Robert Streibel (born 27 January 1959) is an Austrian historian, writer and poet.

Life

Born in

Krems an der Donau Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or '' Statutarstad ...

, Streibel studied history,

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

theatre studies Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychobiological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also e ...

and

history of art The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic vis ...

in Vienna and received his doctorate under

Erika Weinzierl Erika Weinzierl (6 June 1925 – 28 October 2014) was an Austrian historian, gender researcher, and historian of Nazism. A member of the Austrian People's Party and the Curatorium of the Austrian Mauthausen Committee, she was the second director ...

at the

Department of Contemporary History of the University of Vienna The Department of Contemporary History of the University of Vienna (German: ) is a scientific institution for the study of contemporary history. The headquarters of the institute is on the campus of the University of Vienna in the Alsergrund distri ...

. Professionally, he has been working in the field of

adult education Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Merriam, Sharan B. & Brockett, Ralp ...

at the "Verband Wiener Volksbildung" (Association of Viennese Public Education) for public relations since 1987. Since 1999, he has also been the director of an

Folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

in Vienna-

Hietzing Hietzing () is the 13th municipal District of Vienna (german: 13. Bezirk, Hietzing). It is located west of the central districts, west of Meidling. Hietzing is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings, but also contains lar ...

. There are numerous publications by him from historical research projects on

National Socialism Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hit ...

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...

and exile, with a focus on

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

and his birthplace Krems an der Donau. He also published in literary magazines, a book of poetry and films. He is a freelancer for the weekly newspaper ''

Die Furche ''Die Furche'' is a weekly German language newspaper published in Vienna, Austria. The word ''Furche'' itself may be translated as furrow, with corresponding symbolic meaning. History and profile ''Die Furche'' was established in 1945. The paper ...

'' (literary criticism) and the daily newspaper ''

Die Presse ''Die Presse'' is a German-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria. History and profile ''Die Presse'' was first printed on 3 July 1848 as a liberal (libertarian)-bourgeoi ...

''.

Work

;History * ''Plötzlich waren sie alle weg. Die Juden der „Gauhauptstadt Krems“ und ihre Mitbürger.'' Picus, Vienna 1991, . * ''Das fünfte Pseudonym. Das Leben des Lagerhäftlings und Humoristen .'' In (ed.): ''Die Betrogenen. Österreicher als Opfer stalinistischen Terrors in der Sowjetunion.'' Picus, Vienna 1991, . * ''Die Stadt Krems im Dritten Reich. Alltagschronik 1938–1945.'' Picus, Vienna 1993, * ''Februar in der Provinz. Eine Spurensicherung zum 12. Februar 1934 in Niederösterreich.'' Edition Geschichte der Heimat, Grünbach 1994, . * with Hans Schafranek (ed.): ''Strategie des Überlebens. Häftlingsgesellschaften in KZ und GULag.'' Picus-Verlag, Vienna 1996, . * with Gerhard Bisovsky, Hans Schafranek: ''Der

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact , long_name = Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H27337, Moskau, Stalin und Ribbentrop im Kreml.jpg , image_width = 200 , caption = Stalin and Ribbentrop shaking ...

. Voraussetzungen, Hintergründe, Auswirkungen.'' Vienna 1990. * ''Kündigungsgrund Nichtarier.'' * ''

Eugenie Schwarzwald Eugenie Schwarzwald, (née Nußbaum) (4 July 1872, in Polupanivka near Zbruch River in Austria-Hungary (now Ternopil Raion, Ukraine)) and died on 7 August 1940, in Zurich, founded the innovative Schwarzwald school. A progressive Austrian phil ...

und ihr Kreis.'' Picus, Vienna 1996, . * '' Krems 1938–1945. Eine Geschichte von Anpassung, Verrat und Widerstand.'' Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2014, . * ''Bürokratie & Beletage. Ein Ringstraßenpalais zwischen

Arisierung Aryanization (german: Arisierung) was the Nazi term for the seizure of property from Jews and its transfer to non-Jews, and the forced expulsion of Jews from economic life in Nazi Germany, Axis-aligned states, and their occupied territories. I ...

und spätem Recht.'' , Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2015, . ; Novels * ''April in Stein'', Roman, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg/Wien 2015, * ''Der Wein des Vergessens'', Roman, gemeinsam mit Bernhard Herrmann, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg/Vienna 2018, ; Poetry * ''Sieben Schritte in den Raum. Gedichte.'' Edition Selene, Wien 2003, .Onlineauftritt edition selene
Sieben Schritte in den Raum * ''Weltgericht auf Besuch.'' Gedichte der letzten sieben Jahre. Resistenz Verlag, 2011, . ;Publisher * with Kurt Schmid: ''Der Pogrom 1938 – Judenverfolgung in Österreich und Deutschland.'' Aufsatzsammlung der VHS Brigittenau 1988, Picus, Wien 1990, . * ''Hans-Czermak-Preis: Lesebuch – Artikel, Literatur und Projekte für eine gewaltfreie Erziehung.'' Edition Volkshochschule, Vienna 1998. * with Angelica Bäumer, Reinhold Egerth, Christine Pirker: ''Seinerzeit ausgewandert nach Palästina.'' Kunstkatalog 1999. * with Markus Vorzellner: ''

Adorno Theodor W. Adorno ( , ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critica ...

hören – Von der Sprache des Denkens.'' Edition Volkshochschule, Vienna 2005, . ;Filmography * ''Starker Tobak – Kurzfilm der zum 60. Geburtstag'', (Regie), with , , Manfred Schindler, Vienna 2007
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* ''Lesung aus dem Buch der Offenbarungen 1.'' Kurzfilm der VHS Hietzing: Das Kursprogramm nach der Pisa-Studie, Vienna 2007
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* ''Three wise men''. Kurzfilm der EU Lernpartnerschaft NEFOMA im Rahmen von Grundtvig 2, (Regie), mit Karin Beckham, Maureen Buchanan, Siegfried Sorz among others,Vienna 200
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Awards

* 1997: of the DÖW * 2008: * 2015:

References

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