Martin Thein

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Martin Thein (* 1966 in Bamberg ) is a German political scientist , non-fiction author and secret service employee .

Life

In the 1990s he was already working for the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) in the area of ​​procurement as an agent leader.

Thein then studied political science and psychology. In 2008 he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden under Werner Patzelt with a thesis entitled "Race with the Zeitgeist - Neo-Nazism in Transition". He taught at the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Würzburg . His focus was fan culture and neo-Nazism . In 2012 he co-founded the Institute for Fan Culture in Würzburg, the Hanover-based competence group "Fan Culture and Sport-Related Social Work" and the online blog Fankultur.com .

He is now working at the Federal University for Public Administration in Brühl.

He is a supporter of 1. FC Nürnberg and a member of the German Academy for Football Culture .

BfV controversy

In the summer of 2014 his work as a full-time employee of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution became known. Katharina König-Preuss , who is a member of the state parliament of Thuringia in the investigation committee into the terrorist organization National Socialist Underground (NSU), published on Twitter that Martin Thein, according to the book "Heimatschutz - The state and the series of murders of the NSU" as an undercover agent -Guide was active. Some bloggers and journalists who had been in contact with Martin Thein reacted to this before established media such as 3sat , WDR , Tagesspiegel and Spiegel also took up the case. As a result, Thein was no longer available to media representatives. It was discussed whether his involvement in the field of fan culture was in the context of increased interest from criminal investigation authorities and whether he had moved in the field for professional reasons for the BfV. The fan researcher Gerd Dembowski described his behavior as "very active". The political scientist Hajo Funke accused him of "abuse of science". The secret service expert Dirk Laabs considered it implausible , because of the effort, that Martin Thein had dealt with the fan scene solely out of personal interest. In fan scenes in which Thein was researching, Ultras are said to have been approached by the protection of the constitution.

Publications

Editorships

  • Ultras offside? Portrait of a daring fan culture. With Jannis Linkelmann. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89533-847-2
  • My first visit to the stadium. With Jannis Linkelmann and Heidi Marinowa. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89533-895-3 
  • Soccer, your fans. A century of German fan culture. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-7307-0012-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Academy for Football Culture: Dr. Martin Thein ( Memento of the original of July 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fussball-kultur.org
  2. ^ Announcement from Die Werkstatt publisher, accessed on July 13, 2015
  3. ↑ Twitter entry by Katharina König from July 3, 2014
  4. ↑ Eric Cantona: Who is Martin Thein?
  5. ↑ Publication: NSU complex reaches ultra scene
  6. ↑ 3sat: Who is Martin Thein?
  7. ↑ WDR sport inside: Close contact
  8. ^ Tagesspiegel: The protection of the constitution, Martin Thein and me
  9. ^ Spiegel Online: Football fan researcher works for news service
  10. ↑ 3sat: Who is Martin Thein?
  11. ↑ WDR sport inside: Close contact ( Memento from July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Violence in football: Hogesa founder was V-Mann im Spiegel, October 13, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Thein, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist, non-fiction author and secret service worker
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg