Horst Dahlhaus
Horst Ernst Dahlhaus (born July 30, 1927 in Voerde ; † February 5, 2017 ) was a German social worker and educator .
Career
Dahlhaus was born to the married couple Ernst and Emilie Dahlhaus, née Schröder. He studied economics and business administration in Cologne and graduated in 1955 with a degree in business administration. He then worked full-time in social work and adult education in church institutions of the Rhenish and Westphalian regional churches . From 1955 to 1960 he was managing director of the Society of Friends of Evangelical Academic Work in Essen . From 1960 to 1967 he was a social officer in the social ethics committee of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (EKIR) and at the same time managing director of the Social Science Institute of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland .
In 1967 Dahlhaus was a co-founder and, until the academy director Rolf Schroers took office in October 1968, was the first director of the Theodor Heuss Academy of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Gummersbach . From 1970 to 1973 he was a social officer in the social welfare office of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia (EkvW) in Villigst. From 1973 to 1992 he was director of the Federal Agency for Civic Education .
Dahlhaus took on several voluntary tasks in Jewish associations and groups. From 1959 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1990 he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
Honors
- 1985: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1998: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts
- A letter from Horst Dahlhaus: On the 70th birthday of Peter Finkelgruen , in: haGalil , March 6, 2012: http://www.hagalil.com/2012/03/dahlhaus/
- Israel and Germany: The Network of Relationships , in: Tribune . H. 177, 1/2006, p. 204 f.
literature
- Tabea Mariga Esch: Free Church in the Free State. The church paper of the FDP in the context of church politics from 1966 to 1974 , Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2011.
- Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is Who? The German Who's Who , Edition 22, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1983.
Footnotes
- ^ Obituary haGalil.com , February 13, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dahlhaus, Horst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dahlhaus, Horst Ernst (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social worker and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Voerde |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 2017 |