Michael Hesemann

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Michael Hesemann

Michael Hesemann (born March 22, 1964 in Düsseldorf ) is a German historian , author (formerly also on para-scientific topics), documentary filmmaker and specialist journalist for contemporary and church history topics. Hesemann first became known around 1990 through publications on UFOs and extraterrestrial "visitors", then, since 1997, as the author of books on Christian topics .

Life

Hesemann spent his childhood and youth in Neuss , where he graduated from the Alexander von Humboldt Gymnasium in 1983. He studied history, cultural anthropology, literature and journalism at the University of Göttingen .

Today he lives in Düsseldorf and Rome, where he does research in Vatican archives. His 45 books have appeared in 14 languages. Since 2008, Hesemann has been on the advisory board of the American Pave the Way Foundation , which advocates reconciliation between Jews and Catholics. In addition, he is a consultant for church history topics for the educational institutions of several Catholic dioceses and archbishoprics and lecturer at the conservative Catholic Gustav Siewerth Academy . Hesemann appears on Catholic TV channels such as K-TV and EWTN . In 2010, he described himself as one of the first supporters of the Germany pro Papa initiative , which wanted to “strengthen the original Catholic base” and “stand up for the previously silent majority of Catholics loyal to Rome”.

Publications

During his studies, Hesemann dealt with modern sagas . He became known for his publications on various topics in frontier sciences, including prophecies , UFO research, crop circles . From 1984 to 2000 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Magazin 2000 , which was devoted to paranormal topics. During this time, videos with titles such as "UFOs - the evidence" and numerous books on the subject were created. Hesemann gave lectures and invited to conferences on extraterrestrial phenomena, including with Ingrid Schlotterbeck to the "UFO World Conference" in 1995 in Düsseldorf, where he presented alleged video evidence of the so-called Alien Autopsy (the autopsy of an extraterrestrial who in 1947 with a UFO crashed at Roswell ). He later denied being a "ufologist" and constructed a connection between God and extraterrestrials:

“But God, the creator of the universe, was not an alien. But why should God in his omnipotence have created only one inhabited planet, only one human race in this vast universe? For me, assuming that God has this lack of creativity borders on blasphemy. "

In 1998 he examined the alleged relic of Jesus' inscription on the cross , which is venerated in the Roman basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme . In the archives of the German national church Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome, Hesemann came across a document that proves that the deportation of the Roman Jews by the SS on October 16, 1943 was due to the intervention of Pope Pius XII. stopped down; the approximately 7,000 rescued Jews were then hidden in Roman monasteries and in institutions of the Vatican. In the Vatican Secret Archives , Hesemann came across evidence of an early connection between the future Pope and Zionism and showed that in the weeks following the November pogroms in 1938 , the Vatican tried in vain to obtain visas for 200,000 German Jews in order to enable them to travel to South America.

In other publications such as The First Pope or Jesus of Nazareth , Hesemann devoted himself to archaeological discoveries and examined, among other things, the Byzantine bathhouse in Nazareth , the ruins of Khirbet Kana and took part in the excavations of Magdala . In 2011, Georg Ratzinger's memoirs, My Brother, the Pope , were published and recorded by Hesemann. The book has been translated into 12 languages. With Arturo Mari , the personal photographer of Pope John Paul II , he wrote the biography John Paul II. Legacy and Charisma . In 2013, Hesemann put together an exhibition on the Turin shroud for the Malteser Aid Service . In 2015, Hesemann published Genocide against the Armenians on the topic of the same name , with documents from the Vatican archives from the time of the First World War .

honors and awards

  • Honorary doctorate from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS-RA)
  • 2016: Stephanus Prize of the St. Stephen Society (Hungary) in the literature category
  • 2019: Grand Cross of the Order of Knights of the Wing of St. Michael and Golden Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Portuguese Royal Family [1]

Works (selection)

