Erik Verg
Erik Gustav Verg (born June 3, 1919 in Dorpat , † December 9, 2005 in Hamburg ) was a German journalist and book author.
Career
Verg grew up in Dorpat, Wilna , Wesenberg and Reval , where he graduated from high school. In September 1939 he and his family were relocated to the German Reich as a result of the Hitler-Stalin Pact . In the Second World War he was used in the special unit Brandenburg . After 1945, Verg was an active journalist for almost 40 years, most of the time for the Hamburger Abendblatt .
In March / April 1952, Stern published the series Der große Schwindel by Verg and Kurt Zentner , which dealt with denazification in the style of a scandalous story .
Publications
- The Africa of Africans, Stuttgart 1960, p. 108.
- Crescent Moon and the Star of David - The Arab World and Israel, 1966
- Milestone: THE BAYER HISTORY 1863-1988
- with Martin Verg, The Adventure That Hamburg Is Called - 2016
literature
- Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 1369-1371 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Tolsdorff, From the Stern-Schnuppe to the Fix-Stern: Two German illustrated magazines and their common history before and after 1945, p. 462
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt , obituary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forgot, Erik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Verg, Erik Gustav (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorpat |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2005 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |