Georg Friedrich Alexan

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Georg Friedrich Alexan (born Georg Kupfermann on 12 July 1901 in Mannheim; died on 11 January 1994 in Dornum) [1] was a Jewish German journalist, best remembered as the editor-in-chief of the East German newspaper USA in Wort und Bild . [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ DNB: Alexan, Georg Friedrich
  2. ↑ Wer war wer in der DDR? : ein Lexikon ostdeutscher Biographien (5., aktualisierte und erw. Neuausg ed.). Links. ISBN   978-3-86153-561-4.
  3. ↑ SED-Diktatur, Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der. "Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur | Recherche | Biographische Datenbanken". bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de (in German).
  4. ↑ R. Tauscher: Satire of the Exile . Hamburg 1992.
  5. ↑ E. Anderson: Love in Exile . Berlin 2007.
  6. ↑ Irene Runge: Preface to the reprint of "In the trench of the home" . Mannheim 2008.
  7. ↑ "Georg Friedrich Alexan Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin". archiv.adk.de (in German).
  8. ↑ "Literature by and about Georg Friedrich Alexan in the catalog of the German National Library". portal.dnb.de (in German).


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