Rupert Neudeck

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Rupert Neudeck (born May 14, 1939 in Danzig ; † May 31, 2016 in Siegburg ) was a German journalist , co-founder of the organization Cap Anamur / German emergency doctors and chairman of the Grünhelme Peace Corps . Neudeck became known worldwide in 1979 through the rescue of thousands of Vietnamese refugees (so-called " boat people ") in the China Sea with the Cap Anamur .

life and work

As a child, Neudeck had to flee from Danzig-Langfuhr at the end of January 1945 with his mother, three brothers and his sister . The escape was supposed to take place with the Wilhelm Gustloff , but the family missed the port, which saved her life as the ship was torpedoed and sank . Neudeck spent his childhood in the Westphalian city of Hagen and passed his Abitur in 1958 at the local Fichte-Gymnasium , where his father Edmund worked as a math and physics teacher.

After graduating from high school , he studied philosophy , German , sociology and Catholic theology . In 1961 he broke off his studies and joined the Jesuit order . After leaving the order, he resumed his studies and graduated in 1970. In 1972 he was at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster with the work Political Ethics in Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus Doctor of Philosophy PhD .

From 1969–1971 he worked as a student editor for Semesterspiegel . In 1971 Neudeck began as a full-time journalist for the Catholic Funk-Korrespondenz in Cologne , then in 1976 he switched to free journalism. In 1977 he became editor at Deutschlandfunk , Political Feature Department .

On the occasion of the great hardship of Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea, he founded the A Ship for Vietnam Committee together with his wife Christel Neudeck and with the support of the writer Heinrich Böll in 1979 . In 1982 it became the aid organization Cap Anamur / Deutsche Not-Ärzte e. V. It was named after the freighter Cap Anamur , with which the crew around Rupert Neudeck picked up a total of 10,375 Vietnamese refugees, the so-called boat people , and brought them to Germany . Numerous other aid missions with the Cap Anamur followed .

“I never want to be a coward again. Cap Anamur is the most beautiful result of the German desire to never be cowardly again, but always to be courageous. "

- Rupert Neudeck : On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the organization to motivate its actions

Until 1998 he was a member of the board of directors of the Cap Anamur committee, after which he became spokesman for the aid organization. In April 2003 he became (together with Aiman ​​Mazyek ) the co-founder and chairman of the international peace corps Grünhelme e. V. Neudeck saw it as a mandate to get involved in Islamic countries, to make Islam known and to reduce fears of Islam. For him, “Islamist” or “radical Islamic” actually meant something positive: also taking seriously the humanity that must go hand in hand with faith. Therefore the color green as the “color of Islam”, analogous to the blue helmets of the United Nations.

From 2002 Neudeck traveled several times to Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Territories to find out, as he announced, about the Israeli barriers and the situation of the Palestinians there. With the resulting publication I don't want to be silent anymore. According to his own admission, he wanted to protest law and justice in Palestine against the Israeli human rights violations he had accused , a new “ apartheid ” and the “monstrous wall” and, with warnings of a “friendship trap Israel”, he also rejected the Federal Republic's previous military support for Israel . This met with some clear criticism.

Rupert Neudeck, 2007

In June 2010, Neudeck criticized Israel's approach to granting building permits and demolishing houses in the West Bank . The occasion was the notice of demolition of a vocational training center between Bethlehem and Hebron, built by the Grünhelme organization and well known in Germany . According to Neudeck, it is generally not possible for Palestinians in this area (Zone C, which comprises around 60% of the West Bank) to obtain a building permit, while the Jewish settlements around the area in question continued to expand.

Rupert Neudeck was a member of the advisory board of the Society for Threatened Peoples , together with his wife Christel a member of the board of trustees of the Society of Friends of Abraham and an official supporter of the demonstration Freedom instead of Fear .

Rupert Neudeck died on May 31, 2016 as a result of heart surgery . He was buried in the cemetery of the Spich district of the city of Troisdorf in the Rhein-Sieg district .

Rupert Neudeck's legacy was received in 2017 by the Documentation Center and Museum on Migration in Germany (DOMiD) in Cologne.

Private

Escape boat found by Cap Anamur in the South China Sea at the end of April 1984. It was occupied with 52 people. Today it stands as a memorial in Troisdorf.

