Karl Lärmer

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Karl Lärmer (born June 9, 1930 in Wistritz near Teplitz-Schönau, Czechoslovakia ; † 2010 ) was a German economic historian . He worked in the GDR on the history of the Mansfeld copper mining and the construction of the autobahn during National Socialism and was significantly involved in work on the history of the productive forces.

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Lärmer attended middle school and began an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk in 1944 . After resettlement in 1945 in the course of expelling the Germans from Czechoslovakia , he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter until 1948 . He was delegated to study and attended the preparatory college in Halle from 1948 to 1950 . In 1950 he passed the school leaving examination .

From 1950 to 1954 Lärmer studied economics and economic history at the Humboldt University in East Berlin , with Jürgen Kuczynski among others . In 1954 he became assistant for economic history and after the state examination he became a research assistant at the Museum of German History . From 1955 he worked as a research assistant or employee in the economic history department of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin and at the same time as a part-time seminar leader for economic history in the distance learning department of the economics faculty of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . In July 1958 he obtained his doctorate in Berlin. rer. oec. with a thesis on the “History of the work regulations in the Mansfeld copper slate mining from the feudal 18th century to 1945”.

From 1960 to 1961 Lärmer was a lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics . In June 1968 he completed his habilitation with Elfriede Rehbein , Wolfgang Jonas and Rolf Sonnemann on "Autobahns in the service of fascist German imperialism". In 1979 he succeeded the sick Jonas as head of the department “History of Productive Forces / Industry” at the Institute for Economic History of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR , which he held until 1989. At the same time, he headed the “Economic History of Capitalism” research area at the Institute for Economic History. After the reunification and peaceful revolution in the GDR , Lärmer took early retirement and worked as a private scholar.

Publications

  • From forced labor to forced labor. The work regulations in the Mansfeld copper slate mining from 1673 to 1945. Verlag Tribüne, Berlin 1961.
  • The truth about highway construction. A popular scientific study of economic history. Verlag Tribüne, Berlin 1963.
  • Motorway construction in Germany from 1933 to 1945. About the background. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1975.
  • (Ed.): Studies on the history of the productive forces. Germany at the time of the industrial revolution. Akad.-Verl., Berlin 1979.
  • et al. (Ed.): History of the productive forces in Germany from 1800 - 1945. In 3 volumes. Akad.-Verl, Berlin 1985–1990, ISBN 9783050002989 .
  • and Hans-Joachim Rook: Steam engine - old-timer technology. 1st edition. Akzent series Volume 90. Urania-Verl., Leipzig, Jena, Berlin 1990, ISBN 9783332003628 .
  • Märkisches Birmingham - German Manchester. England and early industrialization in Brandenburg. , Forst (Lausitz) 1997.

literature

  • Lothar Mertens : Lexicon of the GDR historians. Biographies and bibliographies on the historians from the German Democratic Republic . KG Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-11673-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The place fell victim to lignite mining.
  2. ↑ Werner Röhr: settlement. The end of the history of the GDR. Edition Organon, Berlin 2012, ISBN 9783931034160 , p. 1092.
personal data
SURNAME Noisy, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wistritz near Komotau, Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH 2010