Kurt Baller

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Kurt Gerhard Baller (born October 16, 1947 in Radebeul ; pseudonym: Bert Kurall ) is a German author , historian and journalist .

Life

Kurt Baller was visually impaired from birth and for this reason attended special schools for the blind and visually impaired until he graduated from high school. From 1967 he studied German and history at the Pedagogical University in Potsdam. Among the professors he studied with were the linguist Wilhelm Schmidt, the literary scholar Hans Marnette and the historian Kurt Finker .

After graduation, the originally planned teaching profession was not possible. He accepted a position as a full-time functionary of the FDJ and the FDGB in various companies and institutions. From 1981 he began his work as a historian, which he practiced until 1990.

In 1991 he took up a second degree, which he completed in 1992 as a qualified social pedagogue. Until 2003 he worked as a social worker. Then began his freelance writing.

Create

His activity as an author began in 1981. Until 1990, the focus of his work was the history of trade unions in the province of Brandenburg or in the state of Brandenburg and the Potsdam district . During this time the writing The highest holiday was created. On May 1, 1890 in the province of Brandenburg . In the period 1981 to 1990 he also wrote the chronicle of the trade union movement in the province and in the state of Brandenburg 1945/1952 . He dealt with the development of the industrial unions and the FDGB in the area of ​​the province of Brandenburg and the district of Potsdam.

From 1991 the focus of his work shifted to the history of the state of Brandenburg with special consideration of the city of Potsdam and the town of Bergholz-Rehbrücke . He focused on important personalities of the country or the region such as B. Friedrich II. Or Hans Kania (Potsdam historian). This work involved extensive research in libraries and archives.

In addition to scientific and national history contributions, he also wrote popular writings such as B. 1000 farmers and weather rules , the cookbook with recipes from the post-war period when Schmalhans cooked and a collection of toasts. In addition, he wrote articles on historical topics from the state of Brandenburg and the region for regional newspapers and magazines.

Publications

  • Chronicle of the trade union movement in the province and in the state of Brandenburg 1945–1952. Potsdam 1987.
  • The highest holiday. On May 1, 1890 in the province of Brandenburg. Potsdam 1989.
  • with Karin Baller: When Schmalhans was cooking. 75 recipes from the war and post-war period 1945/46. Docupoint publishing house, Magdeburg 2006, ISBN 3-938142-87-1 .
  • New union start in Brandenburg 1945/46. State Center for Political Education Brandenburg, Potsdam 1996.
  • 100 Potsdam mystery biographies . Schwarzdruck, Potsdam 1998, ISBN 3-933297-01-X .
  • with Marlies Reinholz: The old Potsdam of Prof. Dr. Hans Leopold Kania . Volume 1, publisher docupoint, Magdeburg 2006, ISBN 3-939665-07-X .
  • with Marlies Reinholz: The old Potsdam of Prof. Dr. Hans Leopold Kania . Volume 2, publisher docupoint, Magdeburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-939665-31-1 .
  • with Marlies Reinholz: The old Potsdam of Prof. Dr. Hans Leopold Kania . Volume 3, publisher docupoint, Magdeburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-939665-51-9 .
  • with Marlies Reinholz: Potsdam during World War II. A chronicle . Docupoint publishing house, Magdeburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86912-021-8 .
  • Potsdam. Researched, told, experienced . Docupoint publishing house, Magdeburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86912-073-7 .
  • Old school - new house. The old school Bergholz-Rehbrücke 1894 to 2014 . Mehrgenerationenhaus Nuthetal, Nuthetal 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-045903-0 .
  • with Marlies Reinholz: Potsdam between 1933 and 1939, a chronicle. Volume 1, 1933, Verlag Docupoint Magdeburg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86912-061-4
  • with Marlies Reinholz: Potsdam between 1933 and 1939, a chronicle. Volume 2, 1934/35, Verlag Docupoint Magdeburg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86912-207-6
  • with Siegfried Lück: memorial plaques, stones and steles in Potsdam . Publishing house docupoint Barleben, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86912-213-7
  • with Ronald Rosenkranz: How was Bergholz-Rehbrücke? A collection of sources from the beginnings to 1945. Docupoint Barleben publishing house, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86912-217-5
  • with Marlies Reinholz: Potsdam between 1933 and 1939, a chronicle. Volume 3, 1936/37, Verlag Docupoint, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86912-152-9

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Onnen: Profiles from Potsdam and the Potsdam-Mittelmark District - Citizens of Our Time, Volume II. Verlag Marion Zinke, Raben Steinfeld 1999, ISBN 3-932746-05-8 , p. 17.
  • Carola Hein: In the archives with readers. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. October 15, 2012.
  • Sabine Schwiers: Thoughts stones , Volume 2. B. Kühlenverlag, 2015, pp. 210–220, ISBN 978-3-87448-458-9
  • Jens Steglich: Bridge into life and travel agency for the blind. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. March 21, 2016
  • Jens Steglich: Kurt Baller is blind, but not for history. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. March 24, 2020

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Joachim Onnen: Profiles from Potsdam and the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark - Citizens of our time, Volume II. Verlag Marion Zinke, Raben Steinfeld 1999.
  2. ↑ Carola Hein: With readers in the archives. In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. October 15, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Baller, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baller, Kurt Gerhard (full name); Kurall, Bert (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, historian and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Radebeul