Peter-Hugo Scholz

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Peter-Hugo Scholz (born August 30, 1954 in Apollensdorf ; † September 23, 2019 in Leipzig ) was a German journalist , author and mountaineer . He worked mainly for the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk as an author, filmmaker and researcher .

Life

Peter-Hugo Scholz grew up in the GDR . As a teenager he was removed from the Extended High School because of possession of a " Mao Bible " . He then worked temporarily at the VEB nitrogen plant in Piesteritz . This was followed by studies in journalism and African studies at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . 1985 Scholz was his doctoral thesis on mass media in Africa and Asia doctorate .

He has worked as a freelance writer for various magazines and newspapers. At the beginning of the 1990s he was press spokesman for various festivals - for example for the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film and the Tanz & FolkFest Rudolstadt . The topics of his television documentaries were climbing in Patagonia , the first Saxon expedition to Spitzbergen or a portrait of Luis Trenker . As the author of more than 100 television reports, Scholz appeared in broadcasts such as: Uphill - downhill , A case for Escher , Simply brilliant , LexiTV , artour , nah dran , ECHT! , nano , exact , cinema royal , thunder! , Outsider Front Runner , Today in the East , MDR Time Travel and Resumes .

His radio feature “The President's Tailor” (MDR 2018) was sent to Rome by a preliminary jury as an ARD contribution to the Prix ​​Italia 2019. In September 2019, his seven-part radio documentary "The secret depots of Buchenwald " was broadcast on MDR Kultur .

In the Gaudlitzberg quarry cinema near Wurzen , he organized the oldest open-air mountain film festival in Germany for 21 years.

Peter-Hugo Scholz died on September 23, 2019 in Leipzig. He left behind his life partner, a son and a daughter.

Radio documentaries (selection)

  • 1995: Killer herb or God's milk - on the history and use of hemp , MDR KULTUR - On the matter (MDR)
  • 2007: Yesterday's news - the war reporter Bernd Kaufholz ; Feature (MDR)
  • 2009: Leipzig, October 9, 1989 - A Chronicle of Events , Feature (MDR)
  • 2013: Dresden, February 14, 1945, low-flying aircraft on the banks of the Elbe - Contested memories of February 1945 , Feature (MDR)
  • 2013: The Forgotten of Quiriquina - The history of the small cruiser Dresden and its crew , Feature (MDR)
  • 2016: Tango Cubano - In the footsteps of a music , Figaro-Spezial (MDR)
  • 2018: The President's Tailor , feature on Martin Greenfield (maiden name: Maxmilian Grunfeld), MDR, accessed September 30, 2019
  • 2019: The secret depots of Buchenwald , feature in seven episodes (MDR), accessed on September 29, 2019

TV documentaries (selection)

  • 1999: Candle in the Wind - German-German rope team in Patagonia (BR)
  • 2002: Excursion to "Vogtland Switzerland" - climbing in Steinicht (BR)
  • 2003: Danse Vertical (BR)
  • 2005: Ararat - Summit happiness on Noahs Berg (BR)
  • 2006: Sacred Mountains: Hiking around the Kailash (BR)
  • 2006: On pilgrims in the Himalayas - A Bavarian pastor on Kailash (BR)
  • 2009: Hans Saler - a Bavarian nomadic life on waves of the sea and mountain peaks (BR)
  • 2010: Albania: Wanderer's Paradise (BR)
  • 2011: Discovery tours in the Albanian Alps , Bergauf-Bergab magazine , Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), accessed on September 30, 2019
  • 2014: Packrafting in the Woid (BR)
  • 2017: Peaks of the Balkans (BR)
  • 2018: The President's Tailor (inOne / MDR), 30-minute documentary about Martin Greenfield

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gaudlitzer Bergfilm Festival boss Peter-Hugo Scholz is dead - accessed on September 25, 2019
  2. ↑ Bert Endruszeit: More than 1000 visitors to the mountain film festival with bouldering competitions. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, September 1, 2019. Accessed September 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Matthias Thalheim: Obituary: MDR Kultur mourns Peter-Hugo Scholz: "A fearless seeker" - accessed on September 25, 2019
  4. ↑ Haig Latchinian : The Tailor of the US Presidents - The portrait of Martin Greenfield, the tailor of the US Presidents who lived in New York, was shot with Muldentaler participation. It was now on television and also reached home. Max Grünfeld's birthplace was discovered in the village in Ukraine and the synagogue was renovated. Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal, December 28, 2018. Accessed September 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Peter-Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, author and mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Apollensdorf
DATE OF DEATH 23 September 2019
Place of death Leipzig