A Register of the Heinrich Bortfeldt Interviews
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A Register of the Heinrich Bortfeldt Interviews
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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- Brad Bauer and Alexandra Dunlap
- Date Completed:
- 2010
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- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun and Supriya Wronkiewicz.
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Collection Summary
Title: Heinrich Bortfeldt interviews
Dates: 2001-2006
Collection Number: 2002C60
Creator: Bortfeldt, Heinrich, interviewer.
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Sound recordings and transcripts of interviews of leaders of the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands and of the Partei
des Demokratischen Sozialismus, and of other German political and cultural figures, relating to political conditions in East
Germany and in reunified Germany.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
German
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Heinrich Bortfeldt interviews, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2002.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Related Materials
GDR Oral History Project interviews, Hoover Institution Archives
Scope and Content of Collection
The Heinrich Bortfeldt Collection consists of several series of oral history interviews conducted by Bortfeldt, a German historian,
between 2001 and 2006. These interviews were a follow-up to an earlier series of interviews conducted in the former East
Germany during the period of transition following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and German reunification in 1990. These
earlier interviews, in which Bortfeldt and a number of others participated, can be found in the GDR Oral History Collection
in the Hoover Institution Archives. The oral history interviews are available as sound recordings on audio cassette tapes.
For the latter interviews that are represented in this collection, Bortfeldt initially sought to interview leading East German
political and governmental figures, such as Egon Krenz, Hans Modrow, Lothar de Maizière and Herbert Häber, as well as West
German business and political leaders whose work brought them into contact with East Germany during the 1970s and 1980s, such
as Edzard Reuter, Lothar Späth, Kurt Biedenkopf and Björn Engholm. The last major series of interviews in this collection
focused on intellectual and artistic figures from the former East Germany, who reflected on their experiences in that country,
including the novelist Christoph Hein, the artist Walter Womacka, screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase, theatrical producer Manfred
Wekwerth, and actress Gisela May, among others. In addition, a handful of subsequent interviews were conducted with former
East German governmental leaders, including the chief of the foreign espionage division of the Ministry of State Security
(Stasi), Markus Wolf.
With a few exceptions, transcripts were provided by Bortfeldt for all of the recorded interviews. The first series in this
finding aid, the transcripts, is arranged by chronologically-grouped subseries, according to when the interviews were conducted,
and then alphabetically within each subseries.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands.
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Germany)
Communism--Germany.
Socialism--Germany.
Germany (East)--Politics and government.
Germany--Politics and government--1990-
Phonorecords.
Collection Contents
Box/Folders: 1
Transcripts Group 1,
2001-2002
Box/Folders: 1:2
Lothar Bisky,
2001 December 12
Box/Folders: 1:3
Peter-Michael Diestel,
2001 December 17
Box/Folders: 1:4
Werner Eberlein,
2001 October 23
Box/Folders: 1:5
Rainer Eppelmann,
2002 March 22
Box/Folders: 1:6
Herbert Häber,
2001 October 30
Box/Folders: 1:7
Egon Krenz,
2001 November 15
Box/Folders: 1:8
Horst Grunert,
2002 March 4
Box/Folders: 1:9
Lothar de Maizière,
2001 December 17
Box/Folders: 1:10
Joachim Misselwitz,
2002 January 28
Box/Folders: 1:11
Hans Modrow,
2001 November 22
Box/Folders: 1:12
Hans Modrow,
2001 November 22
Box/Folders: 1:13
Gustav Adolf Schur,
2002 February 12
Box/Folders: 1:14
Gabriele Zimmer
2002 January 15
Box/Folders: 1:15
Gabriele Zimmer
2002 January 15
Box/Folders: 1
Transcripts Group 2,
2002-2003
Box/Folders: 1:16
Jürgen Aretz,
2003 January 23
Box/Folders: 1:17
Kurt Biedenkopf,
2003 January 15
Box/Folders: 1:18
Hans-Otto Bräutigam,
2002 November 5
Box/Folders: 1:19
Erhard Eppler,
2002 June 12
Box/Folders: 1:20
Herbert Häber,
2003 February 24
Box/Folders: 1:21
Edzard Reuter,
2003 May 15
Box/Folders: 1:22
Lothar Späth,
2003 April 16
Box/Folders: 1:23
Karsten Voigt,
2003 February 17
Box/Folders: 2
Transcripts Group 3,
2003-2005
Box/Folders: 2:1
Christine Bergmann,
2003 October 23
Box/Folders: 2:2
Björn Engholm,
2003 November 22
Box/Folders: 2:3
Erich Hahn,
2003 November 6
Box/Folders: 2:4
Reinhard Höppner,
2004 April 14
Box/Folders: 2:5
Franz Jahsnowsky,
2003 January 20
Box/Folders: 2:6
Gisela May,
2004 January 16
Box/Folders: 2:7
Rolf Schwanitz,
2003 October 29
Box/Folders: 2:8
Hans Jochen Vogel,
2003 October 24
Box/Folders: 2:9
Axel Weisener,
2003 March 24
Box/Folders: 2-3
Transcripts Group 4,
2003-2006
Box/Folders: 2:10
Theo Adam,
2004 September 10
Box/Folders: 2:11
Bruno Flierl,
2006 October 30
Box/Folders: 2:12
Victor Grossman,
2004 September 2
Box/Folders: 2:13
Birgid Gysi,
2006 March 2
Box/Folders: 2:14
Heidrun Hegewald,
2005 January 10
Box/Folders: 2:15
Christoph Hein,
2006 June 14
Box/Folders: 2:16
Bernhard Heisig and Gudrun Brüne,
2005 November 18
Box/Folders: 2:17
Klaus Höpke,
2004 September 16
Box/Folders: 2:18
Winfried Junge,
2006 April 26
Box/Folders: 2:19
Jo Jastram,
2005 November 11
Box/Folders: 2:20
Hermann Kant,
2004 September 24
Box/Folders: 2:21
Walter Kaufmann,
2005 February 2
Box/Folders: 2:22
Wolfgang Kohlhaase,
2005 March 23
Box/Folders: 3:1
Erich Loest,
2006 March 29
Box/Folders: 3:2
Erik Neutsch,
2004 November 10
Box/Folders: 3:3
Gisela Oechelhäuser,
2005 October 26
Box/Folders: 3:4
Klaus Renft,
2005 March 22
Box/Folders: 3:5
Helmut Sakowski,
2004 November 24
Box/Folders: 3:6
Landolf Scherzer,
2005 December 10
Box/Folders: 3:7
Frank Schöbel,
2005 November 16
Box/Folders: 3:8
Peter Schreir,
2005 April 22
Box/Folders: 3:9
Willi Sitte,
2004 November 9
Box/Folders: 3:10
Peter Sodann,
2006 February 28
Box/Folders: 3:11
Peter Strang,
2005 May 27
Box/Folders: 3:12
Barbara Thalheim,
2005 October 5
Box/Folders: 3:13
Jutta Wachowiak,
2005 May 11
Box/Folders: 3:14
Manfred Wekwerth,
2004 August 30
Box/Folders: 3:15
Walter Womacka,
2004 November 16
Box/Folders: 3
Transcripts Group 5,
2004-2006
Box/Folders: 3:16
Gerhard Beil,
2006 March 29
Box/Folders: 3:17
Herbert Häber,
2004 November 17
Box/Folders: 3:18
Heinz Kessler,
2005 January 5
Box/Folders: 3:19
Jörg Schönbohm,
2006 March 30
Box/Folders: 3:20
Manfred Stolpe,
2006 October 20
Box/Folders: 3:21
Bernd Stange,
2005 June 7
Box/Folders: 3:22
Markus Wolf,
2004 December 14
Box/Folders: 3:23
Markus Wolf,
2005 March 1
Box/Folders: 3:24
Friedrich Wolff,
2005 July 18
Box: 4
Theo Adam,
2004 September 10
Box: 4
Jürgen Aretz,
2003 January 23
Box: 4
Egon Bahr
2002 June 3
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Gerhard Beil,
2006 March 29
Box: 4
Christine Bergmann,
2003 October 23
Box: 4
Kurt Biedenkopf,
2003 January 15
Box: 4
Lothar Bisky,
2001 December 12
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Hans-Otto Bräutigam,
2002 November 5
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Gudrun Brüne and Bernhard Heisig,
2005 November 18
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Peter-Michael Diestel,
2001 December 17
Box: 4
Werner Eberlein,
2001 October 23
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Björn Engholm,
2003 November 22
Box: 4
Rainer Eppelmann,
2002 March 22
Box: 4
Erhard Eppler,
2003 June 12
Box: 4
Bruno Flierl,
2006 October 30
Box: 4
Günther Gaus
2002 June 5
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Victor Grossman,
2004 September 2
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Horst Grunert,
2002 March 4
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Birgid Gysi,
2006 March 2
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Herbert Häber,
2001 October 30
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Herbert Häber,
2003 February 24
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Herbert Häber,
2004 November 17
Box: 4
Erich Hahn,
2003 November 6
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Christoph Hein,
2006 June 14
Box: 4
Klaus Höpke,
2004 September 16
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Reinhard Höppner,
2004 April 14
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Franz Jahsnowsky,
2003 January 20
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 4
Jo Jastram,
2005 November 11
Scope and Content Note
Cassette 1 of 2
Box: 5
Jo Jastram,
2005 November 11
Scope and Content Note
Cassette 2 of 2
Box: 5
Winfried Junge,
2006 April 26
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Hermann Kant,
2004 September 24
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Walter Kaufmann,
2005 February 2
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Heinz Kepler,
2005 January 5
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Walther Kieb,
2002 September 3
Box: 5
Wolfgang Kohlhaase,
2005 March 23
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Egon Krenz,
2001 November 15
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Erich Loest,
2006 March 29
Box: 5
Lothar de Maizière,
2001 December 17
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Gisela May,
2004 January 16
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Joachim Misselwitz,
2002 January 28
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Hans Modrow,
2001 November 22
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Edgar Most,
2003 January 8
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Erik Neutsch,
2004 November 10
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Gisela Oechelhäuser,
2005 October 26
Box: 5
R. Riebig,
2002 October 7
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Klaus Renft,
2005 March 22
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Edzard Reuter,
2003 May 15
Box: 5
Helmut Sakowski,
2004 November 24
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Landolf Scherzer,
2005 December 10
Box: 5
Frank Schöbel,
2005 November 16
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Jörg Schönbohm,
2006 March 30
Box: 5
Peter Schreier,
2005 April 22
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 5
Gustav Adolf Schur,
2002 February 12
Box: 5
Rolf Schwanitz,
2003 October 29
Box: 5
Willi Sitte,
2004 November 9
Box: 6
Peter Sodann,
2006 February 28
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 6
Lothar Späth,
2003 April 16
Box: 6
Bernd Stange,
2005 June 7
Box: 6
Manfred Stolpe,
2006 October 20
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 6
Barbara Thalheim,
2005 October 5
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 6
Bernhard Vogel
2003 February 14
Box: 6
Hans Jochen Vogel,
2003 October 24
Box: 6
Karsten Voigt,
2003 February 17
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 6
Richard von Weizsäcker
2002 June 18
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 6
Manfred Wekwerth,
2004 August 30
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box: 6
Axel Weisener,
2003 March 24
Box: 6
Markus Wolf,
2004 December 14
Access Information
Use copy reference number: 2002c60_a_0000557
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box 6
Markus Wolf,
2005 March 1
Access Information
Use copy reference number: 2002c60_a_0000556
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box 6
Friedrich Wolff,
2005 July 18
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box 6
Walter Womacka,
2004 November 16
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes
Box 6
Gabriele Zimmer
2002 January 15
