Winfrid Eisenberg

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Winfrid Eisenberg (born February 14, 1937 in Hanau , Hessen) is a German pediatrician . From 1984 to 2002 he was the chief physician of the children's clinic at the Herford Clinic and is a peace and environmental activist.

Life

Winfried Eisenberg (top left) at the 2018 Fukushima vigil in Herford

Eisenberg grew up in Hanau, Hesse . After studying medicine, he went to a jungle hospital in Tanzania with his family for three and a half years . This time shaped him. Back in Germany, he finished his specialist training as a pediatrician in Bethel . Then he got a job in the children's clinic as a senior physician in Herford . He quickly gained professional recognition. Therefore, he became chief physician of the children's clinic in 1984 when this position became vacant. At the same time, Eisenberg was politically involved first in the peace movement and later also in the anti-nuclear power movement . He was involved in founding the IPPNW in Germany. He is also active in the Herford peace and refugee support group. He was also one of the initiators of the founding of the Herford Peacebuilding Energy Cooperative after the Fukushima nuclear disaster . In addition, Eisenberg wrote reports for the IPPNW - u. a. about the negative effects of radiation exposure. His report for the incorrect determination of the age of refugee minors caused a sensation nationwide.

Actions

In July 1986 Winfrid Eisenberg occupied the cooling tower of the Hamm- Uentrup nuclear power plant together with Bärbel Schröder, Karsten Otte, Hermann Wiesing, Sigurd Elert and Eric Bachmand. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against Winfrid Eisenberg because of the occupation, but were later discontinued.

Honors

In 2004 Winfrid Eisenberg was awarded the Heiko Ploeger Prize for moral courage from the city of Herford, which was awarded until 2010 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The doctor who stands up for the weak , Neue Westfälische , February 14, 2012
  2. ↑ When the Incorrect Age Destroys Lives , Die Welt , October 16, 2015
  3. ^ Pacifism on the cooling tower , Neue Westfälische , April 26, 2011
  4. ↑ Hamm Uentrop, Tschernobyl- OWL activists remember , WDR local time , April 25, 2016
  5. ↑ Smart, peaceful, prophetic , Neue Westfälische , 15. July 2011
  6. ^ Politics disputes the Heiko Ploeger Prize , Neue Westfälische , October 17, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Eisenberg, Winfrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pediatrician and peace and environmental activist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanau , Germany