Harald Karas

Harald Karas (often Harald Karras written) (* 9. April 1927 in Ottendorf ; † 3. December 2015 in Berlin ) was a German journalist , news anchor and radio and television presenter .

Life

Karas grew up in Schwepnitz near Königsbrück and from 1937 attended the Lessing School in Kamenz . In 1949 he came to Berlin and studied at the Free University of Berlin , the subjects journalism and sociology . He started his journalistic activities in 1952 with the Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation (NWDR) in West Berlin . He was also one of the first television news speakers and reporters (Rund um die Berolina) for the broadcaster Free Berlin (SFB). Karas was also the first presenter of the Berliner Abendschau since September 1, 1958and in 1960 also became the head of this previous evening's regional news program. He stayed that way until 1984 and then moderated other SFB formats for a few years, including the city talks , before retiring in 1991.

Harald Karas lived in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf .

Honors

1972: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany

Publications

with Marita Held (editing) and Jeremy JP Fekete (editing): John F. Kennedy in Berlin: June 26, 1963 . RBB, Berlin / Potsdam 2003, OCLC 859551938 (film report, video, 126 minutes, mostly b / w).

Web links

Harald Karas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Harald Karas is 80 years old. In: Berliner Morgenpost . April 8, 2007, accessed January 4, 2016 .
Long-time evening show director Harald Karas has died. In: rbb . December 4, 2015, accessed January 4, 2016 .

Individual evidence

↑ Klaus-Martin Kersten: Berliner Prominentenlexikon: An address book . Berlin Edition in Be.bra-Verlag, Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-8148-0140-7 , p. 131.
^ At the age of 88: Berlin "Abendschau" presenter Harald Karas died. Focus Online , December 4, 2015, accessed December 4, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Karas, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 9, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ottendorf , Saxony , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	3rd December 2015
Place of death	Berlin , Germany

[1] Klaus-Martin Kersten: Berliner Prominentenlexikon: An address book . Berlin Edition in Be.bra-Verlag, Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-8148-0140-7 , p. 131.

[2] At the age of 88: Berlin "Abendschau" presenter Harald Karas died. Focus Online , December 4, 2015, accessed December 4, 2015.