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In "Biographical Episodes from Different Germanys", the now almost 80-year-old author provides anecdotal insights into his life, which began in January 1945 when his family fled what is now Poland and was initially shaped by growing up in the GDR. He talks about the hurdles of the time, the political discrimination, his time in a Stasi prison and his academic career, which was nevertheless successfully crowned with a doctorate. The reader is given an insight into the reunification period and the professional opportunities that the author seized in a united Germany. The tensions between the…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
In "Biographical Episodes from Different Germanys", the now almost 80-year-old author provides anecdotal insights into his life, which began in January 1945 when his family fled what is now Poland and was initially shaped by growing up in the GDR. He talks about the hurdles of the time, the political discrimination, his time in a Stasi prison and his academic career, which was nevertheless successfully crowned with a doctorate. The reader is given an insight into the reunification period and the professional opportunities that the author seized in a united Germany. The tensions between the East and West German perspectives on history - which persist to this day - are illustrated in a differentiated manner.
Autorenporträt
Der 1944 in Neusalz an der Oder (im heutigen Polen) geborene Gerd Müller-Hagen wuchs nach der Flucht seiner Familie infolge des 2. Weltkrieges in der DDR auf. Neben der Ausbildung zum Chemiefacharbeiter holte er an einer Abendschule das Abitur nach und studierte Chemie. Trotz einer zwischenzeitlichen politischen Inhaftierung gelang es ihm, zu promovieren. Er sammelte Erfahrungen in der Landwirtschaft, die ihm im Jugend- und jungen Erwachsenenalter in der sozialistischen Landwirtschaft zugutekamen. Er arbeitete als Gruppenleiter in der Forschung des Synthesewerks Schwarzheide, übernahm auch nach der Wende in dem von der BASF übernommenen Werk leitende Aufgaben und sammelte international Erfahrungen. Ferner war er seit den 1990-er Jahren für verschiedene Verbände und Forschungsinstitutionen in beratender Tätigkeit aktiv. Von 2008 bis 2019 arbeitete er zudem als ehrenamtlicher Bürgermeister der Gemeinde Großkmehlen (Brandenburg).