Gerhard Schiedewitz
Gerhard Schiedewitz (born March 15, 1925 in Köthen (Anhalt) ; † July 8, 2007 in Neubrandenburg ) was a German journalist . He was editor-in-chief of the SED district newspaper Freie Erde in the Neubrandenburg district in the GDR .
Life
Schiedewitz, son of a carpenter, attended elementary school and was a Reichsbahn assistant from 1940 to 1943 . During the Second World War he did military service in the Wehrmacht from 1943 to 1945 and was a British prisoner of war in May / June 1945 .
After his release he worked as a farm laborer in Koethen. In 1946 he became a member of the SED and from 1946 to 1952 he was a volunteer at the local editorial offices of Freedom in Eisleben , Köthen, Dessau and Halle (Saale) . In 1952 he attended the SED state party school. During his journalism studies at the University of Leipzig , Schiedewitz worked from 1953 to 1962 as a local editor for the Magdeburger Volksstimme , before becoming deputy editor-in-chief there. From 1962 to 1964 he worked as a sector leader in the ideological commission of the SED district leadership in Magdeburg. During this time he obtained his degree in psychology and adult education at the University of Rostock through distance learning.
In 1964 he succeeded Heinrich Thomas as editor-in-chief in Neubrandenburg and at the same time became a member of the SED district leadership. From 1972 he was chairman of the journalists' association in the Neubrandenburg district. During the reunification phase , Schiedewitz ensured that the editorial team was emancipated from party dogmas before he resigned from his offices at the end of 1989. He then worked as an editor for another six months until he retired.
Gerhard Schiedewitz died on July 8th, 2007 after a long illness with his family.
Awards
- 1969 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1989 in gold
- 1974 Order Banner of Labor Level I
- 1987 VdgB journalist award
literature
- Andreas Herbst : Schiedewitz, Gerhard . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature about Gerhard Schiedewitz in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Gerhard Schiedewitz in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany , October 5, 1989, p. 4
- ↑ High state awards given . In: Neues Deutschland, October 3, 1974, p. 5.
- ^ VdgB awarded the art and journalism prize . In: Neues Deutschland, May 16, 1987, p. 6.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schiedewitz, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koethen (Anhalt) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 2007 |
| Place of death | Neubrandenburg |