Walter Tormin

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Walter Tormin

Walter Tormin (* 31 August 1923 in Lübeck ; † 4. December 2011 in Hamburg ) was a German politician of the SPD in Hamburg, pollsters and publicist .

Life

Tormin initially worked as a teacher and later became head of the State Center for Political Education Hamburg and the Office for Vocational and Continuing Education in the Authority for School, Youth and Vocational Training .

As a journalist and election researcher, Walter Tormin took part in various projects. These were particularly related to Hamburg, but studies beyond the boundaries of the Hanseatic city were also his interest. In terms of time, Dr. Walter Tormin especially with the Weimar Republic , the Third Reich and the years after 1945.

For the book Freedom and Democracy published in 2003 , a documentary about persecuted social democrats in Hamburg during the Nazi era , he compiled a list of more than 1500 names with biographical information.

politics

Tormin was a member of the Hamburg parliament from 1966 to 1976 as a member of the SPD.

Literature (selection)

  • Axel Schildt, Barbara Vogel (ed.): On the way to party democracy. Contributions to the German party system 1848 - 1989 Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-87916-068-6 . (The book combines the revised lectures that were given in general lectures at the University of Hamburg in the winter semester 1998/99 in honor of the 75th birthday of party researcher Walter Tormin.)
  • Walter Tormin: The difficult road to democracy. Dölling and Galitz (publishing house), Hamburg 1995.
  • Walter Tormin: The history of the SPD in Hamburg 1945 to 1950. Results publishing house, Hamburg 1995.
  • Walter Tormin: The dream of unity. State Center for Political Education, Hamburg 1990.
  • Eberhard Aleff (Ed.): The Third Reich. Fackelträger (Verlag), Hanover (24th edition) 1987.
  • Walter Tormin (ed.): The Weimar Republic. Fackelträger (publisher), Hanover (1983 23rd edition) 1962.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tormin: The Difficult Way , p. 2.
  2. ↑ Olaf Scholz on the book Freedom and Democracy ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Tormin, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 2011
Place of death Hamburg