Margot Pfannstiel
Margot Pfannstiel (born June 18, 1926 in Altenburg ; † October 10, 1993 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and author. She was editor-in-chief of the women's magazine Sibylle and chief reporter of the GDR weekly newspaper, Wochenpost, with the highest circulation .
Life
Pfannstiel, daughter of an engineer, attended elementary school in Berlin. She completed a commercial apprenticeship and worked as a stenographer from 1943 to 1945 .
After the end of the Second World War , she worked from 1945 to 1948 as an employee in the Miersdorf municipal administration. In 1947 she joined the SED . From 1948 to 1953 she was a volunteer , editor and reporter at the SED central organ , Neues Deutschland . In the summer of 1953 she was removed there because of "belonging to the anti-party group Zaisser - Herrnstadt ".
In 1953 she was one of the founders of the Wochenpost and was its chief reporter until 1958. From 1958 to 1968 she was editor-in-chief of the women's magazine Sibylle, from 1968 to 1986 again chief reporter of the weekly post .
In 1986 she retired, but continued to work as a freelance journalist. In 1986 she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold.
Works
- The Jungmanns and "Julia". From the lives of three generations of miners . Berlin: Dietz 1957.
- (Ed.): Sibylles Modelexikon. ABC of fashion . Leipzig, Berlin: Verlag für die Frau 1968.
- Łódź , more than ever the “promised land”. On literary tracks in an unusual city . Leipzig: Brockhaus 1979.
- Seilfahrt and furnace campaign . Stories from the hut and the shaft . Berlin: Verlag Tribüne 1979.
- The tulip pulpit . Pictures from the history of Freiberg and ore mining . Leipzig and others: Urania-Verlag 1980 (2nd edition, 1983).
- The locomotive king. Berlin pictures from the time of August Borsig . Berlin: Verlag der Nation 1987.
- (together with Klaus Polkehn): Dresden and its surroundings. Travel with insider tips . Ostfildern: Mairs Geographischer Verlag 1992 (7th, updated edition 1998).
literature
- Klaus Polkehn: That was the weekly mail. History and stories of a newspaper . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-86153-141-0 , passim.
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , pp. 641f.
- Bernd-Rainer Barth : Pfannstiel, Margot . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Blurb to The Locomotive King with information on the author and photo (PDF; 207 kB).
- Works by and about Margot Pfannstiel in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Polkehn, Das Was die Wochenpost , p. 24.
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , April 30, 1986, p. 5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfannstiel, Margot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1993 |
| Place of death | Berlin |