Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk

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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
Born1967 (age 5657)
NationalityGerman
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  • Historian
  • Author
Spouse Susan Arndt

Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk (born 1967) is a German historian and author. [1] His work is focused on the German Democratic Republic [2] and its Ministry for State Security (The Stasi). [3]

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Career

Kowalczuk trained initially as a mason, [4] and then worked as a janitor. [3] In 1990 he began his study of history at the Humboldt University of Berlin, receiving his doctorate from nearby Potsdam University in 2002. [3]

Since 1990 Kowalczuk has been a member of the "Independent Historians' League" ("Unabhängige Historiker Verband"). [5] Between 1995 and 1998 he served as an "honorary expert member" on the Commission set up by the German Bundestag to try to resolve some of the open questions left over from the single-party dictatorship that had, till 1990, been the German Democratic Republic. [3]

In 2019, Kowalczuk was appointed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community to serve on the committee that oversaw the preparations for the 30th anniversary of German reunification. [6]

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References

  1. Andreas Molitor (June 2012). "Der Unangepasste: Die DDR verweigerte Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk ein Studium. Dann kam die Wende. Er studierte Geschichte und seit 2001 arbeitet er in der Stasi-Unterlagenbehörde. Mittlerweile schreibt er ein Buch über den Überwachungs-Apparat". Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf . Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. Lang-Lendorff, Antje (17 March 2017). "Stasi-Historiker Kowalczuk im Interview: "Ich hatte immer 'ne große Fresse"". Die Tageszeitung: Taz.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Behörde des Bundesbeauftragten (BStU). "Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk: Projektleiter/Fachkoordinator im Fachbereich 1 der Abteilung Bildung und Forschung" . Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. "Der Zweifler – brand eins online".
  5. Annett Mautner (interviewer) (3 September 2014). "Die Forschung lebt von Überraschungen". Das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit hat eifrig Telefonate abgehört, mitgeschnitten und Informationen für die geheimpolizeiliche und geheimdienstliche Arbeit genutzt. Acht Jahre lang haben Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk und Arno Polzin von der BStU recherchiert – im September erscheint im Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ihr Buch "Fasse Dich kurz! Der grenzüberschreitende Telefonverkehr der Opposition in den 1980er Jahren und das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit". Der Historiker spricht mit Annett Mautner über seine Forschungsarbeit und seine mit dem Thema verbundenen Biografie. MITTELDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK, Leipzig. Retrieved 15 January 2015.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. 30 Jahre Friedliche Revolution und Deutsche Einheit Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, press release of 3 April 2019.