Matthias Dohmen

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Matthias Dohmen (born November 15, 1947 in Düren ) is a German journalist and historian .

Life

Matthias Dohmen studied history, politics, philosophy and business administration in Bonn and theater studies in Cologne at the same time. Several years of independent activity followed after his studies before Dohmen worked as an editor and political correspondent for the DKP newspaper UZ in Düsseldorf and later in the then federal capital Bonn.

Matthias Dohmen then edited several publication objects for the Munich customer magazine publisher Yukom (today Burda Creative Group ), including a newsletter for the publisher itself and a publication by the IHK for Munich and Upper Bavaria . Since the beginning of the 90s he has been working as a freelance journalist (including for WDR ) and a book author. As a historian, he mainly works on the subjects of the Weimar Republic , the labor movement and the GDR . At the age of 66 he received his doctorate in Düsseldorf with a historiographical work on the Weimar Republic.

In addition to voluntary work (among other things, he was regional chairman of the German-Finnish Society in North Rhine-Westphalia ), Dohmen continues to be involved in politics and trade unions. He was chairman of the SPD local association, deputy district mayor and member of the council of the city of Wuppertal . Since 2014 he has been a lay judge in Wuppertal.

bibliography

  • Matthias Dohmen: Stolen Dreams, Lost Illusions: Western and Eastern Historians in the German War of History . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2017. ISBN 978-3-96023-042-7
  • Matthias Dohmen / Harald Bongart / Thomas Wolters (eds.): The 1966s from Münstereifel. Between “Kasten” and St. Michael - balance sheet and review of 50 years of maturity . Momberger Verlag, Wuppertal 2016. ISBN 978-3-940439-75-8
  • Matthias Dohmen: Women in the valley. Portraits . Verlag Ralf Liebe, Weilerswist 2017. ISBN 978-3-944566-75-7
  • Matthias Dohmen: Men in the valley. Portraits . Verlag Ralf Liebe, Weilerswist 2018. ISBN 978-3-944566-83-2

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personal data
SURNAME Dohmen, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren