Margitta Zellmer

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Margitta Zellmer

Margitta Zellmer (born August 16, 1954 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a German philosopher , author , editor and social worker .

Life

Margitta Zellmer, daughter of the graphic artist Robert Diedrichs , attended the Polytechnische Oberschule from 1961 to 1969 and then until 1973 the extended high school "Friedrich Engels" in Karl-Marx-Stadt, where she passed her Abitur. From 1973 to 1979 she completed her philosophy studies in Leipzig and Dresden with a degree in philosophy .

From 1979 to 1982 Zellmer worked as an assistant in the Marxism - Leninism section at the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt . She then worked until 1987 as editor and chief editor of "Hochschulspiegel", the company newspaper of the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt, and from 1987 to 1989 as a lecturer at the SED "Ernst Schneller" district party school in Mittweida. In 1990/1991 she was the editor of “Sachsens DIE NEUE”, the left-wing newspaper for Saxony.

In 1992 and 1993 she completed further training as an addiction counselor. Subsequently, she was responsible for public relations in the Chemnitz association Selbsthilfe 91 eV until 2004, and in 2001 completed part-time studies as a specialist in social work. At the same time, she has been working as a freelance editor for the following newspapers / magazines since 1993: Wirtschaftsjournal, HOT - magazine for Hohenstein-Ernstthal and KISS / FWZ-Info - magazine for self-help and voluntary commitment.

Zellmer is the editor in charge of four district newspapers in Chemnitz. Since 1997 "Brühl-BISS" - first district newspaper in Chemnitz ; since 2001 “KaSch” - second district newspaper in Chemnitz; since 2008 "Ikarus-Post" and since 2010 "ReitbahnBote". The "Ikarus-Post" was merged in 2017 with the district newspaper "MarMorHut" (for Markersdorf / Morgenleite / Hutholz), which had also been published in the Heckert residential area, to form "Südblick", which has since been published as a uniform district newspaper for the entire Heckert area. Zellmer has thus launched four district newspapers in Chemnitz, edited them from the start, created the concept and layout. Since 2003 she has also been the editor in charge of “Der klar Blick” - the left newspaper for Chemnitz, and since 2004 she has been exclusively a freelance journalist . She is the author of four children's books and two books that she published with Ursula Siemens .

In addition: 32 portraits of women from Chemnitz for the women's day exhibition “More pride, you women” 2006 in Chemnitz together with the photographer Karla Mohr . The exposition is conceived as a traveling exhibition and was shown in several places in the FRG. a. in Dresden, Plauen , Pirna and Munich . There is a brochure about it, the texts of which Zellmer wrote.

In 2010 she wrote and designed the chronicle of the 20-year history of this institution on behalf of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Chemnitz und Umgebung eV.

Furthermore, in 2012 she developed a documentary “I had four mothers and three fathers”, in which the life story of Sieglinde Helmsdorf is told. The sponsor and publisher of the project is the Klinke eV association and is funded through the federal program “Promote tolerance - strengthen competence”.

In 2013, Margitta Zellmer wrote the biography of Justin Sonder , one of the last Auschwitz survivors in Chemnitz. The book is entitled: “Chemnitz - Auschwitz and back. From the life of Justin Sonder ”. In 2016 Margitta Zellmer wrote the biography of Karl Stark, a Spanish fighter from Vogtland, based on her daughter's stories. The book is entitled "Homeless for a better home". Both books were projects of the Klinke eV and were funded by the Local Action Plan for Democracy and Tolerance of the City of Chemnitz. In 2018, Zellmer wrote the brochure “Liebes Chemnitz” on behalf of the AWO Kreisverband Chemnitz und Umgebung eV, in which, in the year of the 875th anniversary of the city, Chemnitz seniors tell us about their relationship to their hometown in letter form. The brochure was sponsored by the city of Chemnitz and the Chemnitzer Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (CWE).

criticism

  • In “RotFuchs” issue no. 106 from November 2006 on page 27, Bruni Steiniger expresses the following about the book “Late Friendship”. It is a presentation of two women as representatives of an almost extinct virtue, because they still write letters to each other. Met at the Irmtraud Morgner Round Table and the friendship that deepened in an exchange of letters helped both to a lively exchange of ideas on issues of emancipation in East and West as well as the important role of women in society. The letters reflect the personal point of view of two women who - each in their own way - went their own way: Ursula Siemens as a literary scholar from the Ruhr area, whose mother was already involved in the illegal KPD, Margitta Zellmer as a journalist for which the GDR is their home, socialism their "deeply internalized worldview and way of life".
  • Dubçek, ibid., In volume 3 on pages 38 and 39 under “Wir Zellmern!” Writes in “Exkaputtbaren”: “In the future, the supposedly should also appear under the synonym“ S. Vetisch ”MZ will no longer come into conflict with herself when she will finally be the only district newspaper journalist within a radius of 80 km. The woman is, so her output suggests, a jack-of-all-trades and at home on every floor in the world. "
  • Reinhardt O. Cornelius-Hahn writes about “Late Friendship”: “It is a peculiar book that the two women offer us. I was prepared for boredom. After 'flying over' I read myself here and there. Strange, this different view of things, but it really is so, when East and West try to talk to each other and to reveal themselves, it is a relief. The information exchanged is interesting, often valuable and insightful. Here two mature people exchange their thoughts on a high level. Everyday life is also there and exciting. The correspondence is intimate, but not hurtful, it is open but not rough. Without exaggeration, it is a strange, perhaps a great book in the best sense of the word. It is definitely worth reading. "

Works

  • 2005: Mouse with wings (children's book)
  • 2005: Adventure Usedom (children's book)
  • 2006: Adventure Querxenland (children's book)
  • 2006: Late friendship - an East-West correspondence (book with Ursula Siemens)
  • 2007: Mysterious island of Usedom (children's book)
  • 2009: Born in 1949 - life stories from East and West (book with Ursula Siemens)

literature

  • Review of the book "Late Friendship" (PDF; 678 kB)
  • The alternative book for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall . In: The Vogtlandbote . 17th year, no. 04 , 2009, p. 11 ( online [PDF; 944 kB ; accessed on April 10, 2013]).
  • Marianne Schultz: A burden that cannot be thrown off . In: Free Press . April 5, 2013, p. 13 ( online [accessed April 9, 2013]).
  • Marianne Schultz: He cried only once . In: Free Press . January 27, 2014, p. 11 ( online [accessed January 27, 2014]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chemnitz authors' dictionary
  2. ^ Homepage of Selbsthilfe 91 eV
  3. ↑ District newspapers - Südblick & Ikarus-Post - Imprint
  4. ^ Homepage of "Der Klare Blick" left newspaper for Chemnitz
  5. ↑ Press release 114 Chemnitz ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated February 28, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chemnitz.de
  6. ↑ Ortschronik Pirna, page 25: Subject "More pride, you women" an exhibition with 32 portraits of women (PDF; 3.7 MB)
  7. ↑ Press release 525 Chemnitz ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from September 6, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chemnitz.de
  8. ^ Book premiere - Chemnitz - Auschwitz and back. From the life of Justin Sonder In: The Clear View, Volume 22, Number 270, December 2013, Page 17.
  9. ↑ Press kit KFSR 2017 In: Press kit ANNUAL MEETING OF KFSR 2017, September 27, 2017, page 15.
  10. ↑ Sandra Häfner: Dear Chemnitz - Letters to a City In: Freie Presse, October 24, 2018, page 11.
  11. ^ Archives of the Red Fox
personal data
SURNAME Zellmer, Margitta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, author, editor and social worker
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Karl Marx City