Wilhelm Strube

Wilhelm Strube (around 1975)

Wilhelm Hermann Ludwig Strube (born October 26, 1925 in Hildesheim , † October 20, 1999 in Hann. Münden ) was a German writer and chemical historian .

Life

Wilhelm Strube was born in Hildesheim as the son of Dora Strube (* August 20, 1897 ) and Wilhelm Strube senior (* March 7, 1895 ). He attended elementary and middle school until 1942 and then until 1943 the Reich Finance School in Herrsching am Ammersee . From 1943 to 1944 he did Reich Labor Service . From 1944 to 1945 he was a soldier - most recently a non-commissioned officer - and was seriously wounded in the war in Latvia by shrapnel on both sides of the larynx. Shortly before the end of the war, he voluntarily went into British captivity. In 1946, Strube was city director of the Free German Youth (FDJ) in Hildesheim and began a preparatory course for university studies in Leipzig, which he completed in 1947. He then studied history, philosophy and political economy at the University of Leipzig until 1952 . From 1952 to 1955 Strube was an assistant with a teaching position at the University of Rostock and from 1955 to 1956 at the Institute for Literature in Leipzig. He was then a doctoral student at the University of Leipzig, where he was in 1961 with a thesis on the history of chemistry during the Enlightenment doctorate . In Berlin, Strube worked until 1975 as an assistant, senior assistant and, most recently, scientific work manager at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . During this time his PhD B (1969) on the chemical history topic “ The impact of the new conception of chemistry in Germany from 1745 to 1785 ” and the Facultas docendi (1974) also fall . At the same time he was a visiting lecturer at the Technical University of Chemistry "Carl Schorlemmer" in Leuna-Merseburg. His dissatisfaction with the political situation in the GDR as well as his sympathy for Robert Havemann led to the end of his academic career in 1975 and to his dismissal from the Academy of Sciences of the GDR and his exclusion from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). He then worked as a freelance writer and had been a member of the GDR Writers' Association since 1966.

In 1990 Strube was one of the founders of the Förderkreis Freie Literaturgesellschaft e. V. Leipzig. The friends of this group - like Strube - were spied on by the State Security. In his apartment in Naunhof there were often friendly meetings between Leipzig writers.

Strube was first married to Irene Strube and then to Helga Strube , geb. Ninow (born September 24, 1936) married.

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Strube's literary work, which was created with the help of Helga Strube, is wide-ranging. It includes natural history non-fiction - especially on the history of chemistry - and narrative texts for children, young people and adults. He also published crime novels under the pseudonym "Martin Wendland".

Most recently, Strube worked on a manuscript under the working title “ Stasis Syndrome ”, in which the backgrounds and motifs of former Stasi informants are illuminated.

Publications

Youth books

• with Irene Strube : The discovery of the invisible. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1962; 3rd edition 1976, 189 pages.
• Who follows a star. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1964; 5th edition 1985, 251 pages.
• Bright silver. Stories from the life of Justus von Liebig. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1965; 4th edition 1979, 217 pages.
• The shining metal. Life and work of Pierre Curie and Marie Curie-Skłodowska. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1973; 5th edition 1988, 196 pages.
• Risk and fruit of Nicolaus Copernicus. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1974; 5th edition 1983, 221 pages.
• The secret of the planets. A novel about Johannes Kepler. Bitter, Recklinghausen 1980; 2nd edition: Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1989, 152 pages (published under the pseudonym "Ludwig Moritzberger").
• I will conquer Mars in eight days. A story about Johannes Kepler. Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1982, 2nd edition 1986, 175 pages.
• When the sun stopped The earth-shattering discovery of Nicolaus Copernicus. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1986, 159 pages (published under the pseudonym "Ludwig Moritzberger").

Non-fiction

• The historical path of chemistry. 2 volumes. German publishing house for basic industry, Leipzig 1976/1981; 4th edition 1984 (Volume 1) / 2. Edition 1986 (Volume 2), 188 u. 219 pages.
• The historical path of chemistry. License issue. Aulis-Verlag Deubner, Cologne 1989, 352 pages.

Detective novels

• With a wrong coin. The New Berlin, Berlin 1978; 2nd edition: Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Leipzig 1986, 182 pages (published under the pseudonym "Martin Wendland").
• Murder without a motive. Neues Leben, Berlin 1979, 207 pages (published under the pseudonym "Martin Wendland").
• The murderer and his victim. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Leipzig 1984; 2nd edition 1990, 173 pages (published under the pseudonym "Martin Wendland").
• Tightrope walk. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Leipzig 1987, 158 pages (published under the pseudonym "Martin Wendland").

Biographies

• Pierre and Marie. List, Leipzig 1971; 7th edition. Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle / Leipzig 1982, 299 pages.
• Canon and astronomer. New Life, Berlin 1977; 4th edition 1988, 368 pages.
• Kepler and the general. New Life, Berlin 1985; 3rd edition 1989, 275 pages.
• I, Alfred Nobel. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Leipzig 1988, 387 pages (collaboration by Christiane Nüsse).
• Justus Liebig. A biography. Sax, Beucha / Leipzig 1998.

novel

• A forgotten life. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Leipzig 1987; 3rd edition 1987, 300 pages.

Web links

• Literature by and about Wilhelm Strube in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Volker Ebersbach: Wilhelm Strube still had a lot to tell ... , Leipziger Volkszeitung , November 5, 1999.
2. ↑ Katja Gläß: Our books bring history to life for readers , Leipziger Volkszeitung , Grimma regional, August 12, 1998.