Magda Gate
Magda Gatter , nee Magda Weber , (born September 4, 1915 in Barcelona , † December 2, 2007 in Bergisch Gladbach ) was a German radio journalist and philanthropist .
Life
Magda Gatter was the daughter of the Wuppertal painter Otto Friedrich Weber and studied art history and drawing in the drawing class of Olaf Gulbransson in Munich before the Second World War . In 1945 she moved to Aachen, where she worked as a journalist for the Aachener Nachrichten and around 1955 became one of the first female radio journalists for the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne . From 1962 to 1980 she headed the WDR women's radio and the editorial group Family and Society . She was responsible u. a. for the well-known WDR-2 magazine at home and on the go . In 1963, their gloss " Help, I'm a Hero Mother" caused a sensation nationwide. In it, she had given young Bundeswehr soldiers tips on self-defense against rabid trainers - based on the experiences of her four sons and stepons, including Peter Gatter , who were all in the Bundeswehr at the time. Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel compared the gloss in a letter that was read in the Bundeswehr with “Soviet zonal disintegration propaganda”. In 1971, together with Gerda Hollunder , she conceived the women's show Dampftopf , which was about the role of women in the world of work, society and politics.
After her retirement, she ran a private hostel for the socially disadvantaged in a farmhouse near Overath for four years , then with her partner Wolfgang Kondruss in Bergisch Gladbach a private aid facility for Jewish emigrants from the Soviet Union and Russia.
family
Magda Gatter was married to the journalist Ludwig Gatter (1919–1957) for the second time and was the stepmother of Peter Gatter .
Web links
- Long-time WDR radio journalist and "hero mother" Magda Gatter buried. ( Memento of April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Obituary of the WDR: Press release of December 13, 2007
- On the death of Magda Gatter. Obituary of the Varnhagen Society, December 31, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the death of Magda Gatter. Obituary of the Varnhagen Society, December 31, 2008
- ^ On the 85th birthday of Magda Gatter. WDR print September 1, 2000
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gate, Magda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Magda (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radio journalist and philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 2007 |
| Place of death | Bergisch Gladbach |