Michael Kühntopf

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Michael Kühntopf (2017)

Michael Johannes Kühntopf (born August 11, 1957 in Düsseldorf ; Name 1987–2006: Michael Johannes Kühntopf-Gentz ) is a German - Swiss publicist and author with a focus on Judaism . After moving to Switzerland (2005), he also published for a while on Swiss topics (especially culture and language).

Life

Michael Kühntopf grew up in Düsseldorf and Hilden . His father (1935–1993) was a war refugee from Meseritz . His mother (1933–2009) came from Thuringia . From 1973, after completing secondary school in Düsseldorf, he trained as an administrative clerk at the State Statistical Office . After attending the technical college for economics and military service as a regular soldier (1976–1978), Kühntopf attended evening grammar school from 1979 to 1982 and acquired the general university entrance qualification . From 1983 to 1987 studied Kühn pot at the University of Tübingen and in Jerusalem religious studies , philosophy and Catholic theology with completion MA and 1990 in Tübingen with a biography of the Jewish writer and was early Zionists Nathan Birnbaum doctorate .

He lives with his family in Brügg , Canton Bern , in the Swiss region of Zealand .

activities

After completing his studies and doctorate, Kühntopf initially worked as a sales representative for a telecommunications office , then for the general management of Deutsche Telekom . From 1992 to 2004 he worked as a strategic planner and consultant for an advertising agency . He also worked in Düsseldorf as the owner of a model agency and as a gallery owner and real estate agent. Kühntopf has been working as a freelance writer , journalist and consultant in Switzerland since 2005 ; since 2011 he has been a member of the Swiss Writers' Association (AdS).

Between November 1996 and June 1998, Kühntopf conducted 15 documented conversations with surviving victims of the Nazi dictatorship in Germany as an interviewer for the Shoah Foundation - with Jewish survivors of the Holocaust , survivors of Jehovah's Witnesses and survivors of political persecution - including Ilse Arndt , Kenda and Jacob Bar-Gera and Rolf Kralovitz .

The author runs the Jewiki , an online encyclopedia with a focus on Judaism, with over 170,000 articles, almost all of which were taken from Wikipedia . In September 2017, Kühntopf called on the main page of the Jewiki to vote for the right-wing populist AfD in the federal election . Kühntopf shares slogans and conspiracy theories of right-wing angry citizens and right-wing extremists via his Facebook page .

Publications (selection)

Apart from the publications listed here, Kühntopf published other books as book-on-demand .

Scientific publications

  • God ignored in Judaism: Theodor Lessing's religious philosophy . In: ZRGG 41 (1989), 2, pp. 134-145 (= abridged version of the author's thesis, JSTOR 23893758 ).
  • Nathan Birnbaum. Biography. Thesis , University of Tübingen , Tübingen 1990 (dissertation).
  • "Israel goes before Zion". Nathan Birnbaum and the Palestine Question. In: ZRGG 44 (1992), 2, pp. 118-139 ( JSTOR 23893141 ).
  • Nathan Birnbaum's attitude (s) to the Jewish state or the state of the Jews - or: What color is a chameleon actually? In: Samuel Salzborn (Ed.): Zionism. Theories of the Jewish State. Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2015, pp. 93–116, ISBN 978-3-8487-1699-9 .

Others

Web links

Commons : Michael Kühntopf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Curriculum vitae, in: Kühntopf-Gentz, Nathan Birnbaum, biography , dissertation (dissertation), University of Tübingen, Tübingen 1990, p. 352.
  2. ↑ a b c Entry Kühntopf Michael , in: Lexikon , Association of Swiss Authors (AdS); accessed February 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Entry Michael Kühntopf , list of authors by Conbook Verlag ; accessed February 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ s. Search mask of the Visual History Archive at the FU Berlin (registration required); accessed November 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ USC Shoah Foundation Interview 26282 (PDF) , Visual History Archive, Transcript Freie Universität Berlin 2012 ( http://www.vha.fu-berlin.de , registration required); accessed November 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ USC Shoah Foundation Interview 28241 (PDF) , Visual History Archive, Transcript Freie Universität Berlin 2012 ( http://www.vha.fu-berlin.de , registration required); accessed November 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ USC Shoah Foundation Interview 28428 (PDF) , Visual History Archive, Transcript Freie Universität Berlin 2012 ( http://www.vha.fu-berlin.de , registration required); accessed November 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ USC Shoah Foundation Interview 29877 (PDF) , Visual History Archive, Transcript Freie Universität Berlin 2012 ( http://www.vha.fu-berlin.de , registration required); accessed November 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ According to Yeviki's own statistical information, as of August 2020.
  10. ↑ According to an analysis by media journalist Stefan Niggemeier , in September 2017 only "around 1300" of the Jewiki articles were originally created. Stefan Niggemeier: The supposed AfD election recommendation of the Jewish community. In: übermedien. September 23, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Stefan Niggemeier: The supposed AfD election recommendation of the Jewish community. In: übermedien. September 23, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kühntopf, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kühntopf, Michael Johannes (full name); Kühntopf-Gentz, Michael Johannes (full name from 1987 to 2006)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss publicist and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf