Erika Krause

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Erika Krause (second from right) as a television favorite in 1987

Erika Krause (* 1924 in Singen am Bodensee as Erika Ernst ; † February 2, 2017 in Rangsdorf ) was a German presenter , quiz master and author .

Career

The trained kindergarten teacher first worked in the " harvest kindergarten " in Herzogswalde in 1943 , and then until April 19, 1945 head of the kindergarten in Wilsdruff . There she also appeared as the leader of an amateur play group. In fairy tale performances, for which she also created the stage sets or artistic shadow play, in which she uses self-made figures such. B. created scenes from Frau Holle on the white wall, she was able to testify to her “great talent”. After the end of the war, she first moderated the series of events What you want (1947), Nights in Shanghai (1947), Children's Ball in the Universe (from 1958) and Wie du mir - so ich dir (from 1963). After the Kinderball im Weltenall school competition in the congress hall was broadcast on German television , her career as a quiz master began.

A dahlia was named in honor of the TV presenter .

From October 27, 1968, she moderated the advisory program she devised, You and Your Garden, on German television. In the program, Krause gave numerous tips for allotment gardeners . It was very popular in the GDR and achieved ratings of up to 30%. She was twice awarded the TV Favorite Audience Award. The program, of which a total of 483 episodes were created in 35 years, was continued after the fall of the Wall until December 2003 at the ORB . In the 1990s, Krause also wrote a number of advice books for hobby gardeners.

Between 1996 and 2000 Krause presented the program Einfach genial on MDR . She also moderated events at agra in her long-term home in Markkleeberg .

In 2004 she retired. Shortly thereafter, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's . Since then she has lived in a nursing home on Zeuthener See near Berlin . She died on February 2, 2017 at the age of 92. Erika Krause found her final resting place in the forest cemetery in Berlin-Oberschöneweide .

Publications

Web links

Commons : Erika Krause  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b GDR television favorite: TV gardener Erika Krause died at the age of 92 . In: berliner-zeitung.de, accessed on February 13, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Entries in the Golden Book of the town of Markkleeberg . In: markkleeberg.de, accessed on August 5, 2014
  3. ^ A b Britta Zimmermann: Journey into oblivion: The 85-year-old has Alzheimer's: TV legend Erika Krause . In: berliner-kurier.de, accessed on August 5, 2014
  4. ↑ Hans Jancke: Obituary for Erika Krause . In: Wochenkurier from February 8, 2017
  5. ^ Mario Lettau: History of the city of Wilsdruff. Volume II: From the mid-19th century to the early 1950s. Wilsdruff 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-045901-6 .
  6. ↑ a b Anita Oschmann: Erika Krause: As fresh as your roses . In: berliner-kurier.de, accessed on August 5, 2014
  7. ↑ Anita Oschmann: TV gardener Erika says goodbye . In: berliner-kurier.de, accessed on August 5, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Krause, Erika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ernst, Erika (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German moderator, quiz master and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Singen (Hohentwiel) , Germany
DATE OF DEATH 2nd February 2017
Place of death Rangsdorf , Germany