Paul Tigges
Paul Tigges (born November 16, 1922 in Fredeburg ; † July 29, 2006 ) was a German teacher and author .
Career
Paul Tigges was born in 1922 as the son of a locomotive driver in Fredeburg , which has belonged to the town of Schmallenberg since 1975 . In 1930 his family moved to Altenhundem , where Tigges first attended elementary school before taking his Abitur in Attendorn in 1941 . Immediately after graduating from high school, Paul Tigges came to Finland , Russia and Norway as a soldier in World War II , where he became a British prisoner of war in 1945 .
After the war Tigges began a teaching degree the subjects German , history and Latin for schools at the universities of Marburg and Munich , 1951, he passed his state examination.
After completing his legal clerkship in Dortmund and Siegen , Paul Tigges worked at high schools in Medebach and Lennestadt . In 1967 he campaigned for the establishment of the Maria Königin private grammar school , which is run by the missionaries of the Holy Family in Altenhundem, and was the headmaster here from 1967 until his retirement in 1986 .
Tigges was involved in local politics for the CDU and was chairman of the Hundem-Lenne cultural community for seven years. In addition, he was a founding member and board member of the Christine Koch Society for the Promotion of Literature in the Sauerland.
Paul Tigges has been a book author since 1983 and, in addition to volumes of poetry and novels with autobiographical elements, has written nonfiction books that deal with the era of National Socialism .
Honors
In 2000 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his research and publications in this area . He is also an honorary citizen of the city of Lennestadt.
Works (selection)
- To a Quintan in the poetry album , Fredeburg, Grobbel, 1983
- Adolescent years under Hitler. In search of a lost time. Memories, reports, documents , Iserlohn, Sauerland, 1984
- Gesang der Mosel - Poems and Prose II , Fredeburg, Grobbel, 1987
- Shadow conjuring , Fredeburg, Grobbel, 1987
- The nun from Auschwitz. History of Maria Ouch - memories of twelve dark years , Iserlohn, Mönnig 1992
- Escape to Egypt , 1994
- Catholic youth in the hands of the Gestapo - resistance in the Westphalian region against the totalitarian Nazi regime , Paderborn, Bonifatius, 2002
Web links
- Paul Tigges in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Literature by and about Paul Tigges in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tigges, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fredeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 2006 |