ZDF-Magazin
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ZDF-Magazin was a West German
television news magazine, which ran on ZDF
from 1969 to 1988. It was presented by Gerhard Löwenthal
. It focused on communist-ruled Eastern Europe and was particularly known for reporting on human rights abuses there. The magazine was known for its conservative and anti-socialist views which lead to several controversial reactions from viewers and politicians.
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
television news magazine, which ran on ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
from 1969 to 1988. It was presented by Gerhard Löwenthal
Gerhard Löwenthal
Gerhard Löwenthal was a prominent German journalist, human rights activist and author. He presented the ZDF-Magazin, a news magazine of ZDF which highlighted human rights abuses in communist-ruled Eastern Europe, from 1969 to 1987...
. It focused on communist-ruled Eastern Europe and was particularly known for reporting on human rights abuses there. The magazine was known for its conservative and anti-socialist views which lead to several controversial reactions from viewers and politicians.
Literature
- Kathrin Gerlof: Gegenspieler: Gerhard Löwenthal, Karl-Eduard von SchnitzlerKarl-Eduard von SchnitzlerKarl-Eduard von Schnitzler was an East German journalist, propagandist, and host of the television show Der schwarze Kanal from March 21, 1960 to October 30, 1989....
. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3596141834 - Gerhard LöwenthalGerhard LöwenthalGerhard Löwenthal was a prominent German journalist, human rights activist and author. He presented the ZDF-Magazin, a news magazine of ZDF which highlighted human rights abuses in communist-ruled Eastern Europe, from 1969 to 1987...
/Helmut Kamphausen/Claus Peter Clausen: Hilferufe von drüben. Eine Dokumentation wider das Vergessen. 3. Auflage, Hänssler-Verlag, Holzgerlingen 2002, ISBN 3-7751-3807-2 - Auf den Spuren von Hilferufe von Drüben, in: Bürgerkomitee Sachsen-Anhalt (Hrsg.): Ost-West-, West-Ost-Geschichten, Magdeburg 1997