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Unterrichts- Material 1 1 5 5 10 10 15 15 20 20 25 25 30 30 35 35 UNTERRICHTS- 40 MATERIAL 40 FÜR DIE JAHRGÄNGE 11 BIS 13 45 45 LASST EUCH NICHT EINSCHÜCHTERN! 1 1 5 5 10 10 15 INHALT 15 UNTERRICHTS- 20 06 BIOGRAFISCHE DATEN RALPH GIORDANO 20 FÜR DIE JAHRGÄNGE 11 BIS 13 08 DIE FAMILIE RALPH GIORDANO MATERIAL 11 BERTINI-PREISTRÄGER 2018* 13 DAS JOHANNEUM 25 25 15 BERTINI-PREISTRÄGER 2018* 18 DIE KLASSE, AUSGRENZUNG IM KLEINEN 20 BERTINI-PREISTRÄGER 2018* 22 AUSGRENZUNG 30 30 25 BERTINI-PREISTRÄGER 2016* 27 DAS VERHÖR 30 AUSGEBOMBT UND AUF DER SUCHE NACH EINEM VERSTECK 33 INS VERSTECK 35 35 38 KRIEGSENDE – VERGELTUNG UND ERNEUTE AUSGRENZUNG 42 AUSEINANDERSETZUNG MIT DER VERGANGENHEITSBEWÄLTIGUNG 47 LOSLÖSUNG VOM KOMMUNISMUS 1956 IMPRESSUM Herausgeber BERTINI-Preis e. V. Textauswahl Barbara Hartje 40 53 RALPH GIORDANO – EIN MANN MIT STREITBAREN ANSICHTEN 40 Zusammenstellung + didaktische Aufbereitung Ines Stelljes 63 DER BERTINI-PREIS – GELEBTE ZIVILCOURAGE Redaktion Christoph Berens, Martin Brück, Andreas Kuschnereit, Dr. Helge Schröder, Ulrich Vieluf 69 AUSSCHREIBUNG ZUM BERTINI-PREIS Gestaltung Carsten Thun Fotos Carsten Thun, ZDF/ Renate Schäfer * Für den aktuellen Bezug wurden zwischen einigen Kapiteln Preisträger Anschrift: Behörde für Schule und Berufsbildung, Hamburger Straße 31, 22083 Hamburg, 45 des BERTINI-Preises der letzten Jahre vorgestellt. 45 [email protected] © Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Nachdruck, auch auszugsweise, nur mit Genehmigung der Redaktion www.bertini-preis.de 3 Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, Ralph Giordanos Lebensgeschichte und Le- Die ersten Quellen porträtieren seine Kind- benswerk tragen eine Botschaft: Schaue mit heit und Jugend während der Zeit des Na- wachsamen Augen auf aktuelle politische tionalsozialismus, in der er zunächst das Entwicklungen und mische dich ein: gegen traditionsreiche Hamburger Johanneum ver- Unrecht und Gewalt, für Frieden und Völker- lassen musste und seine Familie und er in verständigung. Das Motto des BERTINI-Prei- der Folge unter dem nationalsozialistischen ses „Lasst euch nicht einschüchtern“ will den Terror schikaniert, bedroht und misshandelt Blick auf das eigene Engagement, die eigene wurden und von der Deportation bedroht Zivilcourage lenken. Wofür setze ich mich waren. Im Anschluss bieten weitere Quellen ein? Was bin ich bereit zu geben? Was ist mir und Darstellungen Einblicke in die Zeit nach wichtig? Wofür stehe ich? 1945, in der Ralph Giordano zunächst mit dem Stalinismus haderte, sich von ihm und Hierfür bietet die Biografie von Ralph der DDR lossagte, um dann als Journalist in Giordano viele Beispiele, die ermutigen. Es der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zu arbeiten. gibt eine Vielzahl von Briefen, Manuskripten Jahrzehntelang prägten seine Bücher, Artikel und Vorträgen über und von Ralph Giorda- und Fernsehdokumentationen die bundes- no. So bietet beispielsweise die jährlich statt- deutsche Debattenkultur zur Schuldfrage der findende Lesung am Geburtstag von Ralph Deutschen und zur Aufarbeitung der natio- Giordano, dem 20. März, im Ernst Deutsch nalsozialistischen Herrschaft. Dabei schal- Theater alljährlich Gelegenheit, sich mit der tete er