Bernd Nielsen-Stokkeby

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Bernd Nielsen-Stokkeby (born September 17, 1920 in Tallinn ; † August 8, 2008 in Schlangenbad ) was a German journalist and book author.

Life

Nielsen-Stokkeby was born as the son of the German pharmacist Alexander Nielsen-Stockeby and grew up in Põlva, Estonia . He graduated from high school in Dorpat in 1938 and began studying pharmacy in 1939, but came to the " Warthegau " in the course of the resettlement of the Baltic Germans . He had been in the German Wehrmacht since 1941 and was taken prisoner by the Soviets in 1945 and spent a year in the Butyrka and four years in Siberia . He then studied in Hamburg and received his doctorate in 1954. rer. pole. From 1957 he reported as a correspondent for the German Press Agency (dpa) from Moscow . In 1963 he switched to ZDF , where he worked for twenty years as editor-in-chief and commentator on Ostpolitik. From 1984 he worked as a freelance journalist and translator of Russian political literature.

At his place of residence in Schlangenbad , he was involved in local politics within the FDP .

Publications (selection)

  • Bernd Nielsen-Stokkeby (ed.): The Solschenizyn case. Letters, documents, minutes. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer 1982 ( ISBN 3436013579 )
  • Bernd Nielsen-Stokkeby: Baltic memories. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania between oppression and freedom. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1990 ( ISBN 3785705832 )

Awards

literature

  • Carola L. Gottzmann / Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . 3 volumes; Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-11019338-1 . Volume 3, pp. 971 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of the medal bearers of the Marienland Cross. Retrieved June 28, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Nielsen-Stokkeby, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2008
Place of death Snake bath