Friedrich Heer
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Friedrich Heer was a historian
born in Vienna
. He received a PhD at the University in Vienna in 1938. Even as a student he came into conflict with pan-German
thinking historians as a staunch opponent of National Socialism
.
Friedrich Heer was arrested for the first time on 11 March 1938 by the Austria
n Nazis. He founded a small Catholic
resistance group and sought to amalgamate into one organised band the Christian
s, Communists and trade union
ists against the Nazis, and as a soldier later came into contact with the resistance group "Soldatenrat".
From 1946 to 1961 Friedrich Heer was the editor of the weekly magazine Die Furche [The Furrow] and in 1961 he was appointed chief literacy to the Vienna Burgtheater. He taught at the University of Vienna
. The majority of his books have been translated into several languages.
In 1967 Friedrich Heer became the first winner of the Martin Buber-Franz Rosenzweig Medal, awarded by a group of forty-four German societies for Christian and Jewish understanding, for his achievement with God's First Love.
Friedrich Heer died in Vienna.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
born in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. He received a PhD at the University in Vienna in 1938. Even as a student he came into conflict with pan-German
Pan-Germanism
Pan-Germanism is a pan-nationalist political idea. Pan-Germanists originally sought to unify the German-speaking populations of Europe in a single nation-state known as Großdeutschland , where "German-speaking" was taken to include the Low German, Frisian and Dutch-speaking populations of the Low...
thinking historians as a staunch opponent of National Socialism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
.
Friedrich Heer was arrested for the first time on 11 March 1938 by the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n Nazis. He founded a small Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
resistance group and sought to amalgamate into one organised band the Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
s, Communists and trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
ists against the Nazis, and as a soldier later came into contact with the resistance group "Soldatenrat".
From 1946 to 1961 Friedrich Heer was the editor of the weekly magazine Die Furche [The Furrow] and in 1961 he was appointed chief literacy to the Vienna Burgtheater. He taught at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
. The majority of his books have been translated into several languages.
In 1967 Friedrich Heer became the first winner of the Martin Buber-Franz Rosenzweig Medal, awarded by a group of forty-four German societies for Christian and Jewish understanding, for his achievement with God's First Love.
Friedrich Heer died in Vienna.
Publications
- 1947: Die Stunde des Christen
- 1949: Gespräch der Feinde
- 1949: Aufgang Europas (2 Bände)
- 1950: Der achte Tag (Roman, erschienen unter dem Pseudonym „Hermann Gohde“)
- 1952: Die Tragödie des Heiligen Reiches
- 1953: Europäische Geistesgeschichte
- 1953: Grundlagen der europäischen Demokratie der Neuzeit
- 1960: Die dritte Kraft
- 1961: Mittelalter - von 1100 bis 1350 in Kindlers Kulturgeschichte
- 1964: Europa – Mutter der Revolutionen (The Intellectual History of Europe, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1966)
- 1967: Das Heilige Römische Reich (The Holy Roman Empire, abridged translation reprinted by Phoenix Press, 2002: ISBN 1-84212-600-8).
- 1967: Gottes erste Liebe. Die Juden im Spannungsfeld der Geschichte. ISBN 3-548-34329-5 (God's First Love, 1970)
- 1968: Der Glaube des Adolf Hitler. Anatomie einer politischen Religiosität ISBN 3-548-34598-0
- 1978: Warum gibt es kein Geistesleben in Deutschland?
- 1981: Der König und die Kaiserin (Gegenüberstellung Friedrich II. und Maria Theresia)
- 1981: Der Kampf um die österreichische Identität