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Rolf Zick

Rolf Zick (16 April 1921 – 8 March 2024) was a German journalist.

Rolf Zick
Zick in 2013
Born(1921-04-16)16 April 1921
Dransfeld, Province of Hanover, Prussia, Germany
Died8 March 2024(2024-03-08) (aged 102)
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Occupation
  • Journalist

Life and career

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Zick was born in Dransfeld on 16 April 1921 to a family of teachers.[1] His father was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1924 to 1933, and a member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. Zick reported that his sister was killed under the Nazi regime among the [[Krankenmorde in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus |Krankenmorde,]] [de ] although her name is not officially listed,[2] and his father was degraded and relocated under the Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums.

Zick achieved his Abitur at the Martino-Katharineum Braunschweig  [de] in 1939 and was then drafted to the Wehrmacht.[3][4][5] He experienced 70 bombings of Hanover as a FLAK commander,[6] and was a Soviet prisoner of war until 1948 during which he reports being abused for medical experiments.[7][8]

 
Zick at the Niedersächsischer Landtag, 2013

He then began his career as a journalist with local news in Göttingen.[9] He moved to Hanover in 1960 and reported for decades on state politics in Lower Saxony. He founded an independent press office in 1974, Nordreport, and worked as its chief.[10] He also served as president of the state press conference of Lower Saxony from 1971 to 1990.

His daughter Anne-Maria Zick continued the Nordreport, which eventually merged with the [[Rundblick |Rundblick.]] [de ][11] Zick died in Hanover on 8 March 2024, at the age of 102.[1]

Awards

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Publications

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  • (with Burkhard Nowotny): Hörfunk in Grossbritannien. Privater Lokalrundfunk, Verband Nordwestdeutscher Zeitungsverleger, 1980
  • (with Maria Haldenwanger, Rolf Manfred Hasse): Kostbarkeiten in Bibliotheken Niedersachsens, ed.: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bibliotheken in Niedersachsen, Hannover 1996
  • Ich war dabei und habe überlebt ISBN 3-00-002062-4, 1997 (5th edition, 2002)[12]
  • Die Landespressekonferenz am Puls des Geschehens, LPK, Hannover 1997, ISBN 3-00-002338-0
  • Landesverkehrswacht Niedersachsen: 50 Jahre jung – Eine Dokumentation, Landesverkehrswacht Niedersachsen, 2001
  • Die CDU in Niedersachsen: eine Chronik, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sankt Augustin 2008, ISBN 978-3-940955-28-9
  • 60 Jahre Zahnärztekammer Niedersachsen – Eine Chronik 1949-2009, Zahnärztekammer Niedersachsen, 2009
  • Walter Hirche – Ein Liberaler aus Niedersachsen, Georg Olms Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-487-08534-0
  • Ein starkes Land im Herzen Europas: die CDU in Niedersachsen 1945 bis 2015, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sankt Augustin, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95721-190-3
  • Der letzte Zeitzeuge : Ein halbes Jahrhundert hinter der landespolitischen Bühne, ed. by Presse Club Hannover, Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, Zürich, New York 2021, ISBN 978-3-487-08635-4.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mit 102 Jahren: Hannoverscher Journalist Rolf Zick verstorben". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Liste der Namen von Opfern der NS-"Euthanasie"". Bundesarchiv (in German). 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Drei rüstige Alte feiern Kronjuwelen-Abitur". Braunschweiger Zeitung (in German). 8 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Rof Zick: "Am Ende der Kräfte"". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Mit Rolf Zick verliert der Journalismus eine seiner prägendsten Gestalten". Rundblick Niedersachsen (in German). 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Gespräch mit dem Zeitzeugen Rolf Zick (99): "Corona und Krieg? Um Gottes Willen: Das kann man doch nicht vergleichen!"". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Leibniz-Ring: Journalist Rolf Zick ausgezeichnet" (in German). NDR. 21 October 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Rolf Zick erinnert an Friedland". Museum Friedland (in German). 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Rolf Zick teilt noch gut aus". FAZ (in German). 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Ministerpräsident ehrt Rolf Zick". Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei (in German). 30 April 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Reporter-Legende Rolf Zick wird zum 90. geehrt". Kreiszeitung (in German). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  12. ^ Löblicher Beitrag: Erlebnisbericht eines Kriegsgefangenen (in German) Das Ostpreußenblatt/Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 March 2003
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