Hans Ulrich Kempski

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Hans Ulrich Kempski (born August 3, 1922 in Dramburg , Pomerania , † December 30, 2007 in Munich ) was one of the most influential German journalists as the longstanding chief correspondent of the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

Life

Hans Ulrich Kempski attended the humanistic cathedral high school in Naumburg . He wrote his first newspaper report while still in Quarters about a three- wheeled truck that overturned in a sharp bend at the Salztor in Naumburg . Kempski had waited patiently for weeks for the foreseeable event at this point. During the Second World War he was wounded several times as a paratrooper . He began his career as a journalist in 1946 as head of the Munich office of the German news agency (DENA). From October 1949 he was chief reporter of the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich, from 1970 to 1987 he was chief correspondent member of the newspaper's chief editor. After leaving the editorial team, Kempski remained associated with the SZ as a special correspondent. He published his last article for SZ-Magazin in November 2007. For years he was spokesman for the jury of the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize .

Kempski happened to be the messenger in Moscow in 1955 who was supposed to deliver the invitation from the Soviet Union to Konrad Adenauer to establish diplomatic relations.

In 1960 an interview by Kempski with the commander-in-chief of the French troops in Algeria , General Jacques Massu , led to his transfer by President de Gaulle and, as a result, to a national crisis in the Fifth Republic .

In his reports on German and international politics, which appeared under the heading "Hans Ulrich Kempski reports ...", Kempski rejected the strict separation between news and opinion, as this, in his opinion, prevents "the presentation of the whole truth". Kempski's principle was: "If you want to watch, you must not play".

Hans Ulrich Kempski died at the age of 86. He left behind his wife, two sons and two grandchildren.

Awards

literature

  • Hans Ulrich Kempski: Red sun over yellow earth. My trip through China and Japan . Stalling, Oldenburg, 1957
  • Hans Ulrich Kempski: About power. Great moments and other adventures with the Bonn Chancellors from 1949 to 1999 . Alexander Fest Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-8286-0035-2 , and Fischer-TB, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 978-3-596-14749-6
  • Gernot Sittner (Ed.): Hans Ulrich Kempski reports. Great reports from a legendary journalist . Süddeutsche Zeitung Edition, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-86615-724-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trademark with Mustang. In: taz.de . January 3, 2008, accessed December 4, 2015 .
  2. ↑ A great reporter. In: tagesspiegel.de . January 3, 2008, accessed December 4, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Hans Ulrich Kempski: How will it feel to think about earlier? - Society / life. In: sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved December 4, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Knud von Harbou : When Germany wanted to save its soul. The Süddeutsche Zeitung in the founding years after 1945 . Munich: dtv, 2015, p. 370
  5. ↑ Gernot Sittner: At the height of the times ( Memento of February 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), SZ , January 2, 2008.
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bdzv.de

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personal data
SURNAME Kempski, Hans Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Dramburg , Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2007
Place of death Munich