Regina Scheer Explained

Regina Scheer (born in 1950) is a German writer and historian.

Professional career

Born in East-Berlin, Scheer studied theatre and cultural studies from 1968 to 1973 at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.^[1] She was a copywriter at Oktoberklub^[2] From 1972 to 1976, she worked as editor of the Freie Deutsche Jugend' student newspaper Forum, and from 1980 to 1990 at the literary magazine . Since the Peaceful Revolution, she has worked as a freelance journalist, historian and editor.

Scheer published several books on German-Jewish history and had her first novel published in 2014.^[3]

Awards

• 2014:
• 2017:

Publications

• AHAWAH, das vergessene Haus. Aufbau, Berlin 1992
• Es gingen Wasser wild über unsere Seele. Aufbau, Berlin 1999
• Der Umgang mit den Denkmälern., Potsdam 2003
• Im Schatten der Sterne. Aufbau, Berlin 2004
• Wir sind die Liebermanns. Propyläen, Berlin 2006
• Mausche mi-Dessau Moses Mendelssohn. Hentrich & Hentrich, Teetz 2006
• Den Schwächeren helfen, stark zu sein. Die im Berliner Wedding 1882–2007. Hentrich & Hentrich, Teetz 2007,
• Kurt Tucholsky. Hentrich & Hentrich, Teetz 2008
• Zerbrochene Bilder., Rheinsberg 2011
• Zerstörte Kindheit und Jugend. Mein Leben und Überleben in Berlin.^[4] together with, Berlin, 2014, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, .
• Machandel.
• After Auschwitz: The Difficult Legacies of the GDR. 2021.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/regina-scheer-a01 Regina Scheer
2. Friederike Freier: Familientreffen vor Publikum, at
3. Web site: Roman "Machandel" - Die verschlungenen Lebensgeschichten der DDR . 4 October 2020 . de.
4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/892676607 Zerstörte Kindheit und Jugend mein Leben und Überleben in Berlin
5. Scheer, R. (2021). Understanding Silence: On an Ongoing Search for People, Things, and Connections Not Really Unknown. In E. Heitzer, M. Jander, A. Kahane, & P. G. Poutrus (Eds.), After Auschwitz: The Difficult Legacies of the GDR (1st ed., pp. 209–215). Berghahn Books. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2tsxjzv.18