Dieter Rieke papers, 1950-2001

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Summary

Creators:
Rieke, Dieter, 1925-
Abstract:
Memoirs, correspondence, judicial documents, videotape cassettes, and photographs, relating to political prisoners in East Germany. Includes judicial documents of and videotape cassette interviews with other prisoners.
Extent:
4 manuscript boxes (1.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Dieter Rieke papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Memoirs, correspondence, judicial documents, videotape cassettes, and photographs, relating to political prisoners in East Germany. Includes judicial documents of and videotape cassette interviews with other prisoners.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1925
Born in Osnabrück, Germany
1945
Co-founded and joined the SPD in Gardelegen, East Germany
1948 May 21
Arrested for contacts with the Ostbűro of the SPD
1949 April 14
Sentenced to 25 years of prison
1956 December 21
Released from prison (Bautzen)
1957 January 21
Fled to West Berlin with his parents
1959 May 1
Started working as a journalist for Die demokratische Gemeinde in Bad Godesberg
1967 April 1
Moved to Rüsselsheim, where he took on the job of spokesman for the SPD mayor of the city and where he still lives today
1999
Author, Geliebtes Leben: Erlebtes und Ertragenes zwischen den Mahlsteinen jűngster deutscher Geschichte
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2000.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Dieter Rieke papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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