Roger Engelmann
Roger Engelmann (born September 12, 1956 in Munich ) is a German historian . His research focuses on the history of the GDR and the Ministry of State Security .
Life
Roger Engelmann was born in Munich in 1956. After graduating from the German School in Rome , he studied history, German and social sciences at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and graduated with the first state examination for high school teaching. Between 1985 and 1989 he was a scholarship holder and contract holder at the German Historical Institute in Rome . In 1990 he received his doctorate from LMU Munich with a thesis on provincial fascism in Italy in the early 1920s using the example of the Carrara region. From 1990 to 1992 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich. Since 1992 he has been working as a research assistant and project manager for the Federal Commissioner for Stasi Records in Berlin.
Scientific work
Roger Engelmann's main research interests include the history of the GDR State Security Service, especially in the 1950s, political criminal justice in the GDR, source studies on the Ministry of State Security, and rule and everyday life in state socialism. He has published numerous monographs, edited volumes and essays on these topics, several of them in collaboration with the journalist and GDR expert Karl Wilhelm Fricke . Together with Daniela Münkel , he is currently researching the relationship between rule and society in the GDR province using the example of the Halberstadt district . In addition, he is involved in the research and edition project “The GDR as seen by the Stasi”, which is headed by Daniela Münkel.
Publications (selection)
- Provincial fascism in Italy - political violence and the formation of power in the marble region of Carrara 1921–1924. Oldenbourg, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-486-55953-2 .
- with Karl Wilhelm Fricke: "Concentrated Strikes" - State Security Actions and Political Trials in the GDR 1953–1956. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-86153-147-X .
- as editor with Clemens Vollnhals : Justice in the service of party rule: legal practice and state security in the GDR. Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-184-4 .
- with Karl Wilhelm Fricke: “Day X” and the State Security: June 17, 1953 - Reactions and consequences in the GDR power apparatus. Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-386-8 .
- with Frank Joestel: Basic documents of the MfS. Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-942130-31-9 .
- as editor: Communism in crisis - the de-Stalinization 1956 and the consequences. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-35052-2 .
- as editor with Bernd Florath, Helge Heidemeyer, Daniela Münkel , Arno Polzin, Walter Süß : Das MfS-Lexikon. 3rd, updated edition, Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86153-900-1 , online version .
- as processor: The GDR in view of the Stasi 1953. The secret reports to the SED leadership. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-525-37500-6 .
items
- Blood justice as a political lesson, death sentences in GDR show trials in the 1950s. In: Listen and Look . 1/2008, pp. 8-13.
Individual evidence
- ↑ B. Eisenfeld, R. Engelmann: August 13, 1961. Building the Wall: Escape Movement and Securing Power. Bremen 2001, p. 119.
- ↑ Research focus: rule and society in the GDR province on bstu.de
- ↑ ddr-im-blick.de
Web links
- Literature by and about Roger Engelmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Vita on bstu.de
- Author portrait at Ch. Links Verlag
- Short biography and reviews of works by Roger Engelmann at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelmann, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |