Hans Schrecker
Hans Schrecker (born March 11, 1899 in Berlin as Hans Straschitz ; † December 19, 1983 ibid) was a German journalist and editor-in-chief .
Life
Schrecker was of Jewish descent, he joined the USPD in 1918 and went over to the KPD with its left wing . In 1933 he emigrated to Switzerland and later to France and in 1940 to Great Britain. There he worked as a journalist for a German-language and Czechoslovak newspaper.
After the end of the Second World War he returned to Germany and - as a member of the SED since 1946 - actively participated in the reconstruction in the Soviet occupation zone. He was temporarily chairman of the National Front in Saxony. At the same time he was editor-in-chief of the illustrated magazine Zeit im Bild in Dresden . In 1952 he became acting editor-in-chief of the Leipziger Volkszeitung .
At the same time as Paul Merker , Hans Schrecker was arrested as an alleged enemy agent in 1952 for alleged contacts with the aid organization of the US citizen Noel Field and sentenced to eight years in prison in 1954. In 1956 Schrecker was pardoned and re-accepted into the SED. He first got a job at the Leipzig broadcaster and then at the newspaper “ Volkswacht ” in Gera .
In 1959, Hans Schrecker was appointed editor of the Lausitzer Rundschau , where he worked for ten years before he was allowed to return to Berlin. Here he became a commentator for Horizont magazine .
His urn was buried in the Pergolenweg grave complex at the Socialist Memorial at Berlin's Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery.
Honors
- 1964 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- 1969 Labor banner
- 1973 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1977 Karl Marx Order
literature
- Wilfriede Otto : Schrecker, Hans (-Heinrich) . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schrecker, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Straschitz, Hans (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and editor-in-chief |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1983 |
| Place of death | Berlin |