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. She was a copywriter at Oktoberklub 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.
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. together with , Berlin, 2014, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, . Machandel. After Auschwitz: The Difficult Legacies of the GDR. 2021.