Hans Feddersen

This article deals with the journalist Hans Feddersen. For other people see Hans Peter Feddersen .

Hans Feddersen (born October 17, 1949 in Ahrensburg ; † July 15, 2013 in Windhoek ) was a German-speaking Namibian journalist and editor-in-chief of the Allgemeine Zeitung .

Life

Feddersen was born in Germany and immigrated with his parents to the South West African Karibib in 1953 . After attending school, Feddersen studied German and mathematics at the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit in Johannesburg . In 1974 he started teaching in Otjiwarongo . In 1976 he switched to the German school in Karibib, where he also taught at what was then the home care seminar.

In December 1980 Feddersen left the school service and joined the editorial team of the Windhoeker Allgemeine Zeitung. In April of the following year, the then publisher, Diether Lauenstein , appointed him editor-in-chief. He held this position until Dirk Mudge took over the newspaper in 1995. Feddersen resigned because he considered it incompatible to publish a German-language newspaper in an Afrikaans-language publisher. In May 1995 he founded the free weekly advertising paper "PLUS", which appeared mainly in German, but also contained articles in English and Afrikaans; Feddersen also worked here as editor-in-chief. The paper was in financial difficulties from the start and therefore had to be discontinued in 2007. Feddersen's attempt to establish a follow-up publication with the Plus magazine also failed after a short time.

Feddersen was not without controversy as a journalist. He was regarded as “politically more right-wing”. His newspaper “PLUS” published an advertisement in 2005 in which “joy and satisfaction” about the death of Simon Wiesenthal were expressed. Feddersen later apologized for this. A full-page obituary notice for Rudolf Hess had already caused a sensation at the end of the 1980s, when Feddersen was responsible as editor-in-chief there .

Most recently, Feddersen worked as a consultant for the Hanns Seidel Foundation and held seminars on political education.

From 1978 to 1980, Feddersen was secretary of the German-speaking Southwestern interest group. He was also a member of the Karibib City Council for a while . In addition, he performed numerous voluntary functions and was involved as a handicraft speaker in the Windhoek Carnival .

Feddersen's grave is in Omaruru .

Private

Feddersen had been married to Silvelyn Feddersen since 1977 and had four children.

literature

• Eberhard Hofmann: A teacher, editor and activist leaves his mark. In: Allgemeine Zeitung of July 26, 2013.
• Susann Kinghorn: The "Doc" and the Plus. In: Namib Times of July 24, 2013.
• Carsten von Nahmen: German-Language Media in Namibia: From Windhoeker Anzeiger to the German Radio Program of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, 1898-1998. Namibia Scientific Society , Windhoek, 2001, ISBN 99916-40-24-X

Web links

• Hans Feddersen. In: Namibiana Buchdepot: Who is who (accessed July 3, 2014).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Susann Kinghorn: The "Doc" and the Plus. ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Namib Times of July 24, 2013. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Eberhard Hofmann: A teacher, editor and activist leaves traces. In: Allgemeine Zeitung of July 26, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Ex-AZ editor-in-chief Hans Feddersen has passed away. In: Allgemeine Zeitung of July 16, 2013.
4. ^ Newspaper to apologize for ad attacking Nazi hunter. ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Namibian of September 29, 2005. 
5. ↑ Editor's note on a letter to the editor, ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Allgemeine Zeitung of September 30, 2005.  
6. ↑ Hitradio Namibia: Nachrichten am Morgen, July 26th 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   (accessed on July 3, 2014).