Hans Lukaschek (1885–1960) und die Gründung des Bundesvertriebenenministeriums. Vortrag von Dr. Guido Hitze im Rahmen des Wenzel-Jaksch-Forums 2025

In the organizer's words:

As it had become impossible to return to his Silesian homeland in 1945, Lukaschek initially remained in Berlin, where he was one of the founders of the CDU. After conflicts with the new communist rulers in the Soviet occupation zone, Lukaschek moved to the then British occupation zone at the beginning of 1948. Here he was able to work as a lawyer again and became involved in the interests of displaced persons and refugees. This was the prerequisite for his party colleague Adenauer to include him in his first government team.

The enormous problems that Lukaschek was now primarily responsible for tackling were among the main (social) political challenges of the Adenauer I government. How Hans Lukaschek dealt with them and how he was perceived by his contemporaries is the subject of Dr. Guido Hitze's lecture. He has long been known in our house as a proven expert on the conditions and consequences of the expulsion of Germans from the historical German East. The doctor of history has been head of the North Rhine-Westphalian State Center for Political Education since 2020.