Martin Haidinger

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Haidinger as a moderator at the Vienna Book Fair 2017
Martin Haidinger at an appearance

Martin Haidinger (born August 6, 1969 in Vienna ) is an Austrian historian , book author , journalist and science editor .

Life

Martin Haidinger studied history at the University of Vienna . Since 1990 he has worked as a journalist for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF-Radio) (journals and news of the current service, Wissen Aktuell, Dimensions, Journal Panorama, Austria 1 Extra: Zeitsprung, Radiocolg) and Deutschlandradio and Deutschlandfunk ( background politics, DLF- Magazine) as well as for newspapers and magazines. From 2012 to 2014 he was the presenter of the TV discussion program “Austria's Universities” on BR-Alpha . Since January 2014 he has been designing programs as part of the Ö1 science series Salzburg Night Studio . Since August 1, 2017, he has also been the editor of this series.

From 2011 to 2015, Haidinger played the cabaret fictional character “Herr Martin”, the waiter in Café Sonntag on Ö1 . He is engaged as a literary interpreter, novelist and cabaret artist in TV programs (Alles TV, Rapparazzi, De Luca) and on stages at home and abroad.

Haidinger holds lectureships for media studies at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz and at the Catholic Media Academy in Vienna.

Act

Haidinger deals intensively with the couleur studenthood and wrote the satirical student novel Unter Brüdern . He is himself an original philistine of the Borussia Wien student association in the secondary school cartel association .

His book From the guillotine to lethal injection. Facts cases misjudgments. The story of the death penalty was classified as "daring" in the FAZ on October 5, 2007. The book was recommended by Amnesty International . The work Our Hitler. The Austrians and their compatriot , which he published together with Günther Steinbach in May 2009, became an Austrian bestseller.

Since December 2010 his interpretation of the last days of mankind by Karl Kraus has been available as a double CD from the ORF regional studio in Vienna.

After a two-volume history of Austria (2016 + 2018), in 2019 he presented the first biography of the NS and CIC agent Wilhelm Höttl , who was of great importance for the history of the Holocaust and the Cold War.

Honors and awards (selection)

literature

Non-fiction

  • Klaus Koch, Martin Haidinger: Transylvania: A fabulous country in the Carpathian arch . Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 1996, ISBN 978-3-85447-644-3 , p. 183 .
  • Reinhold Knoll, Martin Haidinger: Spies, informers and agents. Analysis of a shadow world . NP-Buchverlag, St. Pölten - Vienna 2001, ISBN 978-3-85326-188-0 , p. 471 .
  • Heiner Boberski, Peter Gnaiger, Martin Haidinger, Thomas Schaller, Robert Weichinger: Male - Powerful - Mysterious: Secret societies in Austria . Ecowin, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-902404-16-9 , pp. 319 .
  • Martin Haidinger: From the guillotine to lethal injection. The history of the death penalty. Facts - cases - misjudgments . Ecowin, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902404-45-9 , p. 224 .
  • Martin Haidinger, Günther Steinbach : Our Hitler. The Austrians and their compatriot . Ecowin, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-902404-71-8 , p. 328 (preface by Gerhard Jagschitz ).
  • Martin Haidinger: Just keep smoking! A cultural history of tobacco consumption for smokers and non-smokers . Metroverlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-99300-147-6 , p. 160 .
  • Martin Haidinger: Austria's secret capitals. Flair and myth of the important Austro-Hungarian metropolises . Metroverlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-99300-174-2 , p. 188 .
  • Martin Haidinger, Günther Steinbach: The Congress of Vienna. Spectacle of the century for the distribution of power. Edition Steinbauer, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902494-73-3 , p. 208 .
  • Martin Haidinger: Franz Josephs Land. A little history of Austria. Amalthea Signum, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-99050-028-6 , p. 320 .
  • Martin Haidinger: Everyone's Land. Austria's journey to the present. Amalthea Signum, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-99050-124-5 , p. 271.
  • Martin Haidinger: Wilhelm Höttl. Spy for Hitler and the USA. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2019, ISBN 9783800077304 , p. 260.

Novels

Audio recordings

  • The last days of humanity . Text interpreter: Martin Haidinger, music: Barbara Klebel-Vock (violin), Christina Renghofer (piano), 2010, ORF-CD No. 753 (2 CDs).

Web links

Commons : Martin Haidinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "From the guillotine to the lethal injection" , Perlentaucher, viewed on March 30, 2010
  2. ↑ Peter Mayr: A new look at "our Hitler" , Der Standard , print edition, July 16, 2009
  3. ↑ Andreas Höferl: “Review Martin Haidinger / Günther Steinbach - Our Hitler”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.3 MB), Austrian Society for Policy Advice and Policy Development@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.politikberatung.or.at  
  4. ↑ Günter Kaindlstorfer: "Our Hitler" ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ORF reviews in Ö1 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / oe1.orf.at
personal data
SURNAME Haidinger, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian, author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 6th August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna