Eberhard Beckmann

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Eberhard Beckmann (born January 8, 1905 in Rheine ; † January 3, 1962 in Gießen ) was a German theater critic and writer. He was also the first director of the Hessischer Rundfunk .

Life

Beckmann studied art history and German at the Universities of Münster and Frankfurt am Main . Since 1928 he worked as a theater critic, columnist and travel writer; at the Frankfurt drama school he taught theater studies and art history. From 1929 he also worked for the radio . Beckmann was arrested in March 1933; after his release he lived on the Dachreiterhof estate in Götzenhain .

After 1945 he became head of department in the city of Frankfurt am Main , where he reorganized the Frankfurt Municipal Theaters . In 1946, the American occupation forces appointed him head of “Radio Frankfurt”. In this function he advised the Hessian state parliament on the Hessian Broadcasting Act, which was passed in 1948. After the station had been handed over to German hands, the Broadcasting Council introduced by law elected him as the first director of the Hessischer Rundfunk and confirmed him for a further nine years after the first election period in 1955. As a representative of ARD in the European Broadcasting Union, Beckmann campaigned for the Eurovision idea. It is thanks to him that the Hessischer Rundfunk broadcast a second television program as early as 1961. Beckmann headed the broadcasting company until his death.

In 1955 Beckmann was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services to German broadcasting . In 1956 he received the Goethe badge from the State of Hesse .

In 2012, a footpath between Eschersheimer Landstrasse and Bertramstrasse, which leads from the Dornbusch underground station directly to the Hessischer Rundfunk, was named the Eberhard Beckmann facility.

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SURNAME Beckmann, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater critic and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheine
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1962
Place of death to water