Rüdiger Bernhardt
Rüdiger Bernhardt (born September 8, 1940 in Dresden ) is a German Germanist and Scandinavian scholar .
Rüdiger Bernhardt was a Germanist at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg until 1993 . Among other things, he dealt with the works of Peter Hilles , including the face of the lake .
As an unofficial employee (IME) with the code name “Faust”, he provided the Stasi with expert opinions on manuscripts by authors for years ; In doing so, he influenced the GDR censors' printing approval procedures . As a result of an evaluation of a text by Detlef Opitz by the Stasi secret expert, the Opitz text was not printed and he was subjected to state reprisals . Bernhardt worked as a Stasi IM from 1976 to 1989. In the files there are 13 typed reports, 41 tape copies, 49 oral reports and 60 meeting reports from the command officers . In addition to his reports, he reported on the German Studies / Art Studies section at the University of Halle and on more than 30 people.
Bernhardt is a member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin . In 1985 he was awarded the Handel Prize of the Halle district .
literature
- Joachim Walther : Security area literature. Writer and State Security in the German Democratic Republic (= Ullstein. No. 26553). Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-26553-7 , p. 325.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rüdiger Bernhardt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anniversary of the book burning "He is a professional man" , May 7, 2003
Individual evidence
- ^ Rüdiger Bernhardt, The Secret of the "Seegesichts" by Peter Hille , in: Peter-Hille-Blätter 1994, pp. 43–71. The text is available for download as a PDF on the Peter Hille Society website . The poem was reprinted on page 47.
- ^ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung : Anniversary of the book burning "He is a man from the field" , May 7, 2003
- ^ Norbert Mecklenburg : "The Prophet of the Germans: Martin Luther in the Mirror of Literature", p. 223
- ↑ Joachim Walther : Security area literature. Writer and State Security in the German Democratic Republic (= Ullstein. No. 26553). Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-26553-7 , p. 590.
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SURNAME | Bernhardt, Rudiger |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Germanist and Scandinavian scholar, unofficial employee of the GDR State Security |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |