Buchvorstellung: «Zeit ist nicht nach einer Armbanduhr zu messen» – Gespräche mit Heinz Blumenthal

In the organizer's words:

Born and raised in Duisburg in 1929 in a communist working-class family, Heinz Blumenthal experienced the Nazi era very consciously.

During the years of the Allied occupation and then the young Federal Republic of Germany, Blumenthal was involved in building up the Free German Youth (FDJ) and was active in the Communist Party (KPD), even illegally after its controversial ban in 1956, which earned him a two-year prison sentence.

In conversation with Truong Hong Quang, Blumenthal, who now lives in Düsseldorf, reflects on his political life and places it in the context of historical and current political developments.

These conversations between Truong Hong Quang and Heinz Blumenthal are now available as a publication in German and will soon be available in Vietnamese.

The Haus der Geschichte des Ruhrgebietes, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and the RLS NRW cordially invite you to the book launch in Bochum.

Welcome and opening:
Christian Winkler (Head of the Library of the Ruhr Area)

Introduction:
Dr. Florian Weis (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation)

Discussion:
Heinz Blumenthal, Dr. Truong Hong Quang and Peeter Raane (former board member of the Wood and Plastics Trade Union and former chairman of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung NRW e.V.)

Free admission. Registration is not required.