Paul Anderson (journalist)

Paul Anderson , originally Harald Müller (born November 17, 1908 , † March 9, 1972 in London ), was a German journalist.

Life and activity

Anderson studied in Hamburg and Berlin . After the National Socialists came to power, Anderson, who was politically close to the KPD , went to Great Britain via Stockholm .

Since 1940 Anderson worked for the broadcaster of the European Revolution and under the pseudonym Peter Petersen political commentator in the German service of the BBC .

From 1945 to 1947, Anderson served as the Paris correspondent for the weekly Observer . Since 1948 he has provided regular political commentary for the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR), for which he eventually became director of the program “From the Old World”.

From 1950 to 1953 Anderson was the head of the feature department of the Paris information center of the Marshall Plan . At the same time he worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC.

In 1953 Anderson returned to Great Britain, where he was deputy editor-in-chief of Picture Post magazine from 1953 to 1958 .

In the years 1962 to 1972 Anderson held the post of head of the London office of the NDR for television and radio in Great Britain and Ireland, where he also worked as a correspondent for the ARD broadcasting association. As part of this activity, he conducted numerous interviews and produced many television features and reports for the Tagesschau . Due to his position as a longstanding representative of German television in Great Britain, Anderson became known in the Federal Republic as "Mr England" and shaped the image of England for an entire generation of German citizens.

family

Anderson was married to Evelyn Seligman since 1934, who later became known as Evelyn Anderson .

literature

• Charmian Brinson / Richard Dove: "The Voice Of Truth": German-language Broadcasting by the BBC , 2003.
• Werner Röder / Herbert A. Strauss (eds.): Biographical manual of German-speaking emigration after 1933 , vol. I. (= politics, economy, public life) Munich 1980, p. 15.