Carl Helfrich
Carl Helfrich (born August 13, 1906 in Lampertheim ; † May 31, 1960 in Bonn ) was a German journalist and resistance fighter .
After completing his studies, he did his doctorate. In the fall of 1939 he met Ilse Stöbe , with whom he then moved into an apartment at Ahornallee 48 in Berlin-Charlottenburg . Through Stöbe's mediation, he got a job in the information department of the Foreign Office, where Rudolf von Scheliha was head of department. On September 12, 1942, he was arrested along with Ilse Stöbe. Helfrich was not charged by the Reich Court Martial (RKG), but rather deported to the Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen concentration camps. In his will, he inherited the assets of Ilse Stöbe, which had been confiscated by a resolution of the RKG, and which consisted primarily of real estate and shares in newspapers and publishers in Switzerland .
After his liberation from the Mauthausen concentration camp, he returned to Berlin in 1945. From November 12, 1945, he became editor-in-chief of the first Berlin evening newspaper after the end of the war: the Kurier , which was published three times a week.
In 1947 he was the first editor-in-chief of the association organ of the VVN Our Appeal, founded on August 1, 1947 (which was renamed Die Tat in January 1949 ). The paper was published fortnightly with a circulation of 55,000. Helfrich was a member of the SED.
He later became the deputy editor-in-chief of the Hessischer Rundfunk .
literature
- Ulrich Sahm : Ilse Stöbe . In: Hans Coppi, Jürgen Danyel, Johannes Tuchel (eds.): The Red Orchestra in the resistance against National Socialism. Writings from the German Resistance Memorial Center, Berlin 1994, pp. 262–276.
- Bernd-Rainer Barth , Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Helfrich, Carl . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helfrich, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German anti-fascist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lampertheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1960 |
| Place of death | Bonn |