Jochen Stern

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Jochen Stern at the 2015 Grimme Prize

Jochen Stern , also Joachim R. Stern , (born September 10, 1928 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) is a German actor and book author .

Life

Stern attended elementary school and high school in Frankfurt on the Oder. From 1944 to 1945 he served as an air force helper and flak soldier during World War II . On July 1, 1946, he joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany . Because of his commitment to this party, he was arrested the following year by the Soviet secret service ( NKVD ) and sentenced to 25 years of forced labor in the Bautzen correctional facility . In 1954 he was released to the Federal Republic of Germany. During his imprisonment he came to acting, which he described as a "narcotic" against the difficult conditions of detention. After his release from prison, he first made up his Abitur and then studied law in Göttingen .

In addition to his theatrical work, Stern took part in numerous film and television productions . He had one of his first television roles in the series A Heart and a Soul , initially in one episode as Erich Rübensahm , later in three episodes as Disgust Alfred's best and only friend Erwin Koslowski . To this day, Stern can be seen in numerous guest roles on television, he had a recurring role in the 1990s as butler George Hethay in the series Forbidden Love . In the cinema he took on supporting roles in films such as Aimée & Jaguar (1999), Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) and Old Age Glow - Speed ​​Dating for Seniors (2014). In 2008/2009 he was on tour with the theater revue Die Sternstunde des Josef Bieder (by Eberhard Streul and Otto Schenk ) . In the 2000s he also read from Stasi files.

In addition to acting, Stern is the author of several books. In the right-wing extremist publishing house KW Schütz , he published the work “And the West is silent. Experiences, reports, documents about Central Germany 1945–1975 ", which meanwhile at" OstEuropaZentrum BERLIN-VERLAG "in its" EDITION DDR HISTORY Zeitzeugen "under the new title" And the West was silent. The Soviet Zone / GDR 1945–1975. Experiences - Reports - Documents ”is available again. In 2017 he published the autobiographical novels Die Ewige Morgenröte - Days of Awakening and Life is Not a Game . The works show the enthusiasm of young people in the post-war period, who were first instrumentalized by the Russian secret service and then sentenced to prison terms.

He has lived in Bonn since 1957 and has been back in Frankfurt an der Oder for several years. Jochen Stern is an honorary member of the FDP district association Frankfurt / Oder. In 2007, Guido Westerwelle awarded him the Theodor Heuss Gold Medal.

Filmography (selection)

Works

  • The eternal dawn - life is not a game , Roman. Rehau: Burg Verlag, December 2017, ISBN 978-3-944370-70-5 .
  • The Eternal Dawn - Days of Awakening, Roman. Rehau: Burg Verlag, March 2017, ISBN 978-3-944370-57-6
  • And the West is silent. Experiences, reports, documents about Central Germany 1945–1975 . KW Schütz Verlag , Preußisch Oldendorf 1976, ISBN 3-87725-081-5 .
  • From mimes and other people. From the life of a comedian . New edition Burg Verlag, Rehau 2010, ISBN 978-3-937344-48-5 (autobiography).
  • Turning point or: the longing for revenge. Diary notes of Ewald P .; Novel . Reinhold Kolb Verlag, Mannheim 2004, ISBN 978-3-936144-39-0 .
  • WayEnd. Novella . Reinhold Kolb Verlag, Mannheim 2004, ISBN 978-3-936144-35-2 .
  • Mimes - wreaths. Cheerful and thoughtful stories from the stage, film and television . Burg Verlag, Rehau 2006, ISBN 978-3-937344-34-8 (autobiography).
  • And the West was silent: the Soviet Zone / GDR 1945–1975; Experiences - Reports - Documents in the OEZ-Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-942437-22-6 .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Jochen Stern  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ theater-haus-birkenried.de (PDF; 149 kB)
  2. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: fdp-bundespartei.de )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.fdp-bundespartei.de
  3. ↑ Contemporary witness office: detailed view. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ fichtelgebirge.de
  5. ^ History: Actor Jochen Stern reads from Stasi files. February 17, 2005, accessed on June 26, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Cf. Jens Mecklenburg (ed.): Handbuch Deutscher Rechtsextremismus , Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-88520-585-8 , p. 426f.
  7. ↑ See also Ernst Klee, Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich. Frankfurt am Main 2003 (first edition), ISBN 3-10-039309-0 , updated edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , 2nd edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 ; Licensed edition: Akzente, Koblenz 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811483-4-3 .
  8. ↑ Joachim R. Stern, And the West is silent. Experiences, reports, documents about Central Germany 1945–1975 in KW Schütz Verlag, Preußisch Oldendorf 1976, ISBN 3-87725-081-5 ; updated as: Jochen Stern, And the West was silent: the SBZ / GDR 1945–1975; Experiences - Reports - Documents in the OEZ-Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-942437-22-6 .
  9. ↑ "Die Ewige Morgenröte" - Bonn author Jochen Stern publishes new novel. April 29, 2017, accessed on June 26, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Imprisonment in a Russian prison - "My youth was ruined". March 3, 2018, accessed June 26, 2019 .
  11. ↑ FDP Frankfurt (Oder) ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fdp-ffo.de
personal data
SURNAME Stern, Jochen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stern, Joachim R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt Oder