Klaus Baschleben

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Klaus Baschleben spoke on November 4, 1989 at the Alexanderplatz demonstration

Klaus Baschleben (born April 8, 1946 in Magdeburg , † June 13, 2005 in Leipzig ) was a German theater critic .

Live and act

Klaus Baschleben, son of Harry Baschleben , attended the advanced secondary school in Gera - one of his classmates was the future actor Andreas Schmidt-Schaller . Baschleben began his theater career as a stage worker in Gera. He later studied theater studies in Leipzig. From 1969 to 1979 he was first assistant director in Potsdam , then head director in Frankfurt (Oder) . He directed Bertolt Brecht , Heinrich von Kleist and Seán O'Casey . He wrote theater reviews and film reviews for various newspapers and magazines.

During the fall of the Berlin Wall he was also politically active and was one of the speakers at the Alexanderplatz demonstration on November 4, 1989 . He became editor-in-chief of the National-Zeitung , which was renamed Berliner Allgemeine on February 1, 1990 and discontinued on June 30, 1990. Baschleben then worked for the General German Intelligence Service (ADN) and from 1991 worked for the Berliner Zeitung .

He later became press spokesman for Christoph Schroth in Cottbus . Since 1995 he has been responsible for theater reporting for the Leipziger Volkszeitung . In 2005 he succumbed to cancer and was buried in Leipzig's southern cemetery.

literature

  • Martin Linzer : Klaus Baschleben passed away. In: Theater of Time. No. 9, September 2005, p. 86; P. 89 [Obituary]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrike Kern: Clear announcements: Actor Andreas Schmidt-Schaller turns 70.otz.de, October 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Ralf Schenk (Ed.): Apropos: Film 2005. The yearbook of the DEFA Foundation. Bertz + Fischer Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-86505-165-0 , p. 317. (excerpt)
  3. ^ Arne Kapitza: Transformation of the East German press. “Berliner Zeitung”, “Junge Welt” and “Sonntag / Friday” in the process of German unification (= Studies in Communication Studies, Volume 26). Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1997, ISBN 3-531-13010-2 , p. 190.
  4. ↑ Portrait of a politician . In: Berliner Zeitung, April 13, 1991, p. 24.
  5. ↑ Fascination with body play . In: Berliner Zeitung, October 17, 1991, p. 17.
personal data
SURNAME Baschleben, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2005
Place of death Leipzig