Jochen Fiebelkorn

Jochen Fiebelkorn (born May 9, 1926 in Berlin ; † June 8, 2007 there ) was a German author and sports journalist in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1960 to 1963 he was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Deutsches Sportecho .

Life

Fiebelkorn, the son of a locksmith and a secretary, was drafted into the Reich Labor Service (RAD) in 1943 as a high school student and drafted in the same year. He fought in World War II until 1945 .

After the end of the war he became a member of the anti-youth group and learned the profession of accountant in his parents' company until 1946, in which he worked until 1949. In 1947 he joined the Free German Youth (FDJ) and was cultural advisor in the FDJ district association Berlin-Tempelhof, from 1949 on the FDJ city council of Berlin. In the same year he became head of the agitation department at the German Sports Committee .

In 1950 Fiebelkorn went to the GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho , which appeared from 1947 to 1990 with a circulation of 180,000 copies, mostly weekly, sometimes on workdays. Until 1953 he was head of department and responsible for the country pages of the newspaper. In 1954 he was temporarily acting editor-in-chief and then until 1960 deputy editor-in-chief. In 1952 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In 1955/56 he attended the SED district party school. In 1960, Fiebelkorn became editor-in-chief as the successor to Alfred Heil . Three years later he was relieved of his post after conflicts with the party and state leadership of the GDR and worked for a time in the archive of the German television broadcasting company (DFF). Later he was a freelance book author.

After the fall of the Wall and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , Fiebelkorn became involved with the Humanist Association of Germany .

Fonts (selection)

• Jochen Fiebelkorn: Helsinki - Bucharest - Berlin. Stations in the life of a sports journalist. , Berlin 1955.
• Jochen Fiebelkorn, H. Westphal: The Olympic Games from Athens to Mexico City. , Berlin 1968.

literature

• Andreas Herbst :  Jochen Fiebelkorn . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .