Hermann Zolling

Hermann Zolling (* 1924 ; † December 24, 1971 in Hamburg ) was a German journalist . Since 1966 editor of the magazine " Der Spiegel ", he published as co-author together with Heinz Höhne in autumn 1971 the book "Pullach intern" about the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), which was based on a 15-part series of articles in Spiegel magazine .

Zolling died on Christmas Eve 1971 at the age of 47 as a result of a heart attack . He had suffered a first heart attack a few years earlier.

family

Zolling's uncle was Ernst Zolling, a long-time BND employee, who previously served as Colonel of the Wehrmacht as Chief Defense Officer of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel . Ernst Zolling, born in 1903, worked as a military advisor in Egypt on behalf of the BND in the 1950s .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Zolling, Heinz Höhne: Pullach internally - General Gehlen and the history of the Federal Intelligence Service. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1971.
2. ↑ Declaration of cancellation in the "Spiegel". Retrieved June 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ : Date: January 3, 1972 . In: Der Spiegel . tape January 1 , 1972 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 10, 2018]).
4. ↑ MILITARY ADVISOR / INTERNATIONAL: Remer on the Nile . In: Der Spiegel . tape May 20 , 1953 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 11, 2018]).

Works

• Hermann Zolling, Heinz Höhne: Pullach internally - General Gehlen and the history of the Federal Intelligence Service . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1971.