Torsten Diedrich
Torsten Diedrich (born December 20, 1956 in East Berlin ) is a German military historian specializing in the history of the GDR and Warsaw Pact. He is the Federal Armed Forces commissioner for museums and collections.
Life
Diedrich studied economics and history at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1979 to 1984 . After completing his studies, he worked as a research assistant or senior assistant at the Military History Institute of the GDR in Potsdam . In 1989 he was with the dissertation military policy of the SED from 1949 to 1955 to the Dr. phil. PhD.
After reunification, he was taken on as a research assistant at the Military History Research Office (MGFA) in Potsdam, where he was most recently active in the Alliance in Research Area IV, Military History of the GDR. In 1999 he was appointed Scientific Council, 2001 Scientific Senior Council and 2008 Scientific Director. Since 2008 he has been the Federal Armed Forces commissioner for museums and collections.
Diedrich published on the popular uprising of June 17, 1953 , on the history of the barracked people's police , the National People's Army and the Warsaw Pact . He is also the author of the scientific biography of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus and General of the Second World War [General of the Artillery Walther von Seydlitz, Lieutenant General Vincenz Müller, Major Bernhard Bechler]. Furthermore, he was often active as a consultant for documentaries and feature films for German television as well as for museums and exhibitions.
He is chairman of the Bundeswehr Museum and Collection Association. In 2012 the German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst appointed him to its Scientific Advisory Board.
Fonts
Monographs
- June 17, 1953 in the GDR. Armed violence against the people . Dietz, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-320-01740-3 .
- with Rüdiger Wenzke : The camouflaged army: history of the barracked people's police of the GDR 1952 to 1956 (= military history of the GDR . Vol. 1). Edited by the Military History Research Office, Ch. Links, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-86153-242-5 .
- Weapons against the people. June 17, 1953 in the GDR . Published by the Military History Research Office, Oldenbourg, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-486-56735-7 .
- Paul - the trauma of Stalingrad. A biography . Schöningh, Paderborn u. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-76403-4 .
- Stalingrad 1942/43 . Reclam, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-15-011162-8
Manuals and anthologies
- with Hans Ehlert , Rüdiger Wenzke: In the service of the party, manual of the armed organs of the GDR (= research on GDR society ). Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, Links, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-86153-160-7 . (2nd edition 1998)
- with Hans-Hermann Hertle : "Hornet" alert. The secret chief reports of the People's Police on June 17, 1953 . Metropol, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-936411-27-1 .
- with Winfried Heinemann , Christian F. Ostermann: The Warsaw Pact. From the foundation to the collapse (1955–1991) (= military history of the GDR . Vol. 16). Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, Links, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-504-1 .
- with Walter Süß : The military and state security in the security concept of the participating states of the Warsaw Pact . On behalf of the Military History Research Office and the Federal Commissioner for the Documents of the State Security Service of the Former GDR, Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-610-9 .
- with Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk : founding a state on installments ?. Effects of the popular uprising in 1953 and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 on the state, the military and society (= military history of the GDR . Vol. 11). On behalf of the Military History Research Office and the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR, Links, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-86153-380-4 .
- as ed. with Jens Ebert: Nach Stalingrad, Walther von Seydlitz 'field post letters and prisoner of war mail 1939–1955 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-8353-3190-7 .
In addition, Diedrich wrote numerous articles for other collections and for magazines.
Web links
- Literature by and about Torsten Diedrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Torsten Diedrich at perlentaucher.de
- Torsten Dietrich at the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr
- Torsten Dietrich at Ch. Links Verlag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diedrich, Torsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Berlin |