Kurt Wessel
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Kurt Wessel (born May 21, 1908 in Magdeburg ; † November 7, 1976 in Munich ) was a German journalist .
Live and act
Kurt Wessel grew up in Breslau and began his journalistic career with the Breslauer Latest News . After the Second World War he worked from 1946 in Heidelberg for the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung under Theodor Heuss . After two further positions in Stuttgart , at the Stuttgarter Zeitung and the Deutsche Zeitung and Wirtschaftszeitung , he became deputy editor- in- chief at Münchner Merkur in 1961 . From 1963 to 1973 he was editor-in-chief of this subscription newspaper , to which a large number of so-called headers belong as regional newspapers and whose publisher also publishes the tabloid tz .
Wessel became known through his work in the radio and above all as one of the first discussion leaders in television , where he moderated, among other things, the domestic political discussion television series Unter Uns Said at Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) since 1959 . Since 1955 he has occasionally appeared as a political commentator on BR television .
Wessel was committed to his profession and was, among other things, chairman of the Baden-Württemberg journalists' association from 1958 to 1961 .
In 1973 he gave up his work as editor-in-chief of the Münchner Merkurs for health reasons.
After a long illness, Kurt Wessel died of a stroke in a Munich hospital .
Awards
Wessel received the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1965 . He was also awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit.
Web links
- Kurt Wessel in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Apel: Monologue for five . In: Die Zeit , No. 31/1959
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wessel, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German editor-in-chief of Münchner Merkur, political commentator and discussion leader at BR television |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1976 |
| Place of death | Munich |