Karl Moersch

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Karl Moersch (born March 11, 1926 in Calw ; † July 12, 2017 in Ludwigsburg ) was a German politician ( FDP / DVP ), journalist and non-fiction author .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1944, Moersch was drafted into military service and deployed to the Palatinate (i.e. on the Western Front ) in 1944/45 . After returning from captivity in 1946, he learned the profession of editor and worked for various newspapers and magazines, including from 1948 to 1954 for Die Rheinpfalz .

Politician

On September 1, 1964, he stood up for the resigned MP Robert Margulies in the German Bundestag . Until after the federal election in 1976 he was a member of the German Bundestag . Moersch has always entered the Bundestag via the Baden-Württemberg state list.

Moersch was state chairman of the FDP / DVP in Baden-Württemberg from 1971 to 1974 . In the state elections in 1972 he led the Baden-Württemberg FDP in the election campaign.

On July 2, 1970, he was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Federal Government led by Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt . He also retained this office in the government headed by Helmut Schmidt from 1974 ( Schmidt I cabinet ). On August 19, 1974, his post was renamed Minister of State in the Foreign Office .

Politically, Moersch covered, among other things, the military dictatorship in Argentina at the time with the federal government at the time . During a state visit to Argentina in July 1976, he first praised the military government's new economic policy and then its measures in the fight against terrorism . After his return to Bonn, Moersch disseminated the versions of the Argentine military, according to which the German-Argentinian Klaus Zieschank might have been held by an anti-government group or went underground . He later turned out to be one of the disappeared , a victim of the military government.

However, the federal government was not able to say anything about his whereabouts. In his view, the Argentine government had "not kept anything secret" on this matter. Secretary Lothar Lahn from the Foreign Office said after his Argentina trip with Minister of State Moersch in a radio interview them, the Argentine government throw Zieschank claims to have worked for an underground organization to have rendered services and distributes magazines. The ministerial director underlined that the Argentine government had "credibly assured" that it did not know where Zieschank was. Klaus Zieschank was already dead at this point, which was known to the federal government.

After the federal election in 1976 he left the government on December 14, 1976; Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (FDP) followed his post .

From 1980 to 1985 he represented the Federal Republic of Germany on the Executive Council of the UN agency UNESCO in Paris.

Freelance journalist and non-fiction author, retired

After leaving politics, he worked as a freelance journalist and author from 1977. He worked for the Süddeutscher Rundfunk and the Bavarian Broadcasting Company , among others . The focus of his writing was on the regional history of southwest Germany with a special focus on the liberal roots in this region. In 1997 he received the Ludwig Uhland Prize for his services to the country's history and for his political achievements. In 2001, Prime Minister Erwin Teufel awarded him the title of Professor hc for outstanding scientific work. He was a member of the board of the Franco-German Institute in Ludwigsburg.

Moersch lived in Ludwigsburg.

Works

  • 1978: Course revision - German politics according to Adenauer , Societäts-Verlag
  • 1979: Europe for beginners. Facts about adulthood , Societäts-Verlag, ISBN 3-7973-0342-4
  • 1984: With us in the state of Beutelsbach. From the unknown Württemberg , Neske, ISBN 978-3788502669
  • 1986: Are we a nation? The Germans and their Fatherland , Bonn aktuell, ISBN 978-3879591862
  • 1994: History of the Palatinate , 5th edition, Palatinate . Verl.-Anst., Landau / Pfalz, ISBN 3-87629-121-6
  • 1991: Sueben, Württemberger und Franzosen - Historical search for traces in the west , ISBN 978-3421065971
  • 1996: Bulky compatriots - Wilhelm I and the way to modern Württemberg , DRW-Verlag, ISBN 978-3871813733
  • 1998: Things get strange - in Württemberg. From extraordinary ideas and résumés , DRW-Verlag, ISBN 978-3871814099
  • 2001: It was always an adventure. Memories , Stuttgart, DVA, ISBN 978-3-42105418-0
  • 2002: Counterpoint Baden-Württemberg. On the prehistory and history of the Südweststaats , DRW-Verlag, ISBN 3-87181-478-4
  • 2005: All people become brothers. Friedrich Schiller's modern Europe , Markstein-Verlag, ISBN 3-935129-23-8

See also

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b cover text for the book: Karl Moersch: Geschichte der Pfalz , Landau / Pfalz 1987.
  2. ↑ Spiegel 29/1970 of July 13, 1970: Nobody can stand it
  3. ↑ [1] Menschenrechte.org: Exhibition board on Klaus Zieschank
  4. ↑ [2]
  5. ↑ Citizen's Medal of the City of Ludwigsburg ( Memento from March 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (awarded on May 4, 2012)


personal data
SURNAME Moersch, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP, DVP), Member of the Bundestag, journalist and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Calw
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2017
Place of death Ludwigsburg