Günter Herlt

Günter Herlt (* 18 June 1933 in Berlin ) is a German author and former commentator of the GDR television (DFF).

The son of a worker completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and carpenter after attending primary school from 1947 to 1950 . He then studied at the University of Architecture in Weimar . From 1954 to 1957 he was a reporter and editor at the radio studio in Neubrandenburg. During this activity he joined the SED in 1955 . From 1957 to 1961, Herlt was first a reporter and then director of the Schwerin broadcaster . He then worked for two years as a lecturer at the Institute for Young Talent Development for Radio and Television .

Günter Herlt was Albert Norden's personal advisor in the SED Central Committee in 1964/1965 . From 1966 until the fall of the Berlin Wall he was a permanent employee of GDR television. In 1968 he became a member of the commentators group, then, 1971–1973, he was deputy editor-in-chief of the current camera . Between 1977 and 1979 Herlt worked as a correspondent for GDR television in the Federal Republic of Germany . In the 1980s he was the director of the television series Everyday in the West and moderated some editions of the program The Black Channel .

In 1968 Herlt received the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.

Publications

• End of transmission. An insider on GDR television reports . Verlag edition ost 1995. ISBN 3-929161-39-7 .
• Grandpa and the call girl . Verlag Das Neue Berlin 2000. ISBN 3-360-01015-9 .
• Advisor: How to become a Wessi . Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2001. ISBN 3-359-01419-7 .
• ... as beautiful as today. A satirical reversal chronicle. Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2001. ISBN 3-359-01429-4 .
• But grandma! Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2002. ISBN 3-359-01446-4 .
• Our grandpa. Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2003. ISBN 3-359-01476-6 .
• Laugh yourself healthy. Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2004. ISBN 3-359-01607-6 .
• When grandpa with grandma. Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2005. ISBN 3-359-01618-1 .
• Sparkling wine or seltzer? The Germans and their holidays. Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2005. ISBN 3-359-01627-0 .
• The thick GDR television book Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2007. ISBN 3-359-01665-3 .
• Pot seeks lid (Christian Habicht (Author)). Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2008. ISBN 3-359-01699-8 .
• Grandpa on the mat Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2009. ISBN 3-359-02242-4 .
• The damned Ossi in me edition ost - Spotless 2010. ISBN 3-360-02027-8 .
• Flat, flat, flat screen. Motzen instead of glotzen edition ost - Spotless 2012. ISBN 3-360-02058-8 .
• Kalle can Chancellor Eulenspiegel-Verlag 2013. ISBN 3-359-02379-X .
• The Halved Man Eulenspiegel Verlag 2015. ISBN 978-3-359-02482-8 .

literature

• Bernd-Rainer Barth :  Herlt, Günter . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Günter Herlt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Günter Herlt in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Germany , April 30, 1968, p. 2.