Gerhard Fischer (journalist)

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Gerhard Fischer (born December 6, 1925 in Leipzig , † July 4, 2003 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and party functionary of the GDR block party LDPD . Among other things, he worked as editor-in-chief of the Liberal-Demokratie Zeitung in Halle (Saale) and the central organ Der Morgen in Berlin.

Life

Youth and education

Gerhard Fischer was born as the second son of a baker and his wife in Leipzig, where he attended the Friedrich List School for five years. With a vacancy , he secured continued attendance at this educational institution.

In 1940 he lost his brother, who died as a soldier in Belgium. In 1942 Fischer joined the German Young People and became the main young train leader . In 1943 he was a Notabitur dismissed from the school and the labor service called. Due to a heart condition, Fischer was not drafted into the Wehrmacht and returned to school in late 1943. His father died at the age of 52.

In 1943 he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1946 he joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD).

From autumn 1945 to March 1946 Fischer passed his Abitur. He bridged the time before and after with private lessons for elementary and high school students.

With the death of his mother in October 1945, he was now on his own. During this time he also met his partner Marianne, whom he married in July 1946. From this marriage two boys (born in 1947 and 1950) were born.

Work as a journalist

At first, he was unable to realize his wish to begin a journalistic training. Applications to the radio and the local newspaper were rejected. He was selected through a call to young people who feel the desire and love for journalism and took over a community newspaper in Böhlitz-Ehrenberg near Leipzig. The problems of post-war development made this job a personal aptitude test for Fischer. In a competition among five newspapers, he won second prize, which also earned him a volunteer contract with the Leipziger Zeitung, which was published by the city from 1945 to 1948 .

At the same time, the editor-in-chief gave Fischer the opportunity to study journalism, history and economics at Leipzig University and the opportunity to combine practical training with scientific training. The field of journalism has been restructured several times. After a year and a half of basic research for his doctoral thesis, the doctoral supervisor died prematurely. There was no later continuation.

Fischer volunteered at the Leipziger Zeitung from 1946 to 1948, where he reported on the fair and took up correspondence for the central organ of the LDPD, Der Morgen . He directed the Leipzig edition for the LDPD regional organ Sächsisches Tageblatt , which appears in Dresden . From 1954 to 1955 Fischer was editor-in-chief of the Liberal-Demokratie Zeitung in Halle, where he moved with his family. In 1955 he was appointed editor-in-chief of Morgen in Berlin.

From 1957 Fischer was a member of the Political Committee of the Central Board of the LDPD and from 1967 a member of the Secretariat of the Central Board of the LDPD. In 1958 he became a member of the presidium of the Association of the Press (then Association of Journalists) of the GDR, 1977 deputy chairman of the friendship committee GDR-Japan, from 1977 president. Since his time in Leipzig, Fischer had been a close political follower and confidante of the top LDPD politician and last chairman of the GDR's state council, Manfred Gerlach .

In the fall of 1989 Fischer - deeply affected by the failure of his socialist utopia - gave up his position as editor-in-chief.

Awards in the GDR

Publications

  • Under the hot sun, travel notes from 12 countries, Der Morgen publisher, Berlin, 1964
  • Otto Nuschke . A picture of life. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1983.

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personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and LDPD functionary
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 2003
Place of death Berlin