Werner Holzer

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Werner Holzer (born October 21, 1926 in Zweibrücken ; † November 14, 2016 ) was a German journalist and publicist . From 1973 to 1991 he was editor-in-chief of the Frankfurter Rundschau .

Life

Werner Holzer served as a soldier in World War II . He was badly wounded; he owes his survival to a Russian soldier. He passed his Abitur examination in Bavaria and then studied history , philosophy and newspaper studies in Munich .

Holzer began his journalistic career as an editor at Mannheimer Morgen . He then switched to the magazine Der Ruf - Independent Papers of the Younger Generation - as head of service . From 1948/49 he worked in Munich for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Abendzeitung . From 1950 to 1953, Holzer was involved in setting up an article service across the USA. He then moved to the Frankfurter Rundschau , where he worked as head of the service until 1964. Holzer then worked as a special correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger .

Reporting from the Third World was a focus of his journalistic activities . In his reports from Africa, Southeast Asia and the USA he reported on the relationship between industrialized and developing countries, the effects of the colonial era and racial conflicts.

In 1973 he took over the editor-in-chief from the late publisher and editor of the Frankfurter Rundschau , Karl Gerold . Under his leadership, the circulation rose from 150,000 to 200,000 copies. He retired on January 1, 1992, but remained associated with the newspaper as an author and consultant. His successor as editor-in-chief was Roderich Reifenrath .

Holzer also worked as an author, presenter and commentator for radio and television. At the beginning of 1993 he hosted a news show on the private television station VOX together with the former foreign correspondent for Stern magazine , Wibke Bruhns .

From 1986 Holzer was chairman of the General Assembly of Inter Nationes in Bonn. In addition, he was a member of the German PEN center .

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • The naked face of Africa . Nest Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1961, OCLC 4151514 .
  • Europe: where from - where to? Two volumes. Ner-Tamid, Frankfurt am Main 1963, DNB 452091349 :
    • Part 1 and Part 2: The Germans and the French (= From Yesterday to Tomorrow , Volume 17/18, special print series; No. 17).
  • 26 times Africa (= panoramas of the modern world ), Piper, Munich 1967 OCLC 174538689 .
  • Vietnam or the freedom to die . Piper, Munich 1968 OCLC 6033730 .
  • With the heirs of Ho Chi Minh (= SVM facts ). Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-7991-5853-7 .
  • 20 times Europe, panorama of half a continent (= panoramas of the modern world ). Piper, Munich 1972 ISBN 3-492-01945-5 .
  • as editor, with Rainer Münz: Trend reversal? Language and ethnicity in Burgenland . Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85165-051-4 .
  • What does the world cost? American dreams, transatlantic doubts , edited by Wilhelm von Sternburg. Aufbau-Taschenbuch 8523, Aufbau, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-7466-8523-0 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Former editor-in-chief of the “Frankfurter Rundschau” has died . dpa report in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , November 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Richard Meng : A citizen of the world in the best sense. Werner Holzer, editor-in-chief of FR for almost two decades, died at the age of 90. In: Frankfurter Rundschau of November 16, 2016, pp. 20–21.
  3. ↑ a b Werner D'Inka : A journalist with body and soul. Former editor-in-chief Werner Holzer has died . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt edition, November 16, 2016, p. 34.
  4. ^ The winners of the 2015 competition: "Refugees in Hessen". In: Hessian Journalist Prize . Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Holzer, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Zweibrücken
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2016