Georg Friedrich Alexan

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Georg Friedrich Alexan
Born
Georg Kupfermann

12 July 1901
Mannheim, Germany
Died11 January 1994
Dornum, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationJournalist
Known forEditor-in-chief of USA in Wort und Bild

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).