Klaus Gotto

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Klaus Rudolf Gotto (born April 22, 1943 in Trier ; † January 25, 2017 in Bonn ) was a German historian and political official .

Life

Gotto studied history and German in Saarbrücken , received his doctorate in 1969 under Konrad Repgen and became a research assistant and managing director of the Commission for Contemporary History in Bonn. Since 1976 he was the first director of the Archive for Christian Democratic Politics (ACDP) of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Sankt Augustin .

In 1989 he became group leader for social and political analyzes in the Federal Chancellery . His focus here included the museum projects German Historical Museum Berlin , House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, as well as federal memorials, especially the Neue Wache in Berlin.

In 1993, Gotto moved from the Federal Chancellery to the Federal Government's Press and Information Office , where he was Head of the Domestic Department until 1998 with the rank of Ministerial Director. Public relations work for the introduction of the European Economic and Monetary Union was one of his priorities.

Most recently he was managing director of the political consultancy firm dimap consult.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Konrad Adenauer. Verlag Bonn Aktuell, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-87959-323-X .
  • with Erich Kosthorst and Hartmut Soell : Germany policy of the post-war years. Historical and didactic location determination. Schöningh, Paderborn 1976, ISBN 3-506-77441-7 .
  • Konrad Adenauer. His Germany and foreign policy 1945–1963. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-423-01151-3 (previously published as an employed person).
  • The weekly newspaper Junge Front / Michael. A study on the Catholic self-image and the behavior of the young church towards National Socialism (= publications by the Commission for Contemporary History at the Catholic Academy in Bavaria. Series B: Research. Vol. 8, ZDB -ID 846793-6 ). Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1970 (Saarbrücken, University, dissertation, 1969).

Articles in collective works

Editorships

  • with Hans-Otto Kleinmann and Reinhard Schreiner: In the center of power. State Secretary Lenz's diary . 1951–1953 (= research and sources on contemporary history. Vol. 11). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-0763-8 .
  • From the Reformation to the present. Contributions to basic questions of modern history. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 1988, ISBN 3-506-77207-4 .
  • with Hans-Joachim Veen : The Greens. Party against its will (= studies on political education. Vol. 9). von Hase and Koehler, Mainz 1984, ISBN 3-7758-1090-0 .
  • The State Secretary Adenauer. Personality and political work of Hans Globke. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-12-912920-0 .
  • with Konrad Repgen : Church, Catholics and National Socialism (= Topos pocket books. 96). Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1980, ISBN 3-7867-0838-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Gotto: Obituaries: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Gotto, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gotto, Klaus Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2017
Place of death Bonn