Bernhard Woerdehoff

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Bernhard Adolf Erwin Hermann Hans Wördehoff (born January 31, 1929 in Hamburg ; † September 26, 2002 ) was a German journalist .

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Wördehoff was born in Hamburg in 1929 as the son of a businessman . He attended high schools in Hamburg, Reichenberg in the Sudetenland (today's Liberec ) and Heide (Holstein) . After graduating from high school in 1948, he did an apprenticeship as a publishing bookseller until 1950 . From 1950 to 1953 he was employed by the Rudolf Müller publishing company, after which he was head of the Charles Coleman book and magazine publisher from 1953 to 1960 . In the last few years, from 1958 to 1960, the advertising advice of the Lübecker Nachrichten published there was part of it. In 1960 he switched to the daily newspaper Die Welt as an editor , after having worked as a part-time journalist since 1955. 1966 followed a year with the Deutsches Allgemeine Sonntagsblatt . Finally he changed the medium and in 1967 went to Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) as an editor . There he took over the post in 1969 as deputy editor-in-chief specializing in foreign and security policy . In October 1975, Wördehoff was appointed as the successor to retiring Stephan G. Thomas as the new director and editor-in-chief of the current program department of Deutschlandfunk (DLF), with effect from January 1, 1976 , which was associated with the work of political reporting. A return to the NDR as director of the Funkhaus Hamburg, planned for 1981, failed due to differences over competencies in questions of programming. Instead, he remained in the service of Deutschlandfunk as director and editor-in-chief until June 30, 1986. The fact that Wördehoff, who was characterized by the Stuttgarter Zeitung as “one of the truly independent journalists in the republic”, had to resign on this date was primarily due to the strong political pressure from the Bonn government coalition under Helmut Kohl and its right wing.

As a result, Wördehoff worked as a freelance author. He wrote several books and made numerous contributions, especially essays and features on the history of the 19th and 20th centuries (for Die Zeit , but also for other German-language publications and for broadcasters). He became known to a wide audience through his appearances in the international morning pint with Werner Höfer on the ARD's Sunday morning television program .

Wördehoff, from 1989 co-founder and board member of the Herbert and Elsbeth Weichmann Foundation , Hamburg, which promotes scientific research into the democratic anti-Hitler opposition in exile , was married to Hildegard, née Hahnefeld, since 1956. The couple had no children.

Works

  • Soldiers between War and Peace (= Political Aspects ; Volume 1). Baken-Verlag, Hamburg 1970.
  • Federal Republic of Germany: The conference as a vehicle for Germany policy. In: Hans-Peter Schwarz , Helga Haftendorn (Ed.): European Security Conference. CW Leske Verlag, Opladen 1970, pp. 75-84.
  • with Karl Donat: Herbert Wehner 70 years old. A conversation with the SPD politician. Run by Bernhard Wördehoff and Karl Donat. Broadcast on Deutschlandfunk on July 9th, 1976 in the series For Discussion (= Deutschlandfunk ; No. 76,19). Deutschlandfunk press department, Cologne 1976.
  • Richard von Weizsäcker . A German President. With photos by Helmut R. Schulze . Bertelsmann, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-570-01154-2 .
  • Flag change. One country and many flags (= Corso for settlers ). Siedler, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-88680-314-7 .
  • That was it once. All sorts of things that have disappeared from our everyday lives. With illustrations by Thyrso A. Brisólla. Brandstätter, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85447-519-5 .
  • Picnic with Eckermann . About eating and drinking in world literature. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1999.
  • "Tell me, muse, about the feast ...". About eating and drinking in world literature. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-534-14766-9 .
    • New edition: The poets invite you to table. About eating and drinking in world literature. Lambert Schneider, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-650-24300-3 .

Radio plays

  • As de Eskimos no longer turn the globe - and de Meckelnborger's Revolutschon made wullen. Low German radio play. Adaptation of a novel for radio. Production: Radio Bremen / Norddeutscher Rundfunk; Director: Walter Arthur Kreye ; First broadcast: March 26, 1979.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d (st): Bernhard Wördehoff . German journalist and author. In: Ernst Munzinger (Ed.): Internationales Biographisches Archiv . No. 26/1996 . Munzinger Archive, Ravensburg June 17, 1996.
  2. ↑ a b Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Wördehoff, Bernhard, p. 495 .

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personal data
SURNAME Woerdehoff, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wördehoff, Bernhard Adolf Erwin Hermann Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 2002