Martin Wein (journalist, 1925)

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Martin Wein (born December 9, 1925 in Beuthen , † July 12, 2010 in Lübeck ) was a German journalist , translator and author . His best known work is The Weizsäcker - Story of a German Family .

Life

Martin Wein was born on December 9, 1925 in Upper Silesia. After graduating from high school, he studied mathematics, physics and economics at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale) and at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen . From 1954 he was active as a journalist and worked as an editor for daily newspapers and magazines. From 1966 he was the author of the Stern magazine and headed sections of other magazines. He was deputy editor-in-chief of the Hamburger Abendblatt and in 1976 was appointed editor-in-chief of the Lübecker Nachrichten . He held this position until 1985. Since then he has worked as an author, mostly historical works. Some of his publications appeared in Danish, Swedish and Serbo-Croatian.

Martin Wein was married to Liselotte Wein, b. Kern, with whom he initially lived in Munich, where their two sons Thomas and Christian were born. In 1975 the family moved to Hamburg and from there to Lübeck in 1976, where he lived and worked until his death. His wife died on May 12, 2005.

Works

  • I came, saw and wrote - eyewitness accounts from five millennia . Munich 1964.
  • That was Martin Luther - life, work and time of the reformer in first-hand reports . Lübeck 1983.
  • The Weizsäcker - story of a German family . Stuttgart 1988.
  • Fateful Days - Stations in German History . Stuttgart 1992.
  • Willy Brandt - Becoming a statesman . Berlin 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Uwe Nesemann: Ex-editor-in-chief Martin Wein has died. In: Lübecker Nachrichten of July 15, 2010, p. 6
personal data
SURNAME Wine, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, author
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Beuthen (Upper Silesia)
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2010
Place of death Lübeck