Kai Feller
Kai Feller (born November 10, 1971 in Berlin-Pankow ) is a German Protestant pastor who became known through the Ossietzky affair .
Life
Ossietzky affair
See also the Ossietzky affair .
Together with Katja Ihle , Philipp Lengsfeld and Benjamin Lindner , Kai Feller was expelled from the FDJ on September 29, 1988 by the other class members at the Carl von Ossietzky Oberschule and expelled from the school on September 30 in front of the entire student body. Despite massive protests inside and outside the GDR, the rehabilitation of the four Ossietzky students only took place in the course of the peaceful revolution in November 1989. Jens Reich called the "courageous Ossietzky students" "pioneers" of the 1989 movement in the GDR.
Further school career, studies and work
After being expelled from the Ossietzky-Oberschule, Feller initially worked as a nursing assistant in a home of the Stephanus Foundation in Berlin-Weißensee until 1989 , before he graduated from the Evangelical High School in Potsdam-Hermannswerder between 1989 and 1992 . In 1992 he began studying Protestant theology and classical philology at the Humboldt University in Berlin , which he graduated as a theologian in 1999 . From 1999 to 2002 Feller worked as vicar of the churches of St. Petri , St. Marien and St. Jakobi in Rostock's inner city parish . After that he was pastor of the Evangelical Church in Steffenshagen from 2002 to 2019 .
Kai Feller has been working as a pastor in the ecumenical office of the Lübeck-Lauenburg church district since December 2019 .
Web links
- Staff website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church District Lübeck-Lauenburg , accessed on February 11, 2020
- Berlin - Fateful Years of a City: 1988 , film by Lutz Pehnert (featuring Kai Feller, from approx. 01:00:00; first broadcast on November 2, 2019 / rbb )
- Kai Feller at Jugendopposition.de, accessed on February 11, 2020
- Teenage rebellion anticipated fall of Berlin Wall (en) , Timesfreepress.com. November 5, 2014. Accessed February 11, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ BStU - "Thrown out" - The relegation of students from the Carl von Ossietzky School 20 years ago - Document 6. Accessed on March 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk : Endgame. The 1989 revolution in the GDR. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58357-5 , pp. 291-297, here p. 297.
- ↑ Sabine Hügelland: Pastor is saying goodbye after 17 years , Ostseezeitung. October 29, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ↑ Pastor Kai Feller ends his service. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Kai Feller is the new ecumenical pastor in the church district. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feller, Kai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pastor, involved in the Ossietzky affair |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Pankow |