Ulrich Renz (historian)

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Ulrich Renz (born May 20, 1934 in Stuttgart ) is a German journalist and historian .

Life

Renz grew up in Giengen an der Brenz . After attending grammar school, he learned the journalistic trade at the Heidenheimer Zeitung in the mid-1950s and then worked as an editor in Heidenheim an der Brenz . In 1959 he switched to the German-language service of the United Press International (UPI) news agency in Frankfurt am Main . There he became head of the domestic editorial team and later head of service in Zurich and Frankfurt am Main. In 1971 he moved to the Associated Press (AP) news agency , where he was editor-in-chief from 1986 to 1992.

One focus of his work was court reporting at the Federal Constitutional Court . Renz also reported on fifteen Nazi trials , including the Auschwitz trials .

Even after retirement, Ulrich Renz, who now lives in Karlsruhe , works as a freelance journalist and author of historical writings. In 1989 his book Lauter dutiful people appeared , in which he worked up the résumés of perpetrators in the Third Reich . Until they were discontinued in 2012, he wrote for the magazine Tribüne zur Understanding Judaism.

Renz has been working with Georg Elser since his time in Heidenheim. In archives he discovered numerous documents that are groundbreaking for the historical processing of the importance of this resistance fighter , including a. the investigation report on Elser in the Swiss Federal Archives requested by the Gestapo from Switzerland . Renz has worked at the Georg Elser Memorial in Königsbronn since 1999 . In 2004 he received the Königsbronn community badge for his services to Elser . He is the author of the biography Georg Elser - Ein Meister der Tat , published in 2009 in the series Formative Heads from the Southwest .

Fonts (selection)

  • Georg Elser. Alone against Hitler. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-17-031077-3 .
  • Elser and Hitler. Reflections on a special relationship. Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2019.
  • Georg Elser and the judiciary. Wrong date of death and other memorabilia. Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2018.
  • Georg Elser in the cinema. Films about the Königsbronn resistance fighter. Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2016.
  • Elser and Elsa. Stories about the Königsbronn resistance fighter. Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2014.
  • Georg Elser. Adolf Hitler's most dangerous opponent . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2013.
  • Elser and Stauffenberg , in: Tribüne 51 (2012), pp. 139–143.
  • Bürgerbräukeller. Stronghold and rubble field . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2011.
  • A look at the archive. Documents on the life and deed of Georg Elser . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2010.
  • with Tobias Engelsing: Elser & Sohn. Formative years at Lake Constance . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2009.
  • Georg Elser. A master of action . DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-87181-767-0 .
  • Elser and the commissioners. Report on a search for clues . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2008.
  • Fight for justice. The fate of the Hirth family . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2007.
  • The key to the world of Georg Elser , in: The protocol. The autobiography of Georg Elser . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2006, pp. 5–10.
  • Georg Elser's farewell. Relatives and other witnesses report on the last encounter with the resistance fighter. Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2005.
  • Georg Elser's home. Articles about the Königsbronn resistance fighters. Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2004.
  • On the Gisevius affair. An eyewitness from July 20th judges Georg Elser . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2003.
  • The Niemöller case. An exchange of letters between Georg Elser's mother and the church president. Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2002.
  • Hitler's “true antagonist” , in: Tribüne 41 (2002), pp. 55–62.
  • “Give him back what he did.” Erwin Roth finds the truth about Georg Elser . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2001.
  • The Elser file. Catalog of questions and investigation report from the Swiss Federal Archives . Georg Elser Memorial, Königsbronn 2000.
  • Elser and the Jews. One person, many motifs , in: Tribüne 155 (2000), p. 47 f.
  • A transmitter like a distant lighthouse , in: Tribüne 38 (1999), pp. 115-122.
  • Elser - Strasser , in: Tribüne 37 (1998), pp. 23-26.
  • The search for traces according to Josef Mengele , in: Tribüne 31 (1992), pp. 132-137.
  • Lots of dutiful people. Scenes from Nazi trials . Bund-Verlag, Cologne 1989.
  • What people are capable of ... , in: Tribüne 27 (1988), pp. 210-214.
  • The carefully camouflaged mass murder , in: Tribüne 26 (1987), pp. 153–158.
  • "Line up" under the past? , in: Tribüne 26 (1987), pp. 126-131.
  • Nobody confessed his guilt , in: Tribüne 25 (1986), pp. 106-114.

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ulrich Renz: The case of Niemöller . With biographical information and web links to online publications. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ Swiss investigation report . Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ Elser put in a new light . In: Heidenheimer Zeitung / Heidenheimer Neue Presse from December 8, 2015. Accessed December 18, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Renz, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart