Stefan Terzibaschitsch

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Stefan Terzibaschitsch (born March 22, 1926 in Belgrade ; † January 8, 2008 in Leonberg ) was a German naval book author and music autobiographer of Serbian descent. His area of ​​work was mainly the United States Navy , about which he wrote 28 books. There are also numerous specialist articles for various marine magazines and an autobiography with a focus on his musical and choral work.

Life

Terzibaschitsch came from the respected Belgrade merchant family Terzibašić (Терзибашић). His main occupation was Stefan Terzibaschitsch's graduate engineer (civil engineering). Taken to Germany as a result of the war, he was initially employed in the Ruhr coal mine from 1946 to 1960. He then worked for a support company in civil engineering in Leonberg until his early retirement in 1986. Stefan Terzibaschitsch lived in Leonberg . He was also connected to music. He was a long-time member of various choirs and also summarized his musical memories in a book.

Stefan Terzibaschitsch has been involved with the US Navy since 1961 and began to publish his own work on this in German. In addition to his publishing activities, he was a member of various maritime organizations and thus had contacts with members of the US Navy and experts all over the world.

Terzibaschitsch is the father of the music teacher Anne Terzibaschitsch .

About the author

Stefan Terzibaschitsch has been interested in maritime issues from an early age. In 1954 he had first contacts with the German specialist authors Alexander Bredt and Erich Gröner . This is where we started working on Weyer's Flottentaschenbuch , the standard German-language yearbook on the world's navies. Later there was also (limited) work on Jane's Fighting Ships , Flottes de Combat and the English-language edition Combat Fleets of the World . In 1957 he started his own ongoing ship photography activity, including since 1958 an almost annual visit to the Kiel Week with reports on the visiting warships.

From 1961 the specialization took place on the ships of the US Navy. Since 1959 he has contributed to German, British, American, Italian, Japanese and Swiss naval journals. In the same year, after a visit to Erich Gröner, the quarterly information sheet News from the US Navy was published . According to his own information, Stefan Terzibaschitsch published 428 articles in specialist journals between 1959 and 2003. His first book was published in 1965.

In 1970 and 1972 there were five-day visits to the 6th fleet in the Mediterranean . The author observed routine operations on the aircraft carriers USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) , USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and the guided missile cruiser USS Albany (CG-10) . In 1969 and 1977 he was a visitor at international maneuvers in Belgium and Great Britain , as well as at Benelux fleet days. In 1976 he traveled to the Norfolk fleet base and to the Fleet Week off New York on the occasion of the 200th American Independence Day .

In 1984 Terzibaschitsch obtained information at numerous naval bases along the US coasts and visited ships and aircraft. On this trip he was received as a member of a group by the then acting US Secretary of the Navy , John Lehman . This travel activity continued in 1986 and 1988. Stefan Terzibaschitsch was also a member of the United States Naval Institute and the International Naval Research Organization .

Based on his experience, the author was considered a leading European expert on the US Navy, but preferably for the period after the Second World War . With regard to the period up to 1945, his publications are based on partly outdated secondary sources. For the post-war period, however, his comprehensive and detailed explanations on the US Navy remain standard literature in German-speaking countries.

Private: marriage, name

Terzibaschitsch was married from 1950 until the death of his wife Irmgard in 1973. He and his daughter Anne (* 1955) are the last bearers of this name, which is derived from the Serbian court and honorary title of a Terzi-pasha ("master tailor"). For the sake of simplicity, it was called "Terzi" among friends and acquaintances

bibliography

A list of the 28 books and 428 magazine articles can be found in "Memories of a Marine Enthusiast" on pp. 164–190.

