Uwe Holmer

Uwe Holmer (2000)

Uwe Holmer (born February 6, 1929 in Wismar ) is a German theologian , pastor and author . He became known in 1989/1990 when he took in Erich Honecker .

Life

After studying theology, Holmer was a country pastor in Leussow in Mecklenburg between 1948 and 1954 to 1967 . Then he was director of the Falkenberg Bible School in Berlin until 1983 . In 1983 he became the head and mayor of the Hope Valley Institutions in Lobetal , which mainly looked after the patients of the Lobetal Specialized Hospital for Neurology, Psychiatry and Epileptology.

From January 30 to April 3, 1990, he granted Margot and Erich Honecker asylum in his home. Lawyer Wolfgang Vogel had asked the Brandenburg church leadership for a place to stay for the party and state leader who had been deposed on October 18. At the time, it was feared that angry GDR citizens would threaten the lives of the Honeckers. In fact, the pastor's house was besieged by residents and journalists. The pastor and his wife, who acted out of charity, were exposed to hostility.

After the reunification of Germany , he was on the main board of the German Evangelical Alliance and was deputy chairman of the German Evangelist Conference.

In retirement, Holmer went back to Mecklenburg and worked in the rehabilitation clinic for addicts in Serrahn . Uwe Holmer is the father of 15 children; ten came from his marriage to his late wife and five brought his second wife from his marriage to her first husband, who died early, into the family.

Publications (selection)

• with Werner de Boor : The letters of Peter and the letter of Judas ( Wuppertal Study Bible ). R. Brockhaus Verlag , Wuppertal 1976, ISBN 3-417-25063-3 .
• God is not far away . Evangelische Versandbuchhandlung Ekelmann, Berlin 1984.
• with Hildegard Hamm-Brücher and Regine Hildebrandt : straighten the kinked pipe. Christians against violence. R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1993, ISBN 3-417-24127-8 .
• The man with whom Honecker lived. Hänssler Verlag , Holzgerlingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7751-4582-4 .

literature

• Thomas Grimm : Uwe Holmer - Church asylum for Honecker . In: Left Fatherland Journeyman. Socialists, anarchists, communists, ruffians, and other non-conformists. Parthas Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-932529-39-1 , pp. 334-353.

Web links

• Literature by and about Uwe Holmer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Uwe Holmer  in the German Digital Library
• Uwe Holmer in the German biography
• Pro Medienmagazin 4/2012, (PDF; 27 MB) pp. 28–31

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gnadauer Theological Seminar Falkenberg e. V.
2. ↑ Biography of Uwe Holmer. chronikderwende.de
3. ↑ Tobias Kurfer: Flat share with Honecker - The enemy in my house . In: Tagesspiegel , October 18, 2009; Retrieved September 27, 2012
4. ↑ Ellen Nieswiodek-Martin (Interview): Looking for the way of understanding . (PDF; 27 MB) In: pro-medienmagazin 4 | 2012, p. 31
5. ↑ In 1990 he granted Honecker's "Asylum": Pastor Uwe Holmer turns 90 , Idea , article from February 1, 2019.
6. ↑ Ellen Nieswiodek-Martin: Grandma, Grandpa and 60 grandchildren . (PDF; 27 MB) In: pro-medienmagazin 4 | 2012, p. 28