  • Is the end of the world happening? Chiva-Verlag, Kiel 1984.
  • (with Xokonoschtletl Gomora ) Our only God is the earth . Aurum-Verlag, Braunschweig 1988.
  • UFOs: the contacts. A documentation . Self-published, Munich 1990; 6th edition Silberschnur-Verlag Neuwied 1998, ISBN 3-931652-37-8 .
  • Message from the cosmos . Silberschnur Verlag, Neuwied 1993, ISBN 3-923781-64-4 (extended new edition under the title: Crop circles. The history of a phenomenon . Silberschnur-Verlag, Neuwied 1993, ISBN 3-931652-04-1 ).
  • Contributions in: Brednich, Rolf-Wilhelm (Ed.): The spider in the yucca palm. Fabulous stories from today . CH Beck, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-406-33995-6 .
  • UFO secret: the true story of the unidentified flying objects . Silberschnur-Verlag Neuwied 1994, ISBN 3-923781-83-0 .
  • Beyond Roswell. UFOs: the curtain of silence is raised… . Silberschnur Verlag, Neuwied 1996, ISBN 3-931652-15-7 .
  • Crop circles: the story of a phenomenon . 2nd edition, Silberschnur-Verlag, Neuwied 1996.
  • UFOs over Germany. A practical manual . Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen 1997, ISBN 3-635-60319-8 .
  • Fatima is a secret. Hidden by the Vatican: What did Our Lady reveal about the future of humanity? . Bettendorf Verlag, Munich, Essen, Ebene Reichenau 1997, ISBN 3-88498-117-X .
  • The Jesus tablet: the discovery of the cross inscription . Herder Verlag , Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, ISBN 3-451-27092-7 .
  • The silent witnesses of Golgotha: the fascinating story of the Passion Relics of Christ . Hugendubel , Kreuzlingen, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7205-2139-7 .
  • The Fatima Secret . New York 2000 (Ed. Whitley Strieber).
  • UFOs: a pictorial documentation . Könemann Verlag Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8290-8403-X .
  • The Fatima Secret: Apparitions of Mary, the Pope and the Future of Humanity . Kopp Verlag , Rottenburg 2002, ISBN 3-930219-44-1 .
  • The crop circle chronicles: the story of a phenomenon continues . Silberschnur-Verlag Güllesheim 2002, ISBN 3-89845-012-0 .
  • John F. Kennedy Secret File: Why Did the American President Have to Die? . Kopp Verlag, Rottenburg 2003, ISBN 3-930219-65-4 .
  • The first Pope: archaeologists on the trail of the historical Peter . Pattloch Verlag , Munich 2003, ISBN 3-629-01665-0 .
  • The discovery of the Holy Grail: the end of a search . Pattloch Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-629-01659-6 .
  • Hitler's religion: the fatal doctrine of salvation of National Socialism . Pattloch Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-629-01678-2 .
  • Hitler's Lies: How the “Führer” Deceived the Germans . Area Verlag, Erftstadt 2005, ISBN 3-89996-481-0 .
  • John Paul II the Great. A biography in pictures . Tosa Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-85492-628-6 .
  • together with Yuliya Tkachova: Benedetto! Benedict XVI., The Church is young! . Pattloch Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-629-02104-2 .
  • Stigmata: they bear the wounds of Christ . Silberschnur Verlag, Güllesheim 2006, ISBN 3-89845-125-9 .
  • The dark men. Myths, lies and legends about church history . Sankt Ulrich Verlag , Augsburg 2007, ISBN 3-86744-016-6 .
  • Paul of Tarsus. Archaeologists on the trail of the Apostle of the Nations . Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2008, ISBN 3-86744-024-7 .
  • The Pope who defied Hitler. The truth about Pius XII Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2008, ISBN 3-86744-064-6 .
  • St. Paul Outside the Walls. An acoustic pilgrim guide . (Audio book), Kehl-Verlag, Fulda 2009, ISBN 978-3-930883-47-9 .
  • Jesus of Nazareth. Archaeologists on the trail of the Redeemer . Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86744-092-9 .
  • The blood cloth of Christ. Scientists on the trail of the resurrection . Herbig-Verlag , Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7766-2632-2 .
  • On the trail of the Shroud of Turin. A journey of discovery to one of the greatest riddles in Christianity . Fulda 2010.
