Erich Helmensdorfer

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Erich Helmensdorfer (born May 28, 1920 in Nuremberg ; † April 28, 2017 in Vienna ) was a German journalist and television presenter .

Life

After graduating from high school, Helmensdorfer did military service from 1938 to 1945 and then military service in World War II . From 1946 to 1947 he studied law at the University of Erlangen , but dropped out without a degree. From 1947 to 1960 he worked for the DENA news agency and from 1949 to 1956 for dpa in Nuremberg, Bonn , Berlin and Munich . In 1956 he went to Egypt and was the DPA's foreign correspondent in Cairo until 1960 . From 1961 to 1963 Helmensdorfer worked as head of the newspaper Die Presse in Vienna and editor-in-chief of the Münchner Abendzeitung . From 1963 to 1968 he worked as a freelancer for ARD and ZDF .

Helmensdorfer became known mainly through the television quiz show Alles oder alles , which he moderated from 1967 to 1972 over 61 episodes. In 1968 he became the founding editor of the Munich tabloid tz . In 1972/73 he moderated the quiz duck good - all good . He also took part in the 1971 feature film Glückspilze . He was also the presenter of the ZDF news program today . From March 1, 1976 to June 30, 1986 Helmensdorfer was head of the Rhein-Main editorial team at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

Erich Helmensdorfer has written several books about Egypt and golf . He died at the age of 96 in Vienna, his adopted home .

honors and awards

Works (selection)

  • A Piefke in Vienna: Loving taunts between Munich, Cairo, Frankfurt and Vienna. Novum Publishing, Neckenmarkt / Vienna / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85022-016-3 .
  • Golf - the perfectly regulated madness. Instructions for a better understanding of the golf rules. Jahr-Top-Spezial-Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 978-3-86132-691-5 .
  • Golf. 18 holes between heaven and hell. An entertaining guide for interested laypeople, complete beginners and unsuspecting advanced users. With illustrations by Klaus Sperber, Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-87405-185-9 .
  • 50 times Egypt , Piper, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-492-02482-3 .
  • My years as an institution: joys and sorrows on television. Schulz, Percha am Starnberger See 1979, ISBN 3-7962-0068-0 .
  • The Great Crossing: The New Spirit of Egypt. Schulz, Percha am Starnberger See / Kempfenhausen am Starnberger See 1975, ISBN 3-7962-0082-6 .
  • West of Suez , Schulz, Percha am Starnberger See / Kempfenhausen am Starnberger See 1973, ISBN 978-3-7962-0003-8 .
  • East of Suez. The feudal peninsula. Schulz, Munich 1972.
  • Journalism (= blv-juniorwissen ), illustrated by Werner Eckhardt, BLV, Munich / Bern / Vienna 1971, ISBN 3-405-11092-0 .
  • A hot heart and a cool head, themes of the years. Unsuccessful and delightful incidents. From Schröder, Hamburg 1968, DNB 456955054 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Journalist and author Erich Helmensdorfer has died. (No longer available online.) In: Ruhr Nachrichten . April 28, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 12, 2017 .  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ruhrnachrichten.de  
  2. ↑ Peter Lückemeier: Erich Helmensdorfer - The local part never made against the city. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. May 27, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ Theodor Wolff Prize Winners from 1962 to 1997. ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Board of Trustees for the Journalist Prize of German Newspapers on the website of the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers , accessed on May 12, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bdzv.de
  4. ^ In- house authors: Erich Helmensdorfer. novum buchverlag for new authors, accessed on May 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Helmensdorfer, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg , Bavaria , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2017
Place of death Vienna , Austria