Steffen tile

Steffen Kachel (* 1965 ) is a German historian and politician ( Die Linke ). In the 2nd electoral period (1994-1999) he was a member of the PDS in the Thuringian state parliament .

Politician

Steffen Kachel has been chairman of the Die Linke party in the Erfurt city ​​association since 2011 . He also works as a research assistant for the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament and as a board member of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Thuringia (RLS). The focus of his political work lies in the areas of education, in particular political education, youth, communal responsibilities and communities.

historian

Kachel is a historian specializing in the history of the Thuringian labor movement . He studied at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . At the University of Erfurt he did his doctorate with the thesis A red-red Sonderweg? Social Democrats and Communists in Thuringia 1919 to 1949 .

“Steffen Kachel has presented an impressively rich source and literature rich work that not only provides answers to questions of continuity and the change of political milieus. Rather, with his already convincing socio-structural comparison, he does land and party history groundwork, [...]. "

- Swen Steinberg, review, 2011

In addition, the work contains extensive tables with election results and committee appointments as well as an appendix 105 short CVs of some of the rather unknown Thuringian functionaries at the lower and middle level of the state.

Fonts

• A red and red special route? Social Democrats and Communists in Thuringia 1919 to 1949 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Small series, Volume 29), Böhlau Verlag: Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2011 ISBN 978-3-412-20544-7 .
• The USPD - Attempting a Third Way? , in: Year Book for Research on the History of the Labor Movement , Volume III / 2007.
• Decision for the SED 1946 - a betrayal of social democratic ideals? , in: Year Book for Research on the History of the Labor Movement , Issue I / 2004.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Left. City Association of Erfurt. Dr. Steffen Kachel: The new chairman of the city association introduces himself. September 3, 2011.
2. ↑ The left. The RedRoXX team.
3. ^ Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Thuringia.
4. ^ Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Thuringia. Swen Steinberg: Review of A red-red Sonderweg? Social Democrats and Communists in Thuringia 1919 to 1949 . December 26, 2011.