Siegfried Maruhn
Siegfried Maruhn (born April 13, 1923 in Tilsit in what was then East Prussia ; † January 14, 2011 in Essen ) was a German journalist and book author .
Live and act
Siegfried Maruhn attended school in Frankfurt am Main and obtained his school-leaving certificate from Liebig High School. In 1941 he entered the war service, served in Africa, among other places, and was taken prisoner, from which he returned in 1946.
From 1947 to 1949 he was an editor in Bad Nauheim for News of Germany , an English-language newspaper for the American civil administration. He then worked until 1952 as head of the service at the Frankfurt edition of the Neue Zeitung . In 1952 he became an editorial writer and head of internal politics for the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) in Bochum, then Essen. From 1958 he was deputy editor-in-chief and from 1970 to 1988 editor-in-chief of WAZ.
Siegfried Maruhn was a member of the German Press Council from 1965 to 1978, where he was chairman of the complaints committee from 1972 to 1977. From 1974 to 1985 he was chairman of the Society for Journalistic Educational Work in the Busch House in Hagen. From 1984 to 1985 he was the spokesman for the German Press Council.
From 1980 to 1985 Siegfried Maruhn was a lecturer in the journalism course at the University of Dortmund .
After his retirement he worked from 1989 to 1992 as a correspondent for the WAZ and regional newspapers in Washington, DC He then worked as a freelance journalist and book author.
Maruhn lived in Hattingen an der Ruhr.
Awards
- 1974: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1975: Large Federal Cross of Merit
- 1985: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Fonts
Siegfried Maruhn wrote editorials, glosses , reports and correspondent reports, several books and translated books from the English language for newspapers and magazines .
- 75 years of publishing house for registry offices. Verlag für Standesamtwesen, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-8019-5672-5 .
- Public servant in the unjust state. Verlag für Standesamtwesen, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-8019-5685-7 .
- Translations
- Theodore H. White: Embers in the ashes. Europe in our time. Fischer, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main 1954.
- Otto Heilbrunn: The Soviet Secret Service. Bernard & Graefe, Frankfurt am Main 1956.
- Harold J. Gordon: The Reichswehr and the Weimar Republic 1919–1926. Bernard & Graefe, Frankfurt am Main 1959.
Web links
- Literature by and about Siegfried Maruhn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in The West
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maruhn, Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tilsit |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 2011 |
| Place of death | eat |