Walter Henkels

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Walter Henkels (born February 9, 1906 in Höhscheid (today Solingen-Höhscheid), † June 8, 1987 in Bonn ) was a German journalist . During the Second World War he was a member of the propaganda company of the Waffen SS . After the war he worked as a journalist and author in what was then the federal capital of Bonn.

Life

During the Second World War, Walter Henkel was a war correspondent as a member of the propaganda company of the Waffen SS. He was one of the first German journalists who were allowed to work again after the end of National Socialism . From 1946 to 1949 he was a correspondent for Spiegel , and from 1946 he was a reporter for the Hamburg weekly newspaper Die Zeit for several years . From 1949 to 1977 he was Bonn correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Henkels was a co-founder and, in the 1950s, chairman of the Federal Press Conference and the German Press Club . Henkels was described as "one of the most ingenious and funniest observers of the Bonn scene" (weekly newspaper Die Zeit), who knew how to convey political and contemporary history to his readers in an amusing way.

By Walter Henkels, 35 books had been published by the time he died, with a total circulation of over two million copies. He was buried in the castle cemetery in Bad Godesberg .

Awards

Works (selection)

  • 38 men storm Vichy . From war reporter Henkel, War Library of the German Youth , issue 140, Steiniger Verlag, Berlin 1943.
  • 99 heads from Bonn . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1963 (1966 expanded to 111 Bonn heads ).
  • "... not that picky at all, ladies and gentlemen ..." - New Adenauer anecdotes . Econ-Verlag Düsseldorf 1965.
  • Local appointment in Bonn. The "court chronicler" tells . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1968.
  • Hunting is hunting & schnapps is schnapps . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf 1971.
  • Germany, your Rhinelander. There is no call roaring like thunder . Hoffmann et al. Campe, Hamburg 1974.
  • ... but the car that rolls - Walter Scheel anecdotal . Droemer / Knaur, Munich 1975.
  • Whoever shoots a driver has to marry the widow . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1976.
  • Don't be afraid of big animals . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1977.
  • New heads from Bonn . Droemer / Knaur, Munich 1982.
  • The situation has always been so serious. A chronicler remembers . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1982.
  • Adenauer's collective malice . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1983.
  • The Chancellor frowned - 35 years of the Bonn scene . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1984.
  • The quiet servants of their masters . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1985 (The government spokesman and the role of the Federal Press Office)
  • Arctic patrol . Heyne, Düsseldorf 1986 (unabridged new edition).
  • Bacchus doesn't have to mourn - a trip to the Moselle without heartache . Moewig, Rastatt 1986.
  • Everyday life in Trizonesia . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1986.
  • The red carpet. Big gala in Bonn . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ From the arctic winter to the Bonn republic . Youth Media Protection Report, 2011, Issue 5
  2. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

literature

  • But I really deserved it. Walter Henkels is eighty. Düsseldorf, Econ Verlag ( Festschrift , without ISBN)

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personal data
SURNAME Henkels, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Höhscheid, today Solingen
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1987
Place of death Bonn