Karl Rudolf Chowanetz

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Karl Rudolf Chowanetz , often also Rudolf Chowanetz (born January 3, 1933 in Bielitz ; † January 26, 2000 in Schöneiche ) was a German editor-in-chief of the GDR children's magazines ABC-Zeitung , Bummi and Die Drum and from 1975 to 2000 head of the youth book publisher Neues Life .

Life

Chowanetz, son of a master in an oil refinery and a housewife , attended elementary school in Bielitz until the end of World War II in 1945 and then moved with his family as a displaced person to Stralsund , where he completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith by 1949 .

In 1950 Chowanetz joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and remained a member until his death even after it was renamed the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). As a pioneer leader, he was a full-time functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ) in Velgast until 1955 . From 1955 to 1957 he was the chief sergeant in the barracked people's police (KVP). From 1958 to 1960 he was department head in the Central House of Young Pioneers in Berlin.

From 1959 to 1964 Chowanetz completed a distance learning course , which he completed as a qualified pedagogue . From 1961 to 1963 he was editor-in-chief of the GDR-wide children's magazine ABC-Zeitung and Bummi . From 1963 to 1975 Chowanetz was editor-in-chief of the magazine Die Drum , which was the central organ of the Young Pioneers in the GDR.

From 1975 to 2000, Chowanetz was the successor to Hans Bentzien and head of the youth book publisher Neues Leben in Berlin, where he initiated the Karl May edition.

Awards

Fonts

  • Neckerchief, drum and fanfare (=  my little lexicon ). Berlin 1978.
  • The children's magazines in the GDR from 1946 - 1960 . Berlin 1983.
  • Before Verdun I lost God - stories of people in war . New life, Berlin 1984.
  • Times and ways - On the history of the pioneer organization »Ernst Thälmann« from its beginnings until 1952 in reports, letters, memories, pictures and a chronicle . 2nd Edition. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1988.
  • The red silk scarf - stories about the most famous detectives in world literature . 2nd Edition. New life, Berlin 1990.
  • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - country and people . Berlin 1994.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grandstand of March 21, 1986
  2. ↑ Karl Rudolf Chowanetz on karl-may-wiki.de
  3. ^ New Germany of October 6, 1987
personal data
SURNAME Chowanetz, Karl Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chowanetz, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and publisher in the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielitz
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2000
Place of death Beautiful oak