Annäherungen an Robert Havemann

Biographische Studien und Dokumente

Contributions by Hans-Georg Bartel Contributions by Jean-Pierre Hammer Contributions by Hubert Laitko Contributions by Christian Sachse Contributions by Manfred Wilke Contributions by Bernd Markowsky Contributions by Guntolf Herzberg Contributions by Wolfgang Templin Contributions by Reinhard Buthmann Contributions by Christian Halbrock Contributions by Arno Polzin Contributions by Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk Contributions by Angela Schmole Contributions by Andreas Schmidt Contributions by Christian Booß Edited by Bernd Florath

Book cover: Annäherungen an Robert Havemann

Extent: 668 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: German Studies, Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(April 2016)

ISBN: 9783525351178

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $63.00

Out of stock

Der Band enthält Analysen und bisher unveröffentlichte Dokumente zu Robert Havemann.


English summary: This volume contains analyses and previously unpublished documents concerning Robert Havemann and his evolution to becoming an opponent of the SED regime. No other intellectual in the GDR was such a harsh opponent of the SED regime as Robert Havemann. A Communist and a Nazi resistance fighter through and through, Havemann was one of the leaders in erecting the new GDR. His advocacy against all forms of social and political subjugation, however, eventually turned him into an opponent of the reigning regime of the GDR. The contributions in this volume illuminate his development and look at his role in the historical shifts that took place in East Germany. The articles are complemented by the publication of important documents from his estate and the Stasi reports on his spectacular lectures held in 1964. German description: Robert Havemann zahlt zweifelsohne zu den bedeutendsten DDR-Dissidenten. Als Kommunist war er vom Volksgerichtshof 1943 zum Tode verurteilt worden, als Kommunist beteiligte er sich fuhrend am Aufbau der DDR. Angetrieben wurde Havemann dabei vom Ideal der Uberwindung sozialer und politischer Knechtschaft, das ihn schliesslich zum Gegner seiner ehemaligen Genossen werden liess. Seine schonungslose Kritik am SED-Regime ging nicht zuletzt auf seine im Widerstand gegen das NS-Regime gewachsene Haltung zuruck. Der Band vereint Studien zu entscheidenden Wendepunkten der Biografie Havemanns und Untersuchungen zu seiner Bedeutung in historischen Umbruchen. Die Aufsatze werden erganzt durch biografische Schlusseldokumente aus dem Nachlass Havemanns im Archiv der Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft Berlin und die Stasiberichte uber Havemanns aufsehenerregende Vorlesungen an Spitzenfunktionare der SED 1964.

  • Contributions by Hans-Georg Bartel
  • Contributions by Jean-Pierre Hammer
  • Contributions by Hubert Laitko
  • Contributions by Christian Sachse
  • Contributions by Manfred Wilke
  • Contributions by Bernd Markowsky
  • Contributions by Guntolf Herzberg
  • Contributions by Wolfgang Templin
  • Contributions by Reinhard Buthmann
  • Contributions by Christian Halbrock
  • Contributions by Arno Polzin
  • Contributions by Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
  • Contributions by Angela Schmole
  • Contributions by Andreas Schmidt
  • Contributions by Christian Booß
  • Edited by Bernd Florath