Heinz Schewe
Heinz Schewe (born January 14, 1921 in Holthausen ; † March 26, 2009 in Vienna ) was a German journalist .
Life
Heinz Schewe graduated from high school Johann-Conrad-Schlaun in Münster in 1939 . After completing the Reich Labor Service , he became a soldier and radio operator in a Junkers Ju 88 aircraft . After the war, he completed a private degree in Hamburg and in 1949 obtained an English interpreter's diploma. In the same year he was hired by the British authorities as a translator for the then "occupation newspaper" Die Welt . In 1950 he became foreign correspondent for the newspaper in London, from 1958 to 1967 in Moscow, 1967–1968 in Jerusalem, 1968 in Prague, 1968/69 again in Jerusalem, 1969–1971 in Tel Aviv and from 1971 to 1986 in Vienna.
He was transferred to Jerusalem shortly before the Six Day War in 1967. In Israel he wrote for the German-language newspaper Israel-Nachrichten for years , and was one of the first foreign correspondents to learn the national language Ivrit . Heinz Schewe was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize in 1968 for his reports from Israel . In addition to his work for the time, he worked in parts for the NDR , the SR and Austrian television . Schewe is also the author of a number of books, some of which are fiction.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Schewe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinz Schewe in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Obituary. In: The world
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schewe, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reimers, Heinrich (pseudonym); Osdorfer, Heinz (pseudonym); Martin, Heinrich (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holthausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2009 |
| Place of death | Vienna |