Ludwig von Danwitz

Ludwig von Danwitz (born April 6, 1910 in Berlin ; † February 22, 1981 in Bonn ) was a German journalist.

Life

Ludwig von Danwitz, from the noble family Danwitz , grew up in Godesberg on, made in 1928 at the local Aloisiuskolleg his High School and began a study of German , French and history in Bonn and at the Sorbonne . Since 1928 he was a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Bavaria Bonn .

From 1931 to 1939 he was editor of the Westfalen-Kurier, then moved to Düsseldorf for Der Mittag . He was a member of the NSDAP and from 1944 Untersturmführer SS main office . During the Second World War he served in the Air Force and was a war reporter in a propaganda company . In 1941 he was with a squadron under Captain Fritz Fliegel based in Bordeaux .

From August 1, 1946 he worked again as an editor, from 1947 to 1955 as parliamentary correspondent and from 1956 to 1975 as head of the Bonn studio of West German Broadcasting (WDR). He then went into retirement . He worked in the propaganda organization Working Group for Democratic Circles .

Von Danwitz participated in confidential background discussions with Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and also accompanied him on trips abroad. One of his interviews with Adenauer was broadcast on January 4, 1961 on WDR. He was also considered a confidante of State Secretary Hans Globke . In addition, von Danwitz published a book about Rainer Barzel .

Publications (selection)

Bombs on troop transports off Kerch . In: The inner front, NSK press service of the NSDAP , episode 259, November 1941, p. 17 ff.
Die Bunkerknacker vom Bug: Report on the first days of fighting in the east. (= War Library of the German Youth. Issue 120), Steiniger Verlag, Berlin, 1942.
Ranged combat aircraft in action (= War Library of German Youth. Issue 125), Steiniger Verlag, Berlin, 1942.
Speaking of Barzel. Political Notes. Econ, Düsseldorf 1972, ISBN 978-3-430-12001-2 .

Web links

Literature by and about Ludwig von Danwitz in the catalog of the German National Library
News from NRW and the world
Archive for Christian Democratic Politics : Reference to archive material

Individual evidence

↑ http://rundfunkundgeschichte.de/assets/RuG_1981_3.pdf
↑ ^a ^b Werner Höfer: lucky with presidents, chancellors and women: e. Bonn gallery . Belser, 1976, ISBN 978-3-7630-1174-2 , pp. 158 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).
↑ Complete directory of the CV: 1961. The connections of the CV with its honorary members, old men and students. As of April 1, 1961. Munich 1961, p. 94.
^ Harten, Hans-Christian: ideological training of the SS and the police in National Socialism: compilation of personal data. 2017, 531 pp. - URN: urn: nbn: de: 0111-pedocs-151559
^ ^A ^b Otto Köhler : Typewriter perpetrator. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
^ The Airplane . Temple Press, 1941, p. 420 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).
^ Archives for Christian Democratic Politics. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
↑ Klaus Katz: On the pulse of time: The transmitter: world-wide close 1956–1985 . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2006, ISBN 978-3-462-03581-0 , pp. 18 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).
^ Norbert Frei, Johannes Schmitz: Journalism in the Third Reich . CH Beck, 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61725-6 , pp. 194 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).
^ Hanns Jürgen Küsters : Chancellor in crisis. Journalists' reports on Adenauer's background discussions between the Berlin ultimatum and the 1959 federal presidential election, pp. 742 ff. Accessed on March 22, 2020.
^ Rainer Barzel: In dispute and controversial: Comments on Konrad Adenauer, Ludwig Erhard and the Eastern Treaties . Ullstein, 1986, ISBN 978-3-550-06409-8 , pp. 43 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).
^ Arnulf Baring: Foreign Policy in Adenauer's Chancellor Democracy: Bonn's Contribution to the European Defense Community . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015, ISBN 978-3-486-81912-0 , p. 319 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).
↑ The year of publication according to DNB, according to another source 1940.

personal data
SURNAME	Danwitz, Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	February 22, 1981
Place of death	Bonn

[1] ttp://rundfunkundgeschichte.de/assets/RuG_1981_3.pdf

[:0-2] Werner Höfer: lucky with presidents, chancellors and women: e. Bonn gallery . Belser, 1976, ISBN 978-3-7630-1174-2 , pp. 158 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).

[3] Complete directory of the CV: 1961. The connections of the CV with its honorary members, old men and students. As of April 1, 1961. Munich 1961, p. 94.

[4] Harten, Hans-Christian: ideological training of the SS and the police in National Socialism: compilation of personal data. 2017, 531 pp. - URN: urn: nbn: de: 0111-pedocs-151559

[:1-5] A ^b Otto Köhler : Typewriter perpetrator. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[6] The Airplane . Temple Press, 1941, p. 420 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).

[7] Archives for Christian Democratic Politics. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[8] Klaus Katz: On the pulse of time: The transmitter: world-wide close 1956–1985 . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2006, ISBN 978-3-462-03581-0 , pp. 18 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).

[9] Norbert Frei, Johannes Schmitz: Journalism in the Third Reich . CH Beck, 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61725-6 , pp. 194 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).

[10] Hanns Jürgen Küsters : Chancellor in crisis. Journalists' reports on Adenauer's background discussions between the Berlin ultimatum and the 1959 federal presidential election, pp. 742 ff. Accessed on March 22, 2020.

[11] Rainer Barzel: In dispute and controversial: Comments on Konrad Adenauer, Ludwig Erhard and the Eastern Treaties . Ullstein, 1986, ISBN 978-3-550-06409-8 , pp. 43 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).

[12] Arnulf Baring: Foreign Policy in Adenauer's Chancellor Democracy: Bonn's Contribution to the European Defense Community . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015, ISBN 978-3-486-81912-0 , p. 319 ( google.de [accessed on March 23, 2020]).

[13] The year of publication according to DNB, according to another source 1940.