sich, wie weitere Quellen der Hand- Biografie von Ralph Giordano auseinander- reichung zeigen, oft in aktuelle Diskussionen zusetzen. Was es bisher nicht gibt, sind Un- ein und blieb manchmal auch ein streitbarer terrichtsmaterialien, die Jugendlichen auf Mahner, der immer wieder mit Nachdruck auf verständliche Art und Weise einen Zugang antisemitische, rechtsextreme oder antidemo- zu seinem Leben ermöglichen. Eine neue kratische Bewegungen und Entwicklungen in Handreichung für Schülerinnen, Schüler und der Bundesrepublik aufmerksam machte und Lehrkräfte schließt diese Lücke. Sie enthält mit lauter Stimme Wachsamkeit, Zivilcoura- didaktisierte Texte, die vertiefende Einblicke ge und Menschlichkeit einforderte. So enthält in das Leben, Denken und Wirken von Ral- diese Handreichung eine breite Sammlung an ph Giordano und zugleich in die deutsche Texten von und über Ralph Giordano. Geschichte der letzten fast einhundert Jahre ermöglichen. Die Materialien können im Unterricht von Schülerinnen und Schülern selbständig oder RALPH GIORDANO „ES ZÄHLT ZU DEN WUNDERN MEINES LEBENS, DASS ICH EIN BUCH GESCHRIEBEN mit Unterstützung der Lehrkräfte verwendet HABE, DAS ZU EINER HAMBURGER INSTITUTION FÜHRTE, DIE SICH UM DEN werden und bieten viele Anregungen zum MITMENSCHEN KÜMMERT. SCHÖNERES KANN ES NICHT MEHR GEBEN.“ Kennenlernen, Weiterdenken und zum eige- nen demokratischen Handeln. Ihr Redaktionsteam 4 5 1 1 1 1 BIOGRAFISCHE DATEN 5 RALPH GIORDANO 1923-2014 5 5 5 20.03.1923 Geburt in Hamburg-Barmbek 1952 Prozess wegen Beleidigung des Hamburger Bürgermeisters Max Brauer, Verurteilung März 1933 Einschulung im Johanneum Februar - April 1953 Zweimonatiger Gefängnisaufenthalt wegen Beleidigung in Hamburg-Bergedorf 10 10 10 10 Überfall auf Polen, Beginn des 2. Weltkrieges Veröffentlichung des „Westdeutschen Tagebuchs“ unter dem Pseudonym „Jan Rolfs“ im 01.09.1939 Verhaftung und Verhör in der Hamburger Gestapo-Zentrale im „Stadthaus“ Sommer 1953 Ostberliner Verlag „Neues Leben“ In ihm stellt Ralph Giordano die illegalen Aktivitäten der FDJ in Hamburg-Blankenese dar. Nichtversetzung und Ausschluss aus dem Johanneum März 1940 Umschulung auf die Höhere Handelsschule Schlankreye in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel Oktober 1955 - Studium am neu gegründeten „Institut für Literatur“ in Leipzig. 15 15 15 Juni 1956 15 Abschluss der Höheren Handelsschule März 1941 Dreijährige Kaufmännische Lehre bei der Firma Dobbertin & Co. (Stahl- und Eisenexport) in Rede auf dem 4. Schriftstellerkongress in Berlin (Ost) Januar 1956 Hamburg-Altstadt Kritik an der staatlich verordneten Kunstrichtung „Sozialistischer Realismus“ Januar 1942 Erste Idee zu einem Roman über die Familie Giordano August 1956 Verbot der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands in der Bundesrepublik 24.07. - 03.08.1943 Schwere Bombenangriffe auf Hamburg durch britische und amerikanische Kampfverbände Wieder Journalist in der Bundesrepublik für die „Allgemeine Jüdische Wochenzeitung“ in 20 20 20 ab August 1957 20 Düsseldorf Verlust der elterlichen Wohnung in Hamburg-Barmbek durch einen Bombenangriff Flucht nach Hamburg-Eimsbüttel zur Großmutter und schließlich nach Bösdorf in die Altmark ab Oktober 1958 Berichterstatter bei den einsetzenden Prozessen gegen Kriegsverbrecher und Aufseher in KZs 29./30.07.1943 (nördliches Sachsen-Anhalt) Veröffentlichung des Buches „Die Partei hat immer Recht“, in dem er den Kommunismus im Der Vater Alfons und der ältere Bruder Egon arbeiten bei der Bahn, Ralph Giordano in einem Büro. April 1961 Nachkriegsdeutschland stark kritisiert. 