Wilfried Bergholz

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Wilfried Bergholz, 1987

Wilfried Bergholz (* 1953 in Greifswald ) is a German journalist, child psychologist and writer.

Life

After graduating from high school and serving in the army, Wilfried Bergholz worked as an editorial assistant at DT64 (youth radio) from 1975 , and later freelance journalist for the magazines "Elternhaus und Schule", "Unterhaltungskunst" and "Sonntag". From 1978 to 1983 he studied clinical psychology with Hans-Dieter Schmidt at the HU Berlin .

Bergholz began to write his first prose texts in the mid-1980s, which he himself published in 1987 under the title "Umsturz im Kopf". He organized readings and moderated performances by well-known writers and songwriters from the GDR.

In 1987 he founded the children's music theater Ulf und Zwulf together with Ulf Erdmann and Ralf Kleinschmidt , for which he wrote almost all texts and some compositions until 2002 - 12 LPs / CDs. The first LP "City Adventure" was named "Best Children's Songs LP of the Year" by a children's jury in 1988. The publications of this time include radio plays, texts for the punk band “Die Komischen Vögel”, the theater project “Der Mann im Kasten”, the children's book “Das Grüne Versteck” and the non-fiction book “Lieder People” (together with Petra Schwarz).

From 1989 Wilfried Bergholz was a student at the "Johannes R. Becher" literature institute in Leipzig, where he took part in the Monday demonstrations and later in the revolutionary events in Berlin's Gethsemane Church.

From 1990 he wrote numerous scripts for children's films for the DFF ( German TV broadcaster ). The SFB sent at the beginning of the 1990s, three prose texts in the literature show "passages" and four stories in the series "Ohrenbär".

In 1991, together with Gerhard Kampf, Jürgen Hagen and others, he founded the Media online Children's Show GmbH to support the children's song scene in the GDR after the end of the VEB Deutsche Schallplatten (Amiga). The children's show also ran the "Theater des Ostens" (TdO) in Karlshorst. Bergholz was managing director for the Kinderwelt label until 2001 . Sales partners for the catalog (Reinhard Lakomy, Veronika Fischer, Rumpelstil group and others) were: Jumbo Neue Medien, Polydor, Ravensburger - currently Sony BMG. His production “Gerhard Schöne singt Kindergedichte” was awarded the 2003 “Leopold” media prize.

The autobiography “The last ride by bike - 19 conversations with Matteo about courage, luck and rebellion in the GDR” is considered the main literary work today. The objective and politically sound report of a contemporary witness was recommended as an optional literature for upper secondary level. “A person tells what he has experienced, honestly, tolerantly, strictly on reality. The book is reminiscent of the novel »Rohstoff« by Jörg Fauser, who wrote in a similar way about his life, politics and people. "

In 2001 Bergholz opened the Crussow special airfield for microlight aircraft near Angermünde and has also been working as a pilot and aerial photographer since then. In 2012 he completed the aviation information center in Gellmersdorf (FIZ) as a homage to the first German jet aircraft for passengers Baade 152 - a color scheme on a 1: 1 scale with an original part of the fuselage of the 008 series machine in the exhibition in the building.

From 2002 Wilfried Bergholz worked as a child psychologist in the districts of Uckermark and Märkisch-Oderland. He has been writing again since 2013. He lives in Berlin and has four children.

Publications (selection)

  • City adventure with Ulf & Zwulf (children's songs LP, Amiga 1987)
  • Revolution in the head (prose, self-published 1987)
  • Bye, bye - Einstein (play 1988)
  • Sketches (in: Temperamente 3/1989)
  • Songs people (nonfiction, Song Of Time 1989)
  • Fireworks (radio play, radio of the GDR 1989)
  • The fairy tale of the cheeky pig (Theater Schwerin 1990)
  • The green hiding place (children's book, song of time 1990)
  • The Paradise Island (children's film, DFF 1990)
  • Four from one house (children's film, DFF 1991)
  • The view from the window onto the bench in the park (SFB 1991)
  • The Kaspermaus (Deutscher Theaterverlag Weinheim 1992)
  • The peach tree (prose, SFB 1992)
  • Adventure in the Dragonland (CD and children's musical 1993)
  • In the glass house - encounter with a shadow (SFB 1993)
  • Circus songs (CD and children's musical, Children's World 1995)
  • Masked Ball (The Funny Birds CD 1996)
  • I'm going to school (CD children's songs, Ravensburger 1997)
  • I go to kindergarten (CD children's songs, Ravensburger 1999)
  • Gerhard Schöne sings children's poems (CD, as producer 2001)
  • Russia's major aircraft manufacturer. Jakowlew, Mikojan / Gurewitsch, Suchoj (non-fiction book, Aviatic Verlag 2002)
  • The last ride by bike (autobiography, tredition 2015)
  • Type compass: Jakowlew. Since 1927 (non-fiction book, Motorbuch Verlag 2017)
  • Upheaval in the head - reprint (prose, tredition 2017)
  • Type compass: Sukhoi. Since 1927 (non-fiction book, Motorbuch Verlag 2018)
  • A thousand small windows (children's song book, tredition 2018)
  • Russian fighter planes since 1934 (non-fiction book, Motorbuch Verlag 2019)

Web links

Commons : Wilfried Bergholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ohrenbaer.de/sendung/autorinnen
  2. ↑ New Germany June 24, 1994
  3. ↑ musikschulen.de/projekte/leopold
  4. ↑ My 4th, 03/2019
  5. ↑ Carsten Stellmacher, Märkischer Sonntag October 15, 2015
  6. ↑ Berliner Zeitung January 20, 2001
  7. ↑ Berliner Zeitung November 24, 2017


personal data
SURNAME Bergholz, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, child psychologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Greifswald