Marcus Leifeld

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Marcus Leifeld (* 1968 ) is a German historian . He has published numerous works on the history of the Cologne Carnival .

Life

Leifeld studied modern and contemporary history , art history and historical auxiliary sciences and archival studies at the University of Bonn . In 1995 he wrote a master's thesis on the subject of “Four first ministers from the Electoral Cologne . Prosopographical Studies on Politics and Society of the Old Empire ”and became a research assistant in the library of the History Department of the University of Bonn.

Leifeld works as a historian for the Cologne City Museum and is a research associate of the five traditional corps Kölsche Funke rut-wieß from 1823 , Kölner Funken-Artillerie Blau-Weiß from 1870 , Prinzen-Garde Cologne 1906 , EhrenGarde der Stadt Köln 1902 and Altstädter Cologne 1922 .

Today he works as a consultant for provenance research in the Department for Art and Culture of the City of Cologne.

Leifeld was curator of the exhibition “Kölle Alaaf under the swastika. Carnival between entertainment and propaganda ”(November 18, 2011 to April 1, 2012) in the NS Documentation Center in Cologne . In 2012 he did his doctorate at the University of Bonn on the Carnival of Cologne during the National Socialist era.

Fonts

  • (Ed .; together with Michael Euler-Schmidt ): The Prinzen-Guard Cologne. A story of high standing 1906–2006 . Bachem, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7616-1957-X .
  • (Ed .; together with Michael Euler-Schmidt): Der Kölner Rosenmontagszug 1823–1948 . Bachem, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7616-2062-5 .
  • (Ed .; together with Michael Euler-Schmidt): The Cologne Rose Monday procession 1949–2009 . Bachem, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7616-2146-2
  • (together with Carl Dietmar): Alaaf and Heil Hitler. Carnival in the Third Reich . Herbig, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7766-2630-8
  • The Cologne Carnival in the time of National Socialism. A study of the interaction between local rulers and society elites . University of Bonn 2012 (dissertation).
  • The Cologne Carnival during the National Socialist era From the regional folk festival to the propaganda instrument of the NS-Volksgemeinschaft (= series of publications of the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne , Volume 18). Emons, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-95451-405-2 .

items

  • (together with Michael Kaiser and Andreas Rutz): An elector does not make an era. A determination of the location of early modern research in the Rhineland . In: Geschichte in Köln 50 (2003), pp. 55–87.
  • Ferdinand Graf von Plettenberg and Wittern as the electoral Cologne “premier ministre et favori de l'électeur” . In: Michael Kaiser, Andreas Pečar (ed.): The second man in the state. Supreme officials and favorites among the imperial princes in the early modern period . Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 2003, pp. 77-100.
  • “What is the Cologne spark of interest in the ridiculous world theater?” A Cologne association between traditions and National Socialist conformity . In: Heinz-Günther Hunold (Hrsg.): From the city soldier to the red spark . Military and Carnival in Cologne . Greven, Cologne 2005, pp. 247–282.
  • (together with Jürgen Müller): Cologne Carnival between entertainment and propaganda. Alaaf under the swastika . In: NRhZ-Online - Neue Rheinische Zeitung , online flyer No. 329 from November 23, 2011.

Web links

Commons : Marcus Leifeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcus Leifeld: The Cologne Carnival in the Time of National Socialism From the regional folk festival to the propaganda instrument of the National Socialist community . In: Series of publications by the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne . 1st edition. tape 18 . Emons, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-95451-405-2 , pp. U4 .
personal data
SURNAME Leifeld, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1968