Ursel Fuchs

This article deals with the non-fiction author Ursel Fuchs (* 1937). For the children's book author (1933–2020) see Ursula Fuchs .

Ursel Fuchs (born Ursel Hilde Julie Karla Mehmel ; born March 14, 1937 in Hanover ) is a German editor , journalist and non-fiction book - author especially on genetic engineering . She lives and works in Düsseldorf .

Life

Ursel Fuchs grew up under her maiden name in Geibelstrasse in the southern part of Hanover. She was an only child, an orphan at an early age, and described herself as a "grandma child with a working mother". She later wrote about her youth and the events in her surroundings at that time in her publication in the Anne Frank Shoah Library in the series on culture of remembrance under the title Trümmer, Grief, Traumata. Memories from a childhood in Hanover during World War II .

In the post-war period , Fuchs graduated from the Wilhelm Raabe School in 1956 . From 1957 to 1958 she trained as an interpreter and foreign language correspondent. In 1958 she worked for the Burgdorfer Kreisblatt . From 1961 to 1965 she worked as an editor for Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger , and in 1965 for Düsseldorfer Nachrichten .

In 1966 she married the non-fiction author and publisher Richard Fuchs (born April 18, 1938 in Siegen; † January 18, 2019 in Düsseldorf), with whom she had two children and five grandchildren.

From 1981 Ursel Fuchs was actively involved in the peace movement . From 1983, she also worked at the radio of the West German Radio (WDR).

From the late 1980s she wrote and gave lectures in books and magazines, lectures and interviews, focusing on genetic engineering and medical technology .

Fonts (selection)

• Man as creator? Genetic engineering, the great temptation to want to play god. An analysis by the science journalist Ursel Fuchs. Documents and comments on the current discussion about the Bioethics Convention of the Council of Europe (= Idea-Documentation , 1996, 14), Ed .: Idea eV, Evangelische Nachrichtenagentur, Idea, Wetzlar 1996
• Genetic engineering. Reaching for the genetic material. A critical inventory (= Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch Bd. 60425. Sachbuch), Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1996, ISBN 978-3-404-60425-8 and ISBN 3-404-60425-3 ; Content address
• The genome trap. The promises of genetic engineering, its side effects and consequences , Patmos-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 978-3-491-72435-8 and ISBN 3-491-72435-X
  • with a timetable for human genetics and reproductive medicine, completely revised and updated paperback edition (= Heyne / 19 / Heyne-Sachbuch , Bd. 835), Munich: Heyne, ISBN 978-3-453-86129-9 ; contents
• Live with your senses. So that we don't hear and see , Patmos-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 978-3-491-72450-1 and ISBN 3-491-72450-3
• Ursel Fuchs, Richard Fuchs: Vitamin Bombs. Functional food supplement. Promises - Risks - Side Effects , 1st edition, emu-Verlag, Lahnstein 2006, ISBN 978-3-89189-153-7 and ISBN 3-89189-153-9 ; Table of contents and content text
• Question of conscience euthanasia. The controversy about self-determined death , Kreuz, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-7831-3194-9 and ISBN 978-3-89555-912-9 ; contents
• Debris, grief, trauma. Memories from a childhood in Hanover during the Second World War (= writings on the culture of remembrance in Hanover , vol. 7), partial volume in the Anne Frank Shoah library, Hahnsche Buchhandlung and Verlag, [Peine] 2014, ISBN 978-3-7752- 6206-4 ; contents

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} o. V .: Fuchs, Ursel in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of July 10, 2014, last accessed on May 4, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} short vita in the anthology Living towards the new. Biographical texts on dealing with post-war experiences , 1st edition, Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-95744-604-6 and ISBN 3-95744-604-X ; Preview over google books
3. ^ Family obituary notice