Rolf Zick | |
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Died | 8 March 2024
Hannover,
Lower Saxony, Germany | (aged 102)
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Rolf Zick (16 April 1921 – 8 March 2024) was a German journalist.
Rolf Zick was born in Dransfeld on 16 April 1921 to a family of teachers. [1] His father was a member of the SPD from 1924 to 1933, and also a member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. Zick reported that his sister was killed under the Nazi regime among the Krankenmorde , but 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 in 1939 and was then drafted to the Wehrmacht. [3] [4] [5] He experienced 70 bombings of Hanover as a FLAK commander. [6] Zick was a Soviet prisoner of war until 1948 where he was abused for medical experiments, according to his reports. [7] [8]
Zick then began his career as a journalist with local news in Göttingen. [9] He moved to Hannover in 1960 and reported for decades about state politics of Lower Saxony. He founded an independent press office in 1974, Nordreport, and worked as its chief. [10] He served as president of the state press conference of Lower Saxony from 1971 to 1990.
His daughter Anne-Maria Zick continued the Nordreport, which merged with the Rundblick . [11] Rolf Zick died in Hannover on 8 March 2024, at the age of 102. [1]
Rolf Zick | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 March 2024
Hannover,
Lower Saxony, Germany | (aged 102)
Occupation |
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Rolf Zick (16 April 1921 – 8 March 2024) was a German journalist.
Rolf Zick was born in Dransfeld on 16 April 1921 to a family of teachers. [1] His father was a member of the SPD from 1924 to 1933, and also a member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. Zick reported that his sister was killed under the Nazi regime among the Krankenmorde , but 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 in 1939 and was then drafted to the Wehrmacht. [3] [4] [5] He experienced 70 bombings of Hanover as a FLAK commander. [6] Zick was a Soviet prisoner of war until 1948 where he was abused for medical experiments, according to his reports. [7] [8]
Zick then began his career as a journalist with local news in Göttingen. [9] He moved to Hannover in 1960 and reported for decades about state politics of Lower Saxony. He founded an independent press office in 1974, Nordreport, and worked as its chief. [10] He served as president of the state press conference of Lower Saxony from 1971 to 1990.
His daughter Anne-Maria Zick continued the Nordreport, which merged with the Rundblick . [11] Rolf Zick died in Hannover on 8 March 2024, at the age of 102. [1]