Hans Frick (journalist)

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Hans Frick (born April 16, 1938 in Biled , Kingdom of Romania ; † November 25, 2013 in Munich ) was a German editor-in-chief .

Life

Hans Frick came from the ethnic group of the Banat Swabians . After studying at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj, he joined the editorial team of the magazine Neuer Weg in 1961 and initially worked in the “Letters to the Editor ” department. Frick moved from this department to the “Foreign Policy” department, which he took over on June 1, 1980. In total, he worked for the newspaper as an editor for 26 years. For a long time he also managed the “Fund for Mutual Aid” ( Romanian Casa de ajutor reciproc ). In the editorial office, Hans Frick met his future wife, Hedwig Schüli from Sighișoara ( German  Schäßburg ) , who initially worked in the "Dactylography" department and was later appointed chief secretary.

Frick left Romania with his family in 1988 and moved to Germany, where he worked at the federal office of the Association for German Cultural Relations Abroad (VDA) in Sankt Augustin near Bonn . Here Frick initially supervised projects that served to preserve German-language media in the former Soviet Union ; German-speaking newspaper editorial offices in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States were equipped with modern electronics, young journalists from Germany were sent to provide language support, and newspaper sales in Germany were promoted. From 1990 onwards, Hans Frick worked on the editorial team of the Globus magazine , the quarterly organ of the VDA, of which he was appointed editor-in-chief on April 1, 2001. In this role, he built up a worldwide network of authors who reported in the newspaper about German-speaking communities, the history of German emigrants and immigrants, but also about the situation of the German language and culture abroad. He was particularly committed to developing and maintaining the VDA's internet presence. After fifteen years with the VDA, Frick retired; his successor there was Frank Schüttig . Frick then moved with his wife to Munich, where their son lived with his family. He died in 2013 after a long illness.

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SURNAME Frick, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German editor-in-chief
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Biled , Kingdom of Romania
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 2013
Place of death Munich