Thomas Lackmann
Thomas Lackmann (* 1954 in Lübbecke / Westphalia) is a German publicist and exhibition organizer.
His maternal grandparents are Pastor Georg Erwin Horwitz (1894–1982) and Lea, b. du Bois-Reymond (1899–1988), a great-granddaughter of Fanny Hensel , b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and youngest daughter of Alard and Lili du Bois-Reymond .
After studying theology in Fulda and Augsburg , Lackmann worked from 1991 to 2018 as an editor for the Berlin “Tagesspiegel” in the features section and in the Berlin section. In 2004 he was artistic director of the Jewish Culture Days in Berlin. Since 2018 he has been working as a freelance publicist, exhibition maker and historian.
Among other things, he deals with the family history of the Mendelssohns , of whose descendants he is himself, and is a member and deputy chairman of the Mendelssohn Society . Lackmann lives with his family in Berlin.
Publications (selection, chronological)
- with Joachim Schlör and Juri Ginsburg : Odessa. The city and its dream. A universal declaration of love from Berlin. Elefanten-Press, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88520-775-3 .
- Jewrassic Park. How do you (not) build a Jewish Museum in Berlin. Philo Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin et al. 2000, ISBN 3-8257-0178-6 .
- Crossing borders and identity. Four letters from Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy spanning three decades - one character sketch ; in: Mendelssohn Studies 13 (2003), pp. 35–70.
- The happiness of the Mendelssohns. Story of a German family. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-351-02600-5 .
- My father's son. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the ways of the Mendelssohns. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0111-5 (also: Tübingen, Universität, Dissertation, 2007).
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Lackmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lackmann, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German features editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübbecke , Westphalia |