25 Ausweisung der Familie aus Bösdorf, Rückkehr nach Hamburg zur Großmutter. 25 25 Beginn der Tätigkeit als Fernsehjournalist beim NDR in Hamburg 25 01.05.1944 Die Eltern, der ältere Bruder und Ralph Giordano müssen Arbeitsdienst in Hamburger Fabriken 1964 Übersiedlung nach Köln zum WDR verrichten. 1968 Produktion des Dokumentarfilmes „Heia Safari – Die Legende von der deutschen Kolonial-Idylle“ Kontaktaufnahme zur ehemaligen Nachbarin Gretel Schulz, die in ihrer Wohnung in der Juli 1944 Alsterdorfer Straße ein Versteck anbietet. ab 1975 Niederschrift des autobiografischen Romans „Die Bertinis“ 30 Verhör durch die Gestapo. 30 30 1980 Vertrag über die Publikation der „Bertinis“ beim Frankfurter S. Fischer Verlag 30 Deportationsbefehl für die Mutter Lilly Giordano Frühjahr 1982 Veröffentlichung der „Bertinis“ Die Familie Giordano versteckt sich bei Gretel Schulz. 09.02.1945 1984 Tod der ersten Ehefrau Helga Ralph Giordano versorgt die Familie durch nächtliche Versorgungsgänge zu einem Depot, wo ein anderer ehemaliger Nachbar, der Klempner, Lebensmittel bereitstellte. Produktion des Dokumentarfilms „Die armenische Frage existiert nicht mehr – Tragödie eines 1986 35 35 35 Volkes“ über den osmanischen Völkermord an den Armeniern 1915/16 35 Kapitulation Hamburgs 03./04.05.1945 Die Familie Giordano kann das Versteck verlassen. Veröffentlichung des Buches „Die 2. Schuld oder Von der Last, Deutscher zu sein“, in der 1987 sich Ralph Giordano kritisch mit der Vergangenheitsbewältigung nach dem 2. Weltkrieg Die Brüder Ralph und Egon besuchen den ehemaligen Lehrer „Speckrolle“ und zwei weitere auseinandersetzt. Juni 1945 - Mai 1946 Personen, die die Familie Giordano bei den Behörden denunziert hatten und konfrontieren sie mit deren Schuld. November 1988 Ausstrahlung der ZDF-Fernsehserie „Die Bertinis“ 40 40 40 40 Juni 1945 Als wohnungslose Familie Einweisung in eine Villa in Hamburg-Blankenese Verleihung des Bundesverdienstkreuzes durch den damaligen Bundespräsidenten Richard von 1990 Weizsäcker Kennenlernen von Helga, Ralph Giordanos späterer Ehefrau Annäherung an die KPD in Hamburg, später Eintritt in die KPD und FDJ (Freie Deutsche Jugend, Verleihung des ersten „Bertini-Preises“ in Hamburg in Gedenken an den Tag der Befreiung des Herbst 1945 27.01.1998 Jugendorganisation der KPD/SED) Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz 1945 45 Beginn der journalistischen Karriere, Tätigkeiten für verschiedene Zeitungen 45 45 2001 Recherchereise nach Sizilien auf den Spuren des sizilianischen Großvaters Rocco Giordano 45 Frühling 1950 Teilnahme am ersten Deutschlandtreffen der FDJ in Berlin (Ost) 14.11.2014 Tod in Köln Artikelserie gegen einen gewalttätigen Hamburger Polizeieinsatz bei einer Demonstration, darin Mai 2017 Benennung eines Platzes in Hamburg-Barmbek in „Piazetta-Ralph-Giordano“ Oktober 1950 Beleidigung des Hamburger Bürgermeisters Max Brauer (SPD, während des Nationalsozialismus
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