He was married to Christel Neudeck since 1970 . The couple had two daughters and a son and lived in Troisdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia. There is an original wooden boat on a street corner in Troisdorf-Mitte , from which he rescued Vietnamese refugees in 1982.

honors and awards

Memorial in Hamburg in the form of a memorial book made of bronze, donated in 2009 by former Vietnamese Boat People, for the rescue by the Cap Anamur and in memory of those who died while fleeing. State 2020 after the increase in the flood Elbe promenade

Publications (selection)

  • The political ethics of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus (= Studies on French Philosophy of the 20th Century , Volume 4). Bouvier, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-416-01008-6 (Dissertation University of Münster (Westphalia), Philosophical Faculty, 1973, 455 pages).
  • The jungle into the living room: international reporting on German television (= medium documentation , volume 7). Verlag der Evangelische Publizistik, Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-921766-00-7 .
  • The century of the refugees. A ship for Vietnam. Doctors for Cambodia. Emergency doctors for Afghanistan. Emergency Doctors for Somalia. German Committee for Emergency Doctors, Troisdorf 1980, ISBN 3-9800438-0-0 .
  • How do we help Asia or a ship for Vietnam . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1980, ISBN 978-3-499-14633-6 .
  • Karlheinz Böhm : Nagaya. A new village in Ethiopia. Conversations with Rupert Neudeck. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1983, ISBN 3-498-00483-2 .
  • The last trip of the Cap Anamur I. Rescue operations 1979 to 1982. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1983, ISBN 3-451-08058-3 .
  • Africa, continent without hope? Our help helps! Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1985, ISBN 3-404-60132-7 .
  • Problem child development aid. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1987, ISBN 3-404-60183-1 .
  • Humanitarian radicalism. Committee Cap Anamur / Dt. Emergency Doctors eV Komitee Cap Anamur / German Emergency Doctors, Troisdorf 1988, ISBN 3-9800438-1-9 .
  • Afghanistan. Political expeditions. With an overview of the history of Afghanistan. Hammer, Wuppertal 1988, ISBN 3-87294-363-4 .
  • Chased away and destroyed. Kurds are fighting for their lives. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-499-20653-6 .
  • The failure of humanism. Unconventional aid measures for the developing world. Beltz, Weinheim 1992, ISBN 3-407-30562-1 .
  • with Michael Albus , Peter Härtling : quicksand. People on the run. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1992, ISBN 3-491-72261-6 .
  • Asylum. Why the boat isn't full. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1993, ISBN 3-491-72275-6 .
  • Adventure humanity. On the way with the “Cap Anamur”. Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach 1998, ISBN 3-87868-129-1 .
  • with Lukas Ruegenberg : Janusz Korczak . The king of children. Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer 2000, ISBN 3-7666-0296-9 .
  • Journey to the end of the legal world. The Nuba Mountains of southern Sudan. Lit, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5602-X .
  • The rescuers of Cap Anamur. Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48879-X .
  • Beyond Kabul. Out and about in Afghanistan. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-50952-5 .
  • with Norbert Blüm , Heiner Geißler : After the war. Before peace. How can it go on? Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, ISBN 3-451-28255-0 .
  • Always radical. From Cap Anamur to the green helmets. Orientation lanes in the mined area. Lit, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-8258-5601-1 .
  • The refugees are coming. Why our asylum policy has to change. Diederichs, Kreuzlingen 2005, ISBN 3-7205-2573-2 .
  • with Christel Neudeck : Grünhelme. Use in the hot spots of the world . Stay when others leave. Kreuz, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7831-2437-9 .
  • with Franz Alt , Rosi Gollmann : A better world is possible. Riemann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-570-50069-1 .
  • I don't want to be silent anymore. About law and justice in Palestine. Melzer, Neu-Isenburg 2005, ISBN 3-937389-73-3 .
  • Adventure of humanity. Memories. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03774-6 .
  • with Christel Neudeck: Two lives for humanity. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-579-06893-0 .
  • with Hans Koschnick : Neither foolhardy nor fearful. Hans Koschnick in conversation with Rupert Neudeck. Hess, Bad Schussenried 2009, ISBN 978-3-87336-908-5 .
  • The power of Africa. Why the continent is not lost. Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-59857-9 .
  • Brave citizen. Lived resistance. Twelve examples. Publik-Forum, Oberursel 2011, ISBN 978-3-88095-215-7 .
  • The unholy land. Focus on the Middle East. Why Peace Is Prevented. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-32367-6 .
  • There is life after Assad. Syrian diary. Beck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65444-2 .
  • Live radically. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2014, ISBN 978-3-579-07070-4 .
  • with Michael Albus: You have to take risks. Humanity without compromise. Claudius, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-532-62474-6 .
  • There is a refugee in all of us. A legacy (= CH Beck Paperback , Volume 6251), CH Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-69920-7 .

