Johannes von Dohnanyi

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Johannes von Dohnanyi (* 1952 in New Haven , Connecticut , USA ) is a German-American foreign correspondent , journalist and author .

Life

Dohnanyi was born in 1952 as the son of Klaus von Dohnanyi and his first wife Renée. Illing (1926–1958) born. After graduating from the Odenwald School , he studied economics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , where he also graduated.

In 1978 he started working as a freelance foreign correspondent in Rome . a. for Stern , Die Zeit , ARD radio and television. In 1984 he changed as foreign correspondent for Die Weltwoche , Zurich in Rome (until 1988), Singapore (until 1995), Bangkok (until 1998), Milan / Balkans (until 2002). In 2003 Johannes von Dohnanyi became a freelance foreign correspondent based in Milan. a. for Spiegel -TV, Tagesspiegel, Frankfurter Rundschau, ARD-Radio etc. Since 2004 Head of Foreign Affairs, SonntagsBlick , Zurich.

In 2005/2006 Dohnanyi was involved in the “ Cicero Affair” together with the journalist Bruno Schirra (* 1958) . The Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice accused them of treason because they cited confidential files of the Federal Criminal Police Office in an article about the Iraqi terrorist Abu Musab az-Zarqawi . However, they did not divulge their sources , citing freedom of the press and the protection of informants . On July 17, 2006, the Potsdam District Court rejected the opening of proceedings against Schirra and Dohnanyi for “aiding and abetting betrayal”.

family

His father is Klaus von Dohnányi , who was Federal Minister of Education and Science between 1972 and 1974 and First Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 1981 to 1988 . His uncle is the conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi . His cousin is the German film and television actor Justus von Dohnányi . His grandfather was the resistance fighter Hans von Dohnanyi , who was executed by the Nazis . His great-uncle, brother of the grandmother ( Christine Bonhoeffer ) was the well-known theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer . His great-grandfathers include the Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi and the German neurologist and psychiatrist Karl Bonhoeffer .

Fonts

  • Elisabeth Badinter , Johannes von Dohnanyi, Cornelia Filter and Wilhelm Heitmeyer: The divine warriors and false tolerance. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2002, ISBN 978-3462031058 .
  • Johannes von Dohnanyi, Germana von Dohnanyi: Dirty business and holy war. Al Qaeda in Europe. Pendo, 2002, ISBN 978-3858424808 .
  • Johannes von Dohnanyi, Christian Moeller: The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional Journalism OSCE RFOM, Vienna 2003.

See also

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credentials

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personal data
SURNAME Dohnanyi, Johannes von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German foreign correspondent, journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven (Connecticut)