Ulrich Finckh

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Ulrich Finck (* 4. September 1927 in Heilbronn , † 25. July 2019 in Bremen ) was a German Protestant he pastors . From 1971 to 1980 he was the honorary managing director of the Evangelical Working Group on Conscientious Objection and Peace (EAK).

Life

At the age of 15 he was drafted as an air force helper. He graduated from high school in 1943. Subsequently, after completing the Reich Labor Service, he was a soldier in the Navy and the Army before he was taken prisoner by the Americans . He then studied Protestant theology in Marburg , Mainz and Göttingen . He was then pastor in Mettenheim . From 1962 he worked as a student pastor in Hamburg . In 1970 he became pastor at the Horner Church in Bremen . In 1991 he retired.

He was a co-founder and since its founding 1971 to 2012 board member of the Social Peace Service Bremen and from 1971 to 2003 chairman of the Central Office for Law and Protection of Conscientious Objectors (Zentralstelle KDV). From its establishment in March 1974 to 2004, he was a member of the advisory board for community service . In 1979 he was a co-founder of the Gustav Heinemann Initiative , on whose federal board he worked for years.

On June 23, 1984 he received the Fritz Bauer Prize of the Humanist Union . In 2012 he was honored by the Bremen Senate with a Senate reception.

One of Finckh's daughters is the SPD politician Ute Finckh-Krämer .

Fonts

  • Military service, conscientious objection and community service . Central Office for Law and Protection of Conscientious Objectors, Bremen 4 1996; 8 2002.
  • From holy war to Jesus' love of enemies. Contributions to the rule of law and peace ethics . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 2011.
  • God's adopted son. Theological sketches for critical readers . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 2011.
  • Pimpf, pastor, pacifist. A critical review (1927-2017) . Donat-Verlag, Bremen 2018.
  • Modern worldview and theology: Taking faith seriously . In: Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 112 p. 703 (issue 12/2018).
As editor
  • "... and conscientious objection is and remains an indispensable human right" . Central Office for Law and Protection of Conscientious Objectors, Bremen 1991.
  • On the way to the unity of Germany and the unity of Europe . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 1993.
  • Injustice and Violence in Germany . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 1993.
  • Paths to a Civil Society . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994.
  • Unscrupulous economy - freedom to poverty - youth without opportunities . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 1996.
  • For freedom and social justice . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997.
  • Human rights - no legacy issues but future prospects . Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000.

literature

  • Ben Witter : Pastor without a pulpit. A pastor for students. In: Die Zeit November 21, 1969 online version .
  • Patrick Bernhard: Community service between reform and revolt: a federal German institution in social change 1961-1982. Munich, 2005 p. 84.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Finckh's memorial page. Accessed July 31, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Chronicle of the Horner Church .
  3. ↑ Press release of the SFD Bremen .
  4. ↑ The Fritz Bauer Prize of the Humanist Union by Udo Kauß
  5. ↑ Press release from the Bremen Senate Chancellery
  6. ↑ Press release of the SPD city association Hildesheim
personal data
SURNAME Finckh, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2019
Place of death Bremen