Dieter Kerschek (journalist)

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Dieter Kerschek (born December 13, 1928 in Berlin ; † May 20, 2003 ibid) was a German journalist and party functionary in the GDR . From 1972 to 1989 he was editor-in-chief of the Berliner Zeitung .

Life

Dieter Kerschek was the son of an electrician and a tailor. He grew up in Berlin and attended elementary and then middle school there until 1944. After that he was an anti-aircraft helper until 1945 . At the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he was released in August 1945. He moved to the Brandenburg town of Templin and worked there as a farm worker. In 1946 he joined the SED and FDJ , the following year he became youth secretary in the SED district association Templin, then in 1948 secretary for the press in the FDJ state association Brandenburg . In 1950, Kerschek was appointed editor in charge of the magazine Der Pionierleiter .

From 1952 to 1953 he studied social sciences at the Komsomol University in Moscow . After his return to Berlin he was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of the FDJ central organ Junge Welt . From 1960 to 1966 he was editor-in-chief of Junge Welt , and from 1961 to 1967 he was also a member of the Central Council of the FDJ . From the beginning of 1966, Kerschek was editor-in-chief of the weekly post for a year . From January 1967 to April 1968 Kerschek worked as deputy head of the western department of the Central Committee of the SED , where he headed the work areas " Berlin (West) " and coordination.

In 1968 Kerschek joined the Berliner Zeitung as deputy editor-in-chief . On August 8, 1972, he was appointed editor-in-chief to succeed Rolf Lehnert , a position he held for 17 years. Among his colleagues he was considered a “reliable party worker”, but above all as a “decent person”. From 1974 to 1989 Kerschek was a member of the SED district leadership in Berlin. He was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in 1980 and 1985 .

On November 1, 1989, Kerschek submitted his resignation on the grounds that he could not cope with the events of the Wende "physically and psychologically". Shortly afterwards, Kerchek collapsed and had to be treated in hospital. Formally, he was editor-in-chief until November 22, 1989, the day after his successor Hans Eggert was appointed. In June 1990 he retired as a disability pensioner at the age of 61. Dieter Kerschek was married and had five sons. He was buried on June 16, 2003 in the cemetery of the Protestant St. Laurentius parish at Rudower Straße 23 in Berlin-Köpenick .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Bernd-Rainer Barth :  Kerschek, Dieter . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  2. ↑ Klaus Polkehn: That was the weekly post: history and stories of a newspaper . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-86153-141-0 , p. 54.
  3. ^ Franziska Walser: The editors-in-chief .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) In: Berliner Zeitung , May 19, 2010, p. 15. (Supplement 65 Years of the Berliner Zeitung )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.berlinonline.de  
  4. ↑ Birgit Walter: A decent person . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 31, 2003.
  5. ↑ Ralf Mielke, Björn Wirth: The bear stays! In: Berliner Zeitung , May 19, 2010, p. 12. (Supplement 65 years Berliner Zeitung )
  6. ↑ Birgit Walter: That something like that can appear in your newspaper . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 20, 2005.
  7. ↑ Dieter Kerschek's obituary notice . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 31, 2003.
personal data
SURNAME Kerschek, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and party official in the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 2003
Place of death Berlin