Matthias Griebel

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Matthias "Matz" Griebel (born February 5, 1937 in Dresden ) is a German homeland researcher and former director of the Dresden City Museum .

Life

The son of the Dresden painter Otto Griebel grew up in an artistically liberal environment, until 1945 on Fürstenplatz (today Fetscherplatz), then in Dresden- Loschwitz . His family survived the bombing night of February 13, 1945 in Dresden.

From 1951 to 1953 he trained as a farmer, then attended technical schools in Kamenz and Zug and in 1956 passed the state examination to become a state-certified farmer. In Dresden and Brandenburg he then worked as an agricultural consultant and planning manager.

From 1967 Griebel became involved as a copywriter and cabaret artist in the Dresdner Herkuleskeule . From 1969 to 1989 he traveled in July every year with Wasja Götze , whom he had known since 1966, as a "wandering actor" through the southern GDR. The duo performed in pubs and on small stages with great success. While his father was persecuted by the National Socialists, Griebel, as an unadapted bohemian, was himself under observation by the Stasi . Since the 1970s he has been earning his living as a warehouse and unskilled worker in order not to fall under the so-called anti - social paragraph 249 of the GDR criminal code . In addition, he studied the history of Dresden as an autodidact and based on the knowledge his father had acquired .

In 1986 he published the memoirs of his father under the title "I was a man on the street". It was also around this time that he began guided tours and lectures in Dresden.

On September 1, 1990, Griebel was appointed director of the Dresden City Museum . He held this position until March 5, 2002. In the twelve years of his tenure, Griebel was able to significantly expand the holdings of the city museum. Due to his folk-like manner - his whiskers are distinctive on the outside - he became known around town as a Dresden original.

In 1995 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Griebel works on a voluntary basis in various associations, e.g. B. Honorary Chairman of the Saxon Heritage Protection Association , and (co-) editor of some regional historical works, for example about the photographer August Kotzsch . After his retirement he worked on editing his father's estate.

Griebel lives in Dresden-Loschwitz in the former administration building of the Weidner sanatorium.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ StGB-DDR, § 249 , Abs. 1: “Who endangers the social coexistence of the citizens or the public order by stubbornly withdrawing from a regular job out of work reluctance, although he is able to work, or who engages in prostitution or who is Provides means of subsistence in any other unfair way, is punished with a suspended sentence or a prison sentence, work education or a prison sentence of up to two years. "

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SURNAME Griebel, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griebel, Matz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden