John Provan

John Provan (born July 26, 1956 in Steubenville , Ohio ) is an American historian . He is the child of a German mother and an American.

Career

His father, John Provan Jr., served with the rank of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force at various US bases , including Kaiserslautern , Sembach Air Base , Langley AFB and Rhein-Main , for almost 30 years . John Provan spent many years as a child on the Rhein Main Air Base, in the Gateway Gardens residential area , where he also went to school. As a collector, Provan has been dealing with the subject of The Americans in Germany since the 1980s . After graduating from the University of Maryland , he wrote his master's thesis at the Technical University of Darmstadt . Also in Darmstadt , he did his doctorate on a topic on the German airship hangars.

Exhibitions

Provan has organized exhibitions such as B. The Zeppelin in Art, Design & Advertising , Sgt Elvis Presley in Germany , AFN - the American Forces Network , 100 years of the Wright Brothers and childhood in post-war Germany .

Works

• Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin . The aviation pioneer and his group. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2649-5 .
• The Zeppelin Museum . A journey through the history of airship travel. Zeppelin-Kameradschaft eV, Zeppelinheim 2002, ISBN 3-00-009170-X .
• Big lift . The Berlin Airlift June 26, 1948 - September 30, 1949. Temmen, Bremen 1998, ISBN 3-86108-706-5 .
• The Berlin Airlift - the Effort and the Aircraft, Paladwr Press, 1998, ISBN 1-888962-05-4 (3 printings).
• A zeppelin trip to Berlin. Provan, Kelkheim 1987, ISBN 0-945794-03-7 .
• The Zeppelindorf / Zeppelinheim settlements. Provan, Kelkheim, 1986, ISBN 0-945794-04-5 .
• The French airship hangars. Provan, Kelkheim, 1987, ISBN 0-945794-05-3 .
• Count Zeppelin - a system builder. Provan, Kelkheim, 1988, ISBN 0-945794-07-X .
• AFN- the American Forces Network. Provan, Kelkheim, 2000, ISBN 0-945794-10-X .
• The German Airship Hall. Provan, Kelkheim, 2001, ISBN 0-945794-11-8 .
• 60 Years AFN. Booklet with 2CDs, Provan, Kelkheim, 2003, ISBN 0-945794-12-6 .
• Exhibition: Sgt. Elvis Presley in Germany 1958–1960.
• LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin returns. with CD, Deutsche Post, Bonn 2007, DNB 985742097 .
• I am a Berliner. John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany in 1963. Berlin Story Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86368-112-8 .

E-books

• History of Rhein-Main Air Base. VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-13-4 .
• Hindenburg - a Ship of Dreams. VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-14-1 .
• Childhood in Post War Germany / Childhood in the post-war years. VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-15-8 .
• Berlin Airlift - First Battle of the Cold War. (VOL 1) VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-16-5 .
• Berlin Airlift - the Task Force Times. (VOL 2) VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-17-2 .
• Berlin Airlift - the men that made the Airlift work. VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-18-9 .
• Frankfurt Airport, from the first balloon ride until today. VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-19-6 .
• LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin- the Story of an Airship. VR-Fabrik, 2011, ISBN 978-0-945794-19-6 .
• the Wright Brothers - a Study of Early Aviation Using a Comparitive Method. 2012, ISBN 978-0-945794-22-6 .
• Obersalzberg - Hitler's Mountain . (App), VR-Fabrik, 2012-
• I am a Berliner. John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany in 1963. Berlin-Sory-Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-86368-112-8 .

Television interviews

• The Blimp is Back - Michael Barnes, producer - 1990.
• Zeppelin - Karin Leuthy, producer, Network Group - 1995.
• The Hindenburg - Robert Beemer, producer, Greystone Television - 1995.
• 50th Anniversary Berlin Airlift - Robert Fyre, Producer, PBS - 1998.
• Berlin Airlift , Spiegel TV - 1998.
• The Spirit of Freedom, the Berlin Airlift - Richard Luckin, producer - 1998.
• Hindenburg - Becky Kelly, producer, History Channel - 2004.
• Rhein-Main Air Base, AFN Documentary - 2005.
• Stars, stripes, chocolate - 60 years of Rhein-Main Air Base. Oliver Schmid, ARD - 2005.
• What went down the Hindenburg. Creative Differences - 2009.
• When Hessen learned to fly - The history of aviation , HR - 2010.
• The Hindenburg. RTL - 2010.
• Mysterious places - Rhein-Main Air Base. ARD - 2012.
• Hello Hessen- 50th Anniversary of Pres. John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany, HR - 2013.
• Forgotten Hesse, HR - 2014.
• Good-Bye Heidelberg, SWR - 2014.
• Hallo Hessen- 80th Anniversary of Elvis Presley, HR - 2015.
• Secrets of the Cold War (5-part broadcast), ZDF-Info - 2016.
• The USO- An Army of Volunteers, (as producer) - 2018.

Web links

• Literature by and about John Provan in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works directory on Google books
• Heike Lattka: savior of collective memory. In: FAZ.net.
• Video interview with historian John Provan from June 29, 2008 on hr.online.
• Treasures from old US military barracks , TV report about John Provan from June 21, 2012 from the program Landesschau Baden-Württemberg of SWR television , accessed via the ARD media library on November 9, 2012.
• Interview with historian John Provan , radio interview of Hessischer Rundfunk from June 16, 2008, accessed on November 9, 2012.
• Stars and Stripes at the Deutsches Eck , a film by Utz Kastenholz u. a. with John Provan in an interview with SWR Fernsehen , accessed on November 4, 2018.