Klaus Feldmann (journalist)

Klaus Feldmann (2006)

Klaus Feldmann (born March 24, 1936 in Langenberg , Gera district , Thuringia ) is a German journalist .

Life

Klaus Feldmann trained as a book printer in Leipzig from 1951 to 1954 and then switched to journalism . After attending the Weimar Broadcasting School in 1954/55, he worked as an editorial assistant. In 1957/58 Feldmann did his military service with the NVA . From 1957 to 1961 he was a news anchor for the German broadcaster . In 1961 he switched to the " Current Camera " of the German TV broadcaster . Feldmann worked as a newscaster until September 1989, then fell ill with angina pectoris and left GDR television at the end of 1989 . From January 1990 he was a press employee at the trade union trade, food and enjoyment of the FDGB . From October 1990 to 1995 he was employed as a press officer at DEKRA . Feldmann later worked for several years as a speaker and editor for Lausitz TV and as a speaker for local television in Frankfurt (Oder).

Klaus Feldmann (2nd from left) voted TV Favorite of the Year in 1988

In 1958 he joined the SED . He was also chairman of the company union management of the "current camera" and member of the FDGB federal executive committee.

Today Feldmann works as a freelance journalist and moderator. In cooperation with the Eulenspiegel publishing house , he is on the road with readings for his book “That was the news”, reads the Stengel texts “Wer lernt mir Deutsch” and “Rettet dem Dativ”, of which audio books have also appeared. The Eulenspiegel-Verlag also entrusted him with the presentation of the thick Christmas book. A CD was also released. Today he can be seen in a small guest role as a newscaster in the musical Over Seven Bridges .

Awards

1983: Patriotic Order of Merit
The readers of the only GDR program guide FF voted him their TV favorite 14 times .

Filmography

Radio plays

1975: Jules Verne : The Invention of Verderbens (narrator) - Director: Andreas Scheinert (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )

Fonts

News from Adlershof . edition ost, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-929161-58-3
That was the news. Memories . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-360-01277-1
Interrogated listeners. Speakers and slip of the tongue from radio and television . Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-359-01702-8

literature

Ingrid Kirschey-Feix : Feldmann, Klaus . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Klaus Feldmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Klaus Feldmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Literature by and about Klaus Feldmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Official website
Klaus Feldmann ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in the archive of German television history
Current camera from August 28, 1984 on YouTube
Remake of the current camera on the occasion of his 80th birthday on March 24, 2016 on YouTube

Individual evidence

^ Ingrid Kirschey-Feix: Feldmann, Klaus . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Feldmann, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 24, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Langenberg , Gera district , Thuringia

[1] Ingrid Kirschey-Feix: Feldmann, Klaus . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .