Merseburger, Peter, 1928-

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Name (Latin)
Merseburger, Peter, 1928-
Date of birth
1928-05-09
Date of death
2022-02-15
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 270013491
Wikidata: Q125528
Library of congress: n 82250835
Sources of Information
  • His Die unberechenbare Vormacht, c1983:t.p. (Peter Merseburger) jkt. (b. 1928; since 1982 heads ARD-Studio DDR in Berlin)
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Wikipedia description:

Peter Merseburger (9 May 1928 – 15 February 2022) was a German journalist and author. After working for newspapers and the magazine Der Spiegel, he moved to the broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in 1965. He became known as a television presenter of the political magazine Panorama that he moderated from 1967 to 1975, presenting controversial themes. From 1977, he was a correspondent for ARD in several capital cities such as Washington, D.C., East Berlin and London. After retirement in 1991, he turned to writing biographies of influential persons including Kurt Schumacher, Willy Brandt, Rudolf Augstein, and Theodor Heuss.

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