Egon Scotland

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Egon Scotland (born October 7, 1948 in Hagen , † July 26, 1991 in Sisak , Croatia ) was a German journalist.

Scotland worked for the German Press Agency (dpa) from 1975 and later came to the Süddeutsche Zeitung , for which he mainly reported from the Bavarian state parliament .

In the summer of 1991 he traveled to Croatia to write about the worsening conflict between Croatians and Serbs ( Croatian War ). Concerned about a friend of the dpa colleague, he set off on July 26, 1991 with another reporter for the disputed area around Glina . In the village of Jukinac he was shot by a sniper in his car marked as a press vehicle and died a little later in the hospital of the city of Sisak from his injuries.

On July 29, 1991, the Bavarian State Parliament commemorated the murdered journalist. Posthumously he was awarded the Bavarian Constitutional Medal in gold. His grave is in the Haidhausen cemetery in Munich.

Scotland was married to the journalist Christiane Schlötzer .

Killing Scotland in the course of his profession sparked discussions in Germany about better protection for journalists. As a result, the association "Journalists help journalists" was founded in Munich in 1993 and the German section of Reporters Without Borders in Berlin in 1994 .

The Bayerische Rundfunk broadcast on the radio Bayern 2 on 23 and 24 July 2011 the report of the journalist Karl Hoffmann Scotlands death Dragan - The Neverending Story of a suspected war criminal .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Not to Glina! The Chetniks are shooting there! in: FAZ of July 23, 2011, page 36
  2. ↑ Podcast: Dragan - The neverending story of an alleged war criminal Bayern 2 from July 23, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Scotland, Egon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1991
Place of death Sisak , Croatia