Kurt Fricke (historian)

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Kurt Fricke (* 1967 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German historian, publisher and author.

Life

Fricke completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith and did military service. From 1989 to 1995 he studied history and philosophy at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg , graduating with a Magister Artium. He then worked as a freelance historian for two years. In 2000 he received his doctorate with a biography of the actor and artistic director Heinrich George . Since autumn 2000 he has worked as a lecturer at Mitteldeutscher Verlag (specialist and non-fiction books, regionalia). He wrote various publications on German contemporary history. In November 2010 he published his prose debut The Flight of the Whales with short stories .

Works (selection)

  • The correctional facility “Roter Ochse” Halle / Saale 1933–1945. A documentation . Published by the Ministry of the Interior of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg 1997.
  • 25 years of the “TURM” student club in Halle / Saale. 1973-1998 . Published by TURM e. V., Hall 1998.
  • Play on the edge. Heinrich George. A political biography . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2000, ISBN 3-89812-021-X .
  • The flight of the whales. Short stories . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2010, ISBN 978-3-89812-752-3 .
  • The flank from the left - Inge von Wangenheim. In: Inge von Wangenheim: The derailment . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2012, ISBN 978-3-89812-864-3 , pp. 303–336.
  • In the underground. Short stories . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2012, ISBN 978-3-89812-874-2 .
  • Mr. Eden's garden. Novel . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-192-7 .
  • "God preserve the city furthermore by grace for all fire damage and other misfortunes!" On the history of fire extinguishing in Halle (Saale) up to 1900. In: Yearbook for Halle city ​​history. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Halle 2014, ISBN 978-3-89923-331-5 , pp. 11-53.
  • The gifts of the gods. Short stories . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-89812-416-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography at Mitteldeutscher Verlag
personal data
SURNAME Fricke, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)