Peter Heigl (historian)
Peter Franz Xaver Heigl (born April 1, 1952 in Köfering , Germany ) is a German author, exhibition curator, screenwriter of documentaries and radio broadcasts.
Life
Peter Heigl attended the Humanist High School in Regensburg and studied history and English at the University of Regensburg and University of Colorado in the United States. From 1978 to 1984 he was a lecturer at various adult education institutions ( Otto Benecke Foundation , Friedrich Ebert Foundation , DGB Bildungswerk ). Since 1985 he has been working as a freelance historian with a focus on contemporary history: He writes books for publishers and companies, curates exhibitions for museums, writes documentaries and radio programs for ARD and private broadcasters. For his research topics he has received grants from the European Commission , the Federal Foreign Office , the cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (New York). From 1985 to 1990 he campaigned against the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant . In 1986 he was the founding chairman of the “Geschichtswerkstatt Regensburg und Ostbayern e. V. ”From 1990 to 2001 he headed the association“ German writers, East Bavaria ”. For more than 10 years he was also a board member of the association “German writers, Bavaria”. In 1996 he received a Czech award for international understanding. In 2007 he was elected as the deputy delegate of the rights holders of the “Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort”.
Works
Books
- Nuremberg Trials / Nuremberg Trials . 4th edition. Hans Carl, Nuremberg, 2005, ISBN 3-418-00388-5 (awarded in the competition “The Most Beautiful German Books 2002” by the Stiftung Buchkunst ).
- Gravel for the desert. The Baghdad Railway and its German civil engineers . Self-published, Nuremberg 2004, ISBN 3-00-014268-1 .
- Eagle. Locomotive stations over the course of three centuries . Buch & Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-935719-55-1 .
- with D. Engel: Hamburger Wasserwelten . Sutton, Erfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-86680-705-1 .
- The Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg. Christmas magic 50 years ago . Self-published, Nuremberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-031778-1 .
Exhibitions
- Orient Express Paris - Istanbul in the Nuremberg Transport Museum , 1998
- Baghdad and Hedjaz Railway in the DB Museum Nuremberg 2003, Vorderasiatisches Museum in the Pergamon Museum Berlin 2004, German Embassy Ankara 2009
- Sergeant Elvis Presley in Germany in the Allied Museum Berlin 2008, DB Museum Nuremberg 2008, time Port Bremerhaven 2008, Wiesbaden City Hall 2009
Movies
- 1997: The death march of the Jews from the Flossenbürg concentration camp (short form) - FWU Institute for Film and Image in Science and Education (video)
- 1998: The death march of the Jews from the Flossenbürg concentration camp - contribution to the 13th international documentary film festival Munich (video)
- 1998: The Death March of the Jews from the Concentration Camp at Flossenbuerg - Ergo Media inc. , USA, NTSC
- 2000: The beloved occupiers. The US Army in Nuremberg 1945–1955 - Bayerischer Rundfunk (broadcast and video)
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Heigl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Peter Heigl
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interviews with contemporary witnesses on nuclear power and the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant - ( House of Bavarian History 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heigl, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heigl, Peter Franz Xaver (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, author and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Köfering , Germany |