Web links

Commons : Rupert Neudeck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Human rights activist Rupert Neudeck is dead In: SZ / Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 31, 2016
  2. ↑ Uli Hauser: On the death of Rupert Neudeck: "I have lost more than a father". Stern, May 31, 2016, accessed May 31, 2017 .
  3. ^ Refugee policy: "Returning to more generosity" , Rupert Neudeck in an interview with Christoph Heinemann on Deutschlandfunk on January 2, 2015
  4. ^ Citizens' award for Rupert Neudeck In: WAZ / Der Westen. February 27, 2015
  5. ↑ a b Christoph Koch: How do you actually become ... Development worker, Rupert Neudeck? In: FAZ Hochschulanzeiger. September 2004.
  6. ↑ On the death of Rupert Neudeck - The philanthropist. In: Deutschlandfunk - " Background ". Retrieved June 1, 2016 .
  7. ^ Veit Medick : Anti-Semitism in the RAF. Radically anti-Jewish. “Thirty years of the German Autumn and the RAF: These terrorists also felt like victims - of the German 'Judenknax'. Many leftists have made this view their own ”. In: TAZ of October 5, 2007
  8. ↑ "We didn't even know that a tent needed a building permit." Grünhelm founder criticizes Israel's approach. Deutschlandradio , June 4, 2010, accessed on August 29, 2010 .
  9. ↑ Press release May 31, 2016 "We will miss his advice and his rousing commitment to the needy very much!" The Society for Threatened Peoples mourns the loss of its advisory board member Rupert Neudeck (press release)
  10. ↑ Vorratsdatenspeicherung.de , list of supporters
  11. ^ Founder of aid organizations - Rupert Neudeck has died. In: Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved June 1, 2016 .
  12. ^ Knerger.de: The grave of Rupert Neudeck
  13. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 13, 2017 Panorama: Aid Organizations - Cologne. Rupert Neudeck's estate goes to the DOMiD in Cologne . Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 13, 2017, accessed on August 7, 2020 .
  14. ↑ The rescuer of the savior "'Cap Anamur' ... is 30 years old", by Jana Petersen, in the TAZ of June 20, 2009
  15. ↑ Route of Migration Places of Remembrance | Unna-Massen regional office. In: www.routemigration.angekommen.com. Retrieved June 1, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Integration award . Apple Tree Foundation, accessed on October 30, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger accessed on April 27, 2012 ( Memento from May 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ↑ Rupert Neudeck awarded for “Germany's Citizen of the Year” , WDR, September 30, 2014
  19. ↑ BDZV awards Rupert Neudeck to Rupert Neudeck as a citizen award for German newspapers , accessed on February 28, 2015
  20. ↑ The "Bornheimer" on the website of the European School Bornheim, accessed on July 25, 2017
  21. ↑ Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft: NRW State Prize 2016 for Christel and Dr. Rupert Neudeck. State of North Rhine-Westphalia, September 9, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2016 .
  22. ↑ [1]
  23. ↑ You have to take risks. Westfälische Nachrichten of June 16, 2017, accessed on July 25, 2017
  24. ↑ Dieter Krantz: Monument for “Cap Anamour” founder: Wolfgang Schäuble reminds of Rupert Neudeck . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . May 14, 2018, p. 29 ( ksta.de [accessed on May 14, 2018]).
  25. ^ The last book by Rupert Neudeck, Kulturthema on July 22, 2016 by Martin Gerner SWR2
personal data
SURNAME Neudeck, Rupert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, founder of the Cap Anamur / German Notärzte eV committee and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 2016
Place of death Siegburg