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Rudolf Karl Augstein (November 5, 1923 - November 7, 2002) was one of the most influential German journalists, founder and part-owner of Der Spiegel magazine. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ...
1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ...
Photo of the cover of the first issue of Der Spiegel (1/1947) Der Spiegel (German for The Mirror) is Germanys biggest and most influential weekly magazine, published in Hamburg, with a circulation of around one million per week. ...
Born in Hanover, Germany, he was a radio operator and artillery observer in Hitler's Wehrmacht during World War II. Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (German: Hannover [haˈnoËfÉ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ...
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ...
Wehrmacht listen? was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ...
He founded Der Spiegel in 1946/1947, which became (and still is) the most important investigative weekly magazine in Germany. During the Spiegel scandal in 1961 and 1962, he was arrested and jailed for several months, until Franz Josef Strