (editor): For freedom and reconciliation. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1985, ISBN 3-57-901056-5
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann, Irmela Hofmann (ed.): Incitements. Chronicle from 20 years of OJC. Events and experiences between 1968 and 1988. Brendow, Moers 1988, ISBN 3-87067-337-0
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann: Postscript. In: Gerhard Besier , Armin Boyens, Gerhard Lindemann : National Protestantism and Ecumenical Movement. Church action in the Cold War (1945–1990). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-10032-8
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann (ed.): The language of the rose. Friso Melzer . Brunnen, Giessen 1992
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann, Maria Kaißling (ed.): Construction sites of hope. Architecture - Spirituality - Pedagogy on the Offensive The Example, Darmstadt 1990, ISBN 3-923974-02-7 (a publication of the German Institute for Youth and Society )
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann (ed. And introduction): Living with the God who speaks. Brunnen, Giessen 1998, ISBN 3-7655-9441-5 (Bockmühl-Werk edition 1/6)
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann, Ulrich Parzany , Christel R. Vonholdt, Roland Werner : The other side. Homosexuality and Christian pastoral care. Christians on the offensive, Reichelsheim 1995
  • Horst-Klaus Hofmann: The '68. 20 years after the student revolt. Idea, Wetzlar 1988

Quotes

  • "Clarity comes from silence, courage from history and the future from hope"

literature

  • Gerhard Besier , Hermann Klenk, Christl R. Vonholdt, (eds.): Christian hope, cosmopolitanism, common life. Brunnen, Giessen 1998, ISBN 3-7655-6326-9 (Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Horst-Klaus Hofmann)

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personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Horst-Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES HKH
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German founder of the community "Young Christians Offensive"
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Nidda , Upper Hesse