Michael Knieriem (born 24 May 1943 in
Lahr
Lahr (officially Lahr/Schwarzwald since 30 September 1978) (); ) is a city in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 50 km north of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 40 km southeast of Strasbourg, and 95 km southwest of Ka ...
) is a German historian and author and was director of the museum.
The author of several historical textbooks on the Wuppertal area, where he had specialized in the life and work of
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels ( ;["Engels"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''.[Eduard von der Heydt
Eduard Freiherr von der Heydt (September 26, 1882 – April 3, 1964) was a German and Swiss banker, art collector and patron.
Biography
He was born in Elberfeld, Germany, and died in Ascona, Switzerland. Heydt served in the Imperial German A ...]
in Nazi Germany, which was to influence the future role and the naming of the Von der Heydt Cultural Prize. As a result, the expert commission could not find any confirmation of Eduard von der Heydt's role as a Nazi, and the cultural prize was renamed ''Von der Heydt Cultural Prize''.
''Eduard von der Heydt: Aus Mangel an Beweisen''
In ''Westdeutsche Zeitung
The ''Westdeutsche Zeitung'' (''WZ'') () is one of the largest regional newspapers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its headquarters is in Wuppertal with additional offices in Düsseldorf and Krefeld
Krefeld ( , ; ), also spelled Crefeld ...
'' (online) dated 4 May 2007.
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20th-century German historians
Directors of museums in Germany
1943 births
Living people
People from Lahr