Willi Körtels

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Willi Körtels (born 1947 in Schöndorf in the Trier-Saarburg district ) is a German grammar school teacher and local historian as well as the author of non-fiction books and publisher, for example, on the history of the Jews, particularly around the Trier region .

Life

Willi Körtels was born in Schöndorf an der Ruwer in 1947 and initially trained as an agricultural manager before taking his Abitur in 1970 in Koblenz . He then studied Catholic theology and German in Trier at the university there and in Freiburg im Breisgau at the Albert Ludwigs University .

From 1977 to 2010, Körtels taught German and religion at the high school in Konz , most recently as senior teacher.

The researcher on the local Jewish history of various places is the founder of the “Trier Memorial” [mahnmal-trier.de] and co-founder of the Könen Synagogue Association, which is active around the former synagogue in Könen , through the Körtels or his colleague Bruno Lauscher, for example, guided tours through the Jewish Cemetery in Könen organized or accompanied by explanations.

Of his numerous writings, including on modern anti-Semitism and the history of the Jews, for example von Oberemmel , his work Jewish Biographies of the Trier Region is part of the Anne Frank Shoah Library .

Fonts

  • History of the Jews of Oberemmel . Ed .: Heimat- und Kulturverein Kreis Trier-Saarburg, 1st edition, Kell am See: Verlag Alta Silva, 1996, ISBN 978-3-9804786-1-8 and ISBN 3-9804786-1-0
  • Picked up on the way. Village stories and other texts from the Cold War era , 1st edition, [Oberemmel, Ernst-Hartmann-Straße 17]: W. Körtels, 1999
  • Schöndorf dialect. Schennerwer Platt , compiled and edited by Willi Körtels, [Oberemmel, Ernst-Hartmann-Straße 17]: W. Körtels, 2003
  • History of the Jews of Könen (= Ortschroniken des Trier Lands series , No. 44), ed. from Förderverein Synagoge Könen eV, Konz: Förderverein Synagoge Könen, 2005
    • New edition, ed. by Reiner Nolden on behalf of the Working Group for Regional History and Folklore of the Trier Area, 2011; as a PDF document on the mahnmal-trier.de page
    • January 2011 edition; contents
  • Willi Körtels (ed., Arr.): If you can, don't forget to plant my dahlia sticks in the garden too. Letters from Alfred Wagner from National Socialist prisons , [Konz, Ernst-Hartmann-Straße 17]: W. Körtels, 2005
  • Elise Haas . A poet from Trier , ed. from Förderverein Synagoge Könen eV, Konz: Förderverein Synagoge Könen, 2008; contents
  • The Trier Chief Rabbi Joseph Kahn . 1809-1875. A biographical sketch , ed. from the Friends of the Synagogue Könen eV on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Joseph Kahn, Konz: Friends of the Synagoge Könen, 2009; as a PDF document
  • Gertrud Luckner in "Structure" , Konz: W. Körtels, 2012
  • The Trier region as reflected in the American magazine “Aufbau” 1945–2000 , Konz: W. Körtels, 2012
  • The Jewish School in the Trier Region , Konz: W. Körtels, 2012; Table of contents (or the entire online edition ; PDF; 5.3 MB)
  • The “Declaration of Jews” of the Second Vatican Council 1962–1965 in the mirror of the magazine “Aufbau” , Konz: W. Körtels, 2012
  • Comments on modern anti-Semitism in the Trier region and the Jewish reaction , Konz: W. Körtels, 2012
  • From Konz via Sötern to Israel , Konz: W. Körtels, 2013
  • Michael Levy (1825-1902). Elementary teacher and chasan in Schweich and Trier , Konz: W. Körtels, 2013
  • Materials on the history of the Jews of Konz , Konz: W. Körtels, 2014; contents
  • Caroline Bresslau-Isay. Albert Schweitzer's mother-in-law , [o. O. (Trier), undated, 2014?]; On-line
  • The Jewish School of the Trier Region , Kaltenengers 2014
  • Jewish pupils at secondary schools in the Trier region , Kaltenengers 2015
  • Jewish biographies of the Trier region (= part of the Anne Frank Shoah Library ), Kaltenengers: Willi Körtels, 2016;
  • Biographies of women in the Trier region , Trier 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c o. V . : List of authors: Körtels, Willi ( Memento of the original of November 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the online literature lexicon Rhineland-Palatinate [undated], last accessed on 10 August 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.literatur-rlp.de
  2. ↑ a b c d Compare the information and cross-references from the German National Library
  3. ↑ mö: "We still have some catching up to do" - historian Willi Körtels on his new book about the Jewish students in the region on the page of the daily Trierischer Volksfreund from January 21, 2015, last accessed on August 10, 2017
  4. ↑ Herbert Thormeyer: Guided tour through the Haus der Ewigkeit / Förderverein Könen informs about the stories of the deceased on the European Day of the Jewish Monument on the website of the daily newspaper Trierischer Volksfreund from September 16, 2014, last accessed on August 10, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Körtels, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German high school teacher, local historian, author and editor on the history of the Jews, especially around Trier
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Schöndorf (on the Ruwer)