Markus Commercon

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Markus Commercon (born November 13, 1963 in Neunkirchen (Saar) , † March 29, 1996 ) was a German baker and AIDS activist.

Life

Commercon grew up in Saarland and, after finishing school, trained as a baker and finally as a master baker. Together with his partner Wolfgang, he opened his own bakery in Leutkirch . Commercon infected his partner with the HI virus , which he unwittingly carried. Commercon's partner died of AIDS in 1991 , and the business was sold. In the following, Markus Commercon published several books about his experiences and, supported by numerous TV appearances on talk shows, confronted the public with the disease, which had been a taboo until then. In addition to its educational work, Commercon denounced the inadequate social care of HIV-infected and AIDS sufferers. For his work in the fight against immunodeficiency, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit Medal on August 24, 1994 as the youngest holder to date .

Markus Commercon died at the age of 32 as a result of his AIDS illness.

Publications

  • Courage to dream, strength to fight. Living with AIDS , 1995
  • My God Aids , 1995
  • AIDS. My way into life , 1994
  • It's supposed to rain red roses for me , TV documentary with Michael Steinbrecher , 1994

literature

Karen-Susan Fessel / Axel Schock, Out! 600 lesbians, gays & bisexuals, Berlin 2000. p. 90.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
  2. ↑ Article on www.zeit.de , accessed on July 25, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Commercon, Markus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Commerçon, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German baker and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunkirchen (Saar)
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1996