Erich Wiedemann
Erich Wiedemann (born September 4, 1942 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a German journalist and writer .
Life
Wiedemann attended elementary school and high school up to secondary school in Mülheim. He then completed an internship as a photographer at the Neue Ruhr-Zeitung in Essen . From July 1963 he was with the Bundeswehr in Wuppertal , which released him as a private .
Then Wiedemann became an editorial volunteer at the Westfälische Rundschau , later an editor at the Kölnische Rundschau . From 1968 to 1973 he worked as a reporter for the Neue Revue in Cologne and Hamburg . From 1973 he was from Nairobi from Spiegel correspondent for Black Africa . From 1978 he worked in the editorial department of Spiegel , initially for five years as an Africa and Middle East editor, later as a foreign reporter. In between he was Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs for almost two years. He also published five books. He is a regular writer for the Axis of Good and wrote several articles for the magazine Cicero .
Sophie Elpers quoted Wiedemann's article "Ms. Antje in the menopause" from 1994 as an example of an intensive preoccupation with the Netherlands in Germany , which, according to him, was in an identity crisis at the time, and for the use of Ms. Antje as a metaphor .
In 2008, Wiedemann conducted an interview with Stefan Aust , whose contract as editor-in-chief of Spiegel had been terminated by the publisher a few months earlier, and reported in Cicero that Aust held the SPD responsible for his fall. After the negative reporting by Spiegel about the SPD before the 2005 general election , their functionaries decided to launch a man they trusted as editor-in-chief in Mario Frank . Aust denied having said this and said that it was not the SPD but the shareholders of Spiegel that had overthrown him. Wolfram Weimer , then editor-in-chief of Cicero , countered that all quotations in the article had been authorized by Aust , which was what he wanted.
In addition to his journalistic activities, Wiedemann was councilor of the FDP and a member of the district council in Jesteburg .
Books
- Idi Amin, a hero from Africa? Zsolnay-Verlag, 1982, ISBN 978-3-552-02821-0 .
- We ride till we sink in blood. Racial State of South Africa. Hoffmann and Campe, 1985, ISBN 978-3-455-08812-0 .
- The German fears. A people in minor. Ullstein, 1990, ISBN 978-3-550-07826-2 .
- The world's fears. Ullstein, 1992, ISBN 978-3-550-06592-7 .
- Our man in Timbuktu: The seven lives of a SPIEGEL reporter. Osburg Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940-73111-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Wiedemann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erichwiedemann.de , the official website of Erich Wiedemann
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Short profile and list of articles by Erich Wiedemann at the Axis of the Good .
- ^ List of the articles by Erich Wiedemann in Cicero
- ↑ Erich Wiedemann: Frau Antje in the menopause , Der Spiegel, 09/1994.
- ↑ Sophie Elpersdorf: Antje - the (cheese) Ambassador? Contents and functions of the artificial character. In: Thomas Hengartner , Johannes Moser (eds.): Borders & Differences: To the power of social and cultural boundaries , Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2006, ISBN 3-86583-088-9 , p. 340.
- ↑ Erich Wiedemann: The case of Stefan Aust , Cicero, 2008 (excerpt). Readable in full at: The Stefan Aust case , Cicero exclusive, Focus, June 18, 2008.
- ↑ Stefan Aust denies report about SPD intrigues , WeltN24, June 17, 2008.
- ↑ Joachim Huber: Ex-Spiegel boss: “That doesn't scratch me a lot” , Der Tagesspiegel, June 19, 2008.
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Jakobs : Aust and the "Spiegel": Frank and free , Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 17, 2010.
- ↑ Erich Wiedemann: Until beyond death , Der Spiegel, January 1, 1999.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiedemann, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |