Volker Koop

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Volker Koop (* 1945 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Upper Bavaria) is a German publicist , non-fiction author and journalist.

Life

The journalist, with posts in print media, radio and television in Nienburg / Weser, Osnabrück, Kiel, Hamburg and Bonn, was, among other things, spokesman for the Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg and for several years spokesman for the Berlin Senator for Federal Affairs Rupert Scholz . In 1987 he moved to the information and press staff of the Federal Ministry of Defense . Koop has been working as a freelance journalist and publicist in Berlin since 1995. He is a member of the German Association of Journalists in Berlin, the Federal Press Conference and the author of over 30 non-fiction books, mainly on topics from German and European post-war history. For some years now he has been devoting himself more and more to the popular scientific approach to National Socialism and has earned a reputation that extends beyond Germany. He belongs u. a. the support association of the memorial and the Sachsenhausen museum . He holds lectures and discussions on the above topics, including for political foundations ( Hanns Seidel Foundation , Konrad Adenauer Foundation ), adult education centers, schools and libraries. Koop gave lectures at the University of Freiburg and in Paris, as well as repeatedly at Urania in Berlin . TV stations such as B. ZDF or MDR make use of it. He also supports international researchers and universities in their scientific research. For his work on the popular uprising in Berlin and in the GDR on June 17, 1953 , he was awarded the 2003 Italian-German culture prize “Capo Circeo” in Rome.

Fonts (selection)

  • Marginalized. The fall of the GDR border troops. Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus , Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-89488-064-3 .
  • with Dietmar Schössler : Legacy NVA. Impressions from their history and the days of the turning point. Bundeswehr Academy for Information and Communication, Waldbröl 1993.
  • Settled? In the footsteps of the National People's Army. Bouvier , Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-416-02567-9 .
  • The Spree Arch. Carl Bolle and his legacy. Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89488-088-0 ; updated and expanded new edition: be.bra, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8148-0184-1 .
  • Destroying the enemy: the border security of the GDR . Bouvier, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-416-02633-0 .
  • Between law and arbitrariness. The Red Army in Germany. Bouvier, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-416-02626-8 .
  • Ten years with the “yellow stripe”. Karl-Heinz Rutsch: From NVA officer to deserter. edition q, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-86124-318-0 .
  • Code name retribution. The Stasi and the death of the Baer brothers. Bouvier, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-416-02708-6 .
  • Army or Leisure Club? The fighting groups of the working class of the GDR. Bouvier, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-416-02670-5
  • Diary of the Berlin blockade. From the black market and taxi commandos, mining and beekeeping. Bouvier, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-416-02808-2 .
  • Not a fight for Berlin? German politics at the time of the Berlin blockade in 1948/1949. Bouvier, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-416-02754-X .
  • June 17, 1953. Legend and reality. Siedler , Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-88680-748-7 .
  • The uprising of June 17, 1953. State Center for Political Education, Berlin 2003.
  • The right of the winner. Absurd allied orders in post-war Germany. be.bra , Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89809-049-3 .
  • I have no more hope. Soldiers' letters from Russia 1942–1943. edition q, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-86124-580-9 .
  • Busy. French occupation policy in Germany. be.bra, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89809-064-7 .
  • The dirty fortune. The Third Reich, IG Farben and Switzerland. Siedler, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-88680-811-4 (also published in Japanese licensed edition).
  • Busy. American occupation policy in Germany. be.bra, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89809-069-8 .
  • Give a child to the Führer. The SS organization Lebensborn . Böhlau , Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-21606-1 .
  • Busy. British occupation policy in Germany. be.bra, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89809-076-6 .
  • Himmler's last line-up. The Nazi organization Werwolf . Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20191-3 .
  • Busy. Soviet occupation policy in Germany. be.bra, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89809-082-7 (also as a special edition of the State Center for Civic Education Saxony, Berlin).
  • Know what's right. National Socialism. Herder, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-06132-5 (also published in a Czech licensed edition).
  • Hitler's fifth column. The foreign organization of the NSDAP. be.bra, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-89809-085-8 .
  • In Hitler's hands. Special prisoners and honorary prisoners of the SS. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20580-5 .
  • Himmler's Germanic madness. The SS organization Ahnenerbe and its crimes. be.bra, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-89809-097-1 .
  • Martin Bormann. Hitler's executor. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-412-20942-1 .
  • Hitler's Muslims. The story of an unholy alliance. be.bra, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-89809-096-4 .
  • Poems for Hitler. Evidence of madness and delusion in the “Third Reich” . be.bra, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-89809-104-6 .
  • I decide who is Jewish. “Honorary Aryan” under National Socialism. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-412-22216-1 .
  • Rudolf Höss . The commandant of Auschwitz. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-412-22353-3 .
  • Georg Elser: The Unrecognized Hero , 2014
  • Why Hitler loved King Kong but banned Mickey Mouse from Germany. The secret favorite films of the Nazi elite. be.bra verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-89809-125-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Co-op, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist, historian and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Upper Bavaria