Rudolf Ströbinger
Rudolf Ströbinger (born March 5, 1931 in Milleschitz , South Moravia ; † December 1, 2005 in Hage , East Friesland ) was a Czech-German journalist , publicist and author .
Life
Rudolf Ströbinger was born in South Moravia in Czechoslovakia . After studying and doing his doctorate, he worked as the deputy editor-in-chief of the Prague daily Lidová Demokracie ( German People's Democracy ) until 1968 .
During the Prague Spring of 1968 he was one of the first Czech journalists to be subject to a comprehensive publication ban. Due to the limitations of his work, he moved into exile in West Germany with his wife Vera Ströbinger and their then 8-year-old daughter. Ströbinger was temporarily head of the Czechoslovak editorial team at Deutsche Welle in Cologne.
For 22 years Ströbinger was as president in the International PEN belonging center exiled writers German-speaking countries involved (Exile PEN Club).
Rudolf Ströbinger has published around 20 books that deal with politics and contemporary history. His works Das Rätsel Wallenberg , Stalin Beheads the Red Army - the Tukhachevsky Fall and Fateful Years on the Vltava became internationally known.
In 2002 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his services.
He died on December 1, 2005 after illness in Hage in East Friesland, where he had lived with his wife for many years after his time in Cologne.
Works
- Anatomy of a coup. Paths to the New World Revolution. Edition Interfrom AG Zurich 1977, Verlag A.Fromm, Osnabrück, ISBN 3-7201-5098-4
- Red colonialism. Minorities in the Eastern Bloc. 1981, ISBN 3-7201-5131-X
- The Wallenberg riddle. Burg Verlag Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-922801-99-4
- Anatomy of a coup. New ways to the new world revolution. Fromm 1982, ISBN 3-7201-5098-4
- The murder of the Secretary General: Stalin's biggest show trial. The Slansky Trial in Prague. 1983, ISBN 3-922801-39-0
- Poker for Prague. Edition Interform 1985, ISBN 3-7201-5181-6
- Fateful Years on the Vltava: Czechoslovakia - Seventy Years of a Republic. 1988, ISBN 3-925825-12-6
- Stalin beheads the Red Army. Ullstein 1992, ISBN 3-548-33164-5
Web links
- Dr. Rudolf Ströbinger. In: Exil-PEN Club. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007 .
- https://www.suedkurier.de/ueberregional/panorama/Als-aus-dem-Prager-Fruehling-ein-Winter-wurde;art409965,9863104
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Kaminski: Czechoslovakia, Prague: When the Prague spring turned into winter. August 20, 2018, accessed May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Simon Kaminski: Czechoslovakia, Prague: When the Prague spring turned into winter. August 20, 2018, accessed May 22, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ströbinger, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech-German journalist, publicist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milleschitz , South Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 2005 |
| Place of death | Hage , East Frisia |