Peter Radtke

Radtke suffered from the so-called brittle bone disease in his childhood, which is why he was born with three broken bones. The mother hid the child because otherwise it would have fallen victim to the National Socialist ideology. In the same year, 1943, the family moved to Regensburg. From 1949 to 1957 he completed compulsory elementary school through private lessons. Between 1957 and 1961 he trained as an interpreter, translator and commercial correspondent in English, French and Spanish at a private foreign language school. With the external examination from the University of Pennsylvania he acquired the "Certificate in American Culture and Civilization" in 1963. From 1964 he attended the evening high school in Regensburg, where Peter Radtke graduated from high school in 1968. He then studied German and Romance languages at the universities of Regensburg and Geneva from 1968 to 1976. In 1973 he passed the first state examination in German and French. In 1974 Radtke married the elementary school teacher Gertraud Spanner. In 1976 he received his doctorate in Romance studies in Regensburg with a minor in German studies on the literary topic "The problem of 'fragility' in Rabelais, Diderot and Claudel". Between 1973 and 1976, under his leadership, the "Disability Program" department was set up at the Munich Adult Education Center. From 1984 onward, the "Working Group for Disabilities and Media e.V." was set up and managed. (abm) as managing director and editor-in-chief. From the mid-1970s, Radtke appeared as an author of scientific publications on the problem of people with disabilities. Meanwhile, he began his career in the theater. From 1994 to 2001 he was president of the international umbrella organization EUCREA, the European association for the promotion of creativity and art for people with disabilities. In 2003 he became a member of the National Ethics Council. In numerous panel discussions and television contributions, Dr. Radtke became one of the most important observers of social values. Using himself, he questions abortion and the value of human beings. His profound knowledge is based on authentic experiences and philosophical insights. Radtke was awarded, among other things, the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon, the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Cultural Promotion Prize of the City of Regensburg, the Culture Prize of the City of Regensburg, the Media Prize of the Federal Association LEBENSHILFE and the Honorary Chairmanship of the German Society for Osteogenesis Imperfecta Affected People e.V. 2011 He appeared in the documentary "Take me as a whole. Peter Radtke - A life in a thousand fractures" by Thomas Koerner.