title Place of publication
publisher		 Publishing year ISBN
Ships and aircraft of the US fleet Munich, JF Lehmanns 1965
The US Navy and Marine Corps Air Force Munich, JF Lehmanns 1974 ISBN 3-469-00466-8
The US Navy's FRAM modernization program Munich, JF Lehmanns 1975 ISBN 3-469-00549-4
The US Navy cruisers 1942–1975 Oldenburg, Stalling 1975 ISBN 3-7979-1862-3
US Navy battleships in World War II Munich, JF Lehmanns 1976 ISBN 3-7637-6217-5
Battleships of the US Navy in World War II (transl. And adapted by Heinz O. Vetters, Richard Cox) London, Brassey 1978 ISBN 0-904609-11-1
US Navy Aircraft Carriers Volume 1: Fleet Aircraft Carriers Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1978 ISBN 3-344-70726-4
US Navy aircraft carrier, Volume 2: Escort aircraft carrier Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1979 ISBN 3-7637-5212-9
The US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft Koblenz, Bonn, defense and knowledge 1980 ISBN 3-8033-0309-5
Aircraft carriers of the US Navy (transl. By Keith Thomas) London, Conway 1981 ISBN 0-85177-159-9
Escort carriers and aviation support ships of the US Navy (transl. By Keith Thomas) London, Conway 1981 ISBN 0-85177-242-0
Sea power USA: armaments, organization, deployment, development (2 vol.) Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1981 ISBN 3-7637-5411-3
US Navy battleships 1941–1981 Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1981 ISBN 3-7637-5268-4
USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier - The lone queen of the Pacific Friedberg / H., Podzun-Pallas 1982 ISBN 3-7909-0180-6
US Navy cruisers From the Omaha class to the Long Beach class Herford, Koehler 1984 ISBN 3-86047-588-6
US Navy Destroyers - From the Farragut class to the Forrest Sherman class Herford, Koehler 1986 ISBN 3-86047-587-8
US Navy aircraft carrier, Volume 1: Fleet aircraft carrier
2., revised. u. exp. Ed.		 Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1986 ISBN 3-7637-5803-8
Yearbook of the US Navy 1986/1987: aircraft carriers, surface combat ships, underground ships Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1986 ISBN 3-7637-4790-7
US Navy Yearbook 1987/1988: Mine Vehicles, Auxiliary Ships, Military Sealift Command Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1987 ISBN 3-7637-4791-5
US Navy Yearbook 1988/1989: The US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Air Forces Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1988 ISBN 3-7637-4792-3
US Navy escort ships from the Evarts class to the Claud Jones class Herford, Koehler 1988 ISBN 3-7822-0457-3
Cruisers of the United States Navy London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, Orion House 1988 ISBN 0-85368-812-5
The Iowa-Class Comeback - The American Battleships from 1941 to Today Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1989 ISBN 3-7637-5862-3
US Navy submarines Herford, Koehler 1990 ISBN 3-7822-0494-8
Submarines of the US Navy (transl. By MJ Shields) London, Arms and Armor 1991 ISBN 1-85409-145-X
Operation Crossroads : The US Navy Nuclear Weapons Tests in Bikini Atoll 1946 - Navy Arsenal Volume 20 Friedberg / H., Podzun-Pallas 1992 ISBN 3-7909-0462-7
70 years of US Navy auxiliary ships Leonberg, self-published 1993
50 years of amphibious ships in the US Navy Leonberg, self-published 1996
US Navy aircraft carrier: escort aircraft carrier Leonberg, self-published 1996
The last giants of the seas Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 1997 ISBN 3-7637-5961-1
US Navy port, depot and other service vehicles Leonberg, self-published 1997
US Navy cruisers - From the Omaha class to the Long Beach class Augsburg, Bechtermünz Verlag, unv. New edition 1997 ISBN 3-86047-588-6
US Navy Destroyers - From the Farragut class to the Forrest Sherman class Augsburg, Bechtermünz Verlag, unv. New edition 1997 ISBN 3-86047-587-8
Sea power USA: armaments, organization, deployment, development (2 vol.) Augsburg, Bechtermünz Verlag, unv. New edition 1997 ISBN 3-86047-576-2
American Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft Leonberg, self-published 1998
US Navy FRAM modernization program 1959–1964 Leonberg, self-published 1999
US Navy aircraft carriers
Volume 1: Fleet aircraft carriers
Volume 2: Escort aircraft carriers		 Bonn, Bernard & Graefe
3rd ext. Ed.		 1999 ISBN 3-7637-6200-0
Combat systems of the US Navy - weapons technology and electronics on American warships Hamburg, Koehler 2001 ISBN 3-7822-0806-4
US Navy battleships in World War II Bonn, Bernard & Graefe 2001 ISBN 3-7637-6217-5
The ships of the US Navy Hamburg, Koehler 2002 ISBN 3-7822-0846-3
The US Navy AEGIS destroyer classes DDG-51 and DDG-79 Leonberg, self-published 2003
Renewal of the US Navy amphibious fleet. Realization of the San Antonio class (LPD-17) (with Michael Winter) Leonberg / Oldenburg, self-published 2003
Memories of a naval enthusiast: naval trips, anniversaries with naval parades, locations, personalities. Leonberg, self-published 2004
Memories of a music enthusiast: choirs, singing groups, orchestras, instrumental groups, concerts, music camps. Leonberg, self-published 2005

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scan of the obituary
  2. ↑ Michael T. was mayor of the city of Michael T. 1866-67 ; Milograd T., coming from Switzerland, ran the bicycle in Belgrade in 1884 Milograd T .; s. a. Marine Enthusiast, Foreword pp. 10-11
  3. ^ Stefan Terzibaschitsch: memories of a music enthusiast. Choirs, singing groups, orchestras, instrumental groups, music camps, concerts . Leonberg: Eigenverlag 2005, p. 22 and Stefan Terzibaschitsch: Memories of a marine enthusiast . Self-published 2004 p. 8.
  4. ↑ memories of a naval enthusiast, pp 166-190
  5. ^ Memories of a Music Enthusiast, p. 106, Memories of a Marine Enthusiast, p. 11
  6. ↑ Memories of a music enthusiast, passim
personal data
SURNAME Terzibaschitsch, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author on the US Navy
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgrade
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2008
Place of death Leonberg