Jürgen Schwandt

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Jürgen Schwandt at the NDR Talk Show, 2016

Jürgen Schwandt , also known as Captain Schwandt , (born July 6, 1936 in Hamburg ) is a German captain , columnist and blogger .

Life

Jürgen Schwandt grew up in Hamburg-St. Georg up. He experienced the hail of bombs in the Second World War in the air-raid shelters in Hamburg. His father was a staunch National Socialist and a senior soldier. Out of the mind of the father, disputes between father and son arose again and again. In the summer of 1952, at the age of 16 and with the necessary declaration of consent from his parents, Schwandt was hired as a cabin boy on the mizzen ship Argonaut . In 1955, at the age of 19, he served on the freighter Franziska Sartori , on which he survived a severe hurricane . In 1966, at the age of 30, Schwandt became captain of Ludwigsburg. In 1971 Schwandt married and for the sake of his wife took a job on land at the Federal Customs Administration in Hamburg. During this time Schwandt rose to the position of head of the water customs in Hamburg.

Jürgen Schwandt lives as a pensioner with his wife in Rellingen in the Pinneberg district , just a few kilometers from the city limits of Hamburg. In May 2016, the author published Stefan crutches in Anker Heart Publishing Schwandts biography titled storm warning . On May 17, 2016, Schwandt appeared on Markus Lanz's talk show .

Journalistic activity

Jürgen Schwandt works as a columnist for the Hamburger Morgenpost and the Ankerherz publishing house. He is also active as a blogger on Facebook with over 140,000 followers (as of August 2016).

The content of his columns and Facebook posts is, in addition to his seafaring stories, above all the fight against xenophobia and right-wing populism.

“I have met good people all over the world on my travels. And a couple of ass violins too. It has nothing to do with skin color, passport or religion. "

- Jürgen Schwandt

While at the beginning of 2015 the political movement PEGIDA and its supporters still dominated the content of Schwandt's columns and postings, today the political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) with its leading politicians is the central theme of his texts. Especially among his Facebook posts, there are often insulting and highly degrading comments against Schwandt. He usually emphasizes such comments as negative examples.

Since August 2016, NDR television has been broadcasting a weekly column with Captain Schwandt in the Kulturjournal program under the title Schwandt in Sight .

In October 2016, Schwandt announced that he would be ceasing to work as a columnist for the Hamburger Morgenpost due to age and health issues. On January 2, 2017, the administrators of Schwandt's Facebook page announced that the page would no longer be used for political statements. For health reasons, these were recently only carried out by administrators of the Ankerherz publishing house on behalf of Schwandt. The site should continue to operate, but only news about Jürgen Schwandt's health should be posted. In practice, however, numerous political statements are still being published there.

biography

  • Stefan Krücken: Storm warning . The exciting life of Captain Jürgen Schwandt. At sea and in ports. Ankerherz Verlag, Hollenstedt 2016, ISBN 978-3-945877-00-5 (248 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Spiegel Online, Hamburg Germany: Captain Jürgen Schwandt: The ocean, one man, one word. In: Spiegel Online. Retrieved May 26, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Jürgen Schwandt: Hollywood at customs. Ankerherz-Verlag, November 21, 2015, accessed on May 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Mirjam Rüscher: A wanderer between two worlds. June 30, 2012, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Storm warning: The exciting life of Captain Jürgen Schwandt. In: Ankerherz Verlag. Retrieved May 26, 2016 .
  5. ^ Second German Television (ZDF): "Markus Lanz" from May 17, 2016 - Markus Lanz - ZDFmediathek - ZDF Mediathek. (No longer available online.) In: www.zdf.de. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016 ; accessed on May 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de
  6. ↑ MOPO.de: | MOPO.de. In: MOPO.de. Retrieved on May 26, 2016 (German).
  7. ↑ Captain Schwandt Archives -. In: Ankerherz Verlag. Retrieved May 26, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Captain Schwandt. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Hamburger Morgenpost: The captain brought wind to the talk show. Hamburger Morgenpost, May 19, 2016, accessed on May 26, 2016 .
  10. ↑ "Schwandt in Sight!": Cult captain Jürgen Schwandt gets a weekly column in the NDR "Kulturjournal". Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Captain Schwandt: This is my last column. In: Ankerherz Verlag. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Stefan crutches: Captain Schwandt | Facebook. In: www.facebook.com. January 2, 2017, accessed January 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Schwandt, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German captain, columnist and blogger
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg