Ulrich Makosch
Ulrich Makosch (born March 17, 1933 in Wittenberge ; † May 16, 2008 in Berlin ) was a German journalist. He was deputy editor-in-chief of the current camera and a member of the SED district leadership in Berlin.
Life
Ulrich Makosch was born into a working class family. After graduating from high school, he studied journalism at the University of Leipzig from 1952 to 1955 and graduated with a diploma. From 1955 to 1956 he worked as an editor at the regional broadcaster Schwerin , from 1956 to 1964 he was editor and foreign correspondent of the State Committee for Broadcasting of the GDR . In 1952 he became a member of the Association of Journalists of the GDR , in 1963 he joined the SED .
From 1965 to 1971 Makosch was the radio and television correspondent of the GDR in Asia, mainly in Jakarta and Singapore . During this time he wrote travelogues about Asian countries. a. about the coup in Indonesia and later about the Vietnam War . From 1972 to 1975 he was deputy editor-in-chief for reports and documentation at the DFF , after which he was deputy editor-in-chief of the current camera until 1990 .
Ulrich Makosch also moderated some issues of the political-agitational program The Black Channel .
Since the 1950s he was a secret informator or unofficial employee of the observation of the GDR State Security with the code name "Primus".
From 1978 to 1989 Makosch was a member of the SED district leadership in Berlin and from 1978 to 1990 President of the GDR- Mozambique Friendship Society . In 1990 he took early retirement. From 1990 to 1991 he worked for the American television company CNN . He was a member of the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity
Makosch last lived in Schöneiche near Berlin . He had three children with his wife Waltraut.
Fonts
- The prayer in the citadel, Travels in the Philippines, 1st edition, VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig, 1978.
literature
- Bernd-Rainer Barth : Ulrich Makosch . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Ernst Christian Schütt, Chronik 1979, Chronik Verlag, p. 40, ISBN 3-611-00172-4 (interview with Ursel Lorenzen )
Web links
- Entry by Ulrich Makosch in the Prignitzlexikon ( memento from December 26, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Makosch, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and SED functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 2008 |
| Place of death | Berlin |