Carl Zibung

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Carl Melchior Zibung (* 1930 ; † October 29, 1998 ) was a Swiss journalist .

Life

Zibung grew up in Lucerne . His father was unemployed during World War II , so he was not allowed to study for financial reasons. But he made the federal certificate of competence as a businessman .

In 1952, Ziburg became "production manager and assistant director for Swiss television " (SF) when it was still in the trial phase ; Zibung helped set up the organizational structure of the SF, with the broadcast of the soccer world championship in 1954 , with Europe's first direct broadcast from the mountains (ski race) by the SF and in 1957 with the direct broadcast of a Matterhorn ascent.

Zibung directed numerous SF programs; he worked and partly directed the programs Antenne , the Freitag-Magazin , Karussell , and participated in “portraits of personalities from culture and politics”. He became "Editor in Chief Documentary Films" of the SF.

In the 1960s he became “head of the club68 editorial team”, a Swiss gay organization .

"From 1991 Carl Zibung was involved in the establishment and in 1993 in the founding of the Swiss gay secretariat Pink Cross ." In 1993 he was also a co-founder of the Schwulenarchiv Schweiz association and sponsored exhibitions at home and abroad on the subject of homosexuality , supporting Karl-Heinz Steinle .

literature

  • Josef Burri : A life full of commitment, love and solidarity. 1998

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Ostertag : Review: Gay Movement. From the abdication speech. Schwulengeschichte.ch , January 2011
  2. ↑ Ernst Ostertag : Autodidact ... out of necessity. Schwulengeschichte.ch, June 2006.
  3. ↑ a b Ernst Ostertag: TV designer ... from the very beginning. Schwulengeschichte.ch, June 2006.
  4. ↑ Ernst Ostertag: “Charly” in the KREIS ... and committed head of the successor magazine. Schwulengeschichte.ch, June 2006.
  5. ↑ Ernst Ostertag: Prink Cross ... and exhibition on gay history of Switzerland. Schwulengeschichte.ch, June 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Zibung, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zibung, Carl Melchior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1998