Rolf W. Castle
Rolf Walter Schloss (born July 5, 1918 Frankfurt am Main ; † February 10, 1979 Saint-Cergue ) was a German-Israeli journalist and author.
Life
After the occupation of Vichy France, Schloss had crossed the border to Switzerland in September 1942 and reported as a refugee in Geneva. He was initially interned in the Au Bout du monde stadium and later in a barracks camp in Valais. In 1945 he immigrated to Palestine . In the early 1960s he was head of the Spiegel editorial team in Jerusalem; from 1965 to 1978 he was ARD correspondent for the Middle East . He has also published several books as an author and editor.
Publications (selection)
- Let my people go: the Russian Jews between the Soviet Star and the Star of David - a documentary . Munich, Olzog 1971
- David Ben Gurion : Letters to my wife (Ed., Translated from the Iwrith and provided with an introduction by Rolf W. Schloss.) Munich, List 1969
- Quo Vadis Israel? Grandstand. Journal for the Understanding of Judaism. Issue 59/1976
Individual evidence
- ↑ Let my people go: the Russian Jews between the Soviet Star and the Star of David - a documentation. Munich, Olzog 1971 p. 10
- ↑ Rolf W. Schloss : The unsung hero - Inge Deutschkrons unusual survival in terrible times . Die Zeit, March 9, 1979
- ↑ Irene Gaertner: Interned in the stadium : Letter to the editor from his wife Irene Gaertner in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from July 2, 2015
- ^ Imprint of the Spiegel from June 12, 1963
- ↑ ARD expands foreign correspondent network (1966) in ARD chronicle
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castle, Rolf W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castle, Rolf Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Israeli journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1979 |
| Place of death | Saint-Cergue |