  • Mary of Nazareth. History, archeology, legends . Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86744-163-6 .
  • together with Arturo Mari: John Paul II. Legacy and Charisma . Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86744-185-8 .
  • Georg Ratzinger and Michael Hesemann: My brother, the Pope . Herbig-Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7766-2678-0 .
  • The Pope in Germany . Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86744-184-1 .
  • Hitler's religion . Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86744-212-1 .
  • Jesus in Egypt. The secret of the Copts , Herbig-Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7766-2697-1 .
  • Pope Francis. The legacy of Benedict XVI. and the future of the church , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7766-2724-4 .
  • Genocide against the Armenians. With unpublished documents from the papal secret archive about the greatest crime of the First World War , Herbig-Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-7766-2755-8 .
  • Mystery - Unsolved riddles of Christianity. Vol. 1: Not by human hands - Marian apparitions and holy images , Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn 2015, ISBN 978-3-89710-610-9 .
  • The last secret of Fatima , Kopp-Verlag Rottenburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-864453-57-1
  • Mystery - Unsolved riddles of Christianity. Vol. 2: Menetekel - Prophecies, Visions, Bleeding Hosts , Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn, 2017, ISBN 978-3-89710-729-8
  • The Pope and the Holocaust. Pius XII. and the secret files in the Vatican , LangenMüller-Verlag Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-7844-3449-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Up to the year 2000 I investigated cases of encounters with the UFO phenomenon in all five continents, so I am a UFO researcher." Hesemann in an interview with Extrasolar-Planets ( Memento from February 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), 20 June 2008
  2. ^ Stadtbibliothek Neuss: Authors from the Rhein-Kreis Neuss: Hesemann, Michael
  3. ^ Pave the Way Foundation: Board of Advisors. Retrieved December 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ bildung.koeln.de: DOMFORUM - the theme Mary of Nazareth. History, archeology, legends
  5. ↑ Michael Hesemann: When the Catholic base for Pope Benedict takes to the streets. kath.net , July 12, 2010, accessed September 17, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Germany pro papa
  7. ^ Claudia Pai: Objects about Eschweiler . Der Spiegel , November 6, 1995
  8. ↑ Pius XII. and the salvation of the Jews of Rome ; Report on kath.net from August 3, 2011.
  9. ^ Simon Caldwell: Allied diplomats urged Pius XII to stay silent about Nazi deportations ; CatholicHerald.co.uk, May 20, 2011.
    Simon Caldwell: Wartime pope's secret heroism ; Britannia Radio article from The Jewish Chronicle , February 26, 2009
  10. ^ Simon Caldwell: 'Hitler's Pope' saved thousands of Jewish lives ; The Daily Telegraph , July 6, 2010
    Matthias Krause: Pius XII. Escape to the front: Vatican wants to put secret archival documents on the Internet ; Jüdische Allgemeine , February 25, 2010
    Simon Caldwell: Pius XII 'secured visas for Jews' after Kristallnacht ; CatholicHerald.co.uk, July 7, 2010.
  11. ↑ Michael Hesemann: With Maria Magdalena and the rich fish poultry ; in: Vatican-magazin 3/2011, pp. 58–63 (table of contents of VATICAN-magazin 3/2011) ( Memento of March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ^ Traveling exhibition on the Turin Shroud on the Maltese website
  13. ↑ RP ONLINE: Excellent: Honorary doctorate for Michael Hesemann. In: RP ONLINE. Retrieved October 25, 2016 .
  14. ↑ The Daily Mail: The Daily Mail. In: www.die-tagespost.de. Retrieved October 25, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Farkas Olivér, a Szent István Társulat igazgatója az ünnepi Könyvhét újdonságairól , Magyar Kurir, May 7, 2016, accessed on May 8, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hesemann, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, author and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf