Deba Wieland
Deba Wieland (born March 25, 1916 in Moscow , † December 16, 1992 in Berlin ) was a German journalist .
Life
Deba Wieland studied commercial graphics in Strasbourg and Brussels and worked from 1933 to 1934 on the German-language newspaper "Frau als Kampfin" in Strasbourg. In 1936, like her husband Heinz Wieland (1907–1980) , she took part in the Spanish Civil War. From 1939 to 1946 she lived in the Soviet Union . She worked in the Soviet news office in Berlin until 1949 as an editor and editor-in-chief. After that she was first deputy head of the GDR's Information Office under the direction of Gerhard Eisler until 1951 and briefly instructor in the central board of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship in 1952 . From 1952 to 1977 she was general director of the GDR intelligence service ADN . In 1976 she was awarded the Gold Medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit . In 1984 she received the Star of Friendship of Nations in gold and in 1986 the Karl Marx Order .
Her grave is in the Berlin-Friedrichsfelde cemetery, Pergolenweg.
swell
- Names and dates. Biographies of important people in the GDR, Dietz Nachf. Berlin 1973
- Biographical handbook of German-speaking emigration after 1933, ed. from the Institute for Contemporary History Munich and the Research Foundation for Jewish Immegration New York, Saur Munich / New York a. a. 1983
- Heinz Hoffmann: Moscow-Berlin, Military Publishing House of the GDR 1989, p. 34 ff
- Norbert Podewin: Albert Norden, the rabbi's son in the Politburo, Edition 2, Edition Ost, 2003, page 230. ISBN 3897930587
literature
- Karin Hartewig, Bernd-Rainer Barth : Wieland, Deba . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Neue Zeit , May 1, 1976, p. 2
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 3, 1984, p. 4
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, March 7, 1986, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wieland, Deba |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raschkess, Deba (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1992 |
| Place of death | Berlin |