Peter-Joachim Rakow
Peter-Joachim Rakow (born January 7, 1933 in Adamsdorf ) is a German archivist .
Life
From 1952 to 1957 Peter-Joachim Rakow studied history and archival science at the University of Greifswald and at the Institute for Archival Science in Potsdam . His diploma thesis dealt with the Mecklenburg Landtag protocols 1870-1917 and their historical source value with special consideration of the Mecklenburg constitutional conflict .
In 1958 he entered the higher archives service and became a research assistant at the Schwerin State Archives . In 1981 he was at the University of Rostock to Dr. phil. PhD.
After replacing archive director Eberhard Voss in the summer of 1991, he took over the temporary management of the archive until Andreas Röpcke was appointed in 1994. From 1988 to 1994 he taught at the history / archive science department at the Humboldt University in Berlin .
In 1998, Rakow retired.
The focus of his research and publications is the Mecklenburg constitutional history as well as source and archival topics.
He was a member of the editorial team of the Jahrbuch für Regionalgeschichte (until 1991) and the Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher (since 2000); In 1990 he was one of the founding members of the Historical Commission for Mecklenburg .
Honors
Works
- For the workers 'and peasants' power: Sources on the parliamentary struggle of the communists in the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1920–1933. Schwerin 1978
- State, constitution and government of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the field of tension between revolution and counterrevolution 1848–1850: a contribution to the problem of the question of power in the bourgeois upheaval in Germany. 3 volumes, Schwerin 1981, plus Rostock, Univ., Diss., 1981
- (Editing) The holdings of the State Main Archives Schwerin. Vol. 1: Documents and files 1158–1945. Schwerin: State Main Archives 1998
Web links
- Literature about Peter-Joachim Rakow in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Peter-Joachim Rakow in the state bibliography MV
- Biographical information , Historical Commission for Mecklenburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rakow, Peter-Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adamsdorf |