Karin Friedrich (journalist)

Karin Friedrich (1946)

Karin Friedrich (born February 18, 1925 in Marburg ; † November 27, 2015 ) was a German journalist and author .

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Karin Friedrich was the daughter of Ruth Andreas-Friedrich and Otto A. Friedrich , who later became President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations . Like her mother and her partner Leo Borchard, she belonged to the Uncle Emil resistance group during the Nazi era .

After the Second World War she was engaged as an actress at the Hebbeltheater in Berlin for five years . In 1950 she shifted her professional focus to Munich to journalism , where she mainly dealt with socio-political issues. After a job at the magazine Echo der Woche and an internship at the Südpost , she worked as a reporter and editor for the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 1953 until her retirement in 1992 .

In addition, Karin Friedrich was involved in the White Rose Foundation and the helpers group living together - ProAsyl . In 2004 she was honored as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Memorial .

She later lived in Gauting and died on the night of November 27, 2015.

Paths to the promised land, ten life stories from Israel. Metropol, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-926893-74-5 .
Time spark. Family biography. Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-45868-8 .

Kürschner's German non-fiction calendar. 2nd year, 2003/2004, ZDB -ID 2064430-9 , p. 201.

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SURNAME	Friedrich, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marburg
DATE OF DEATH	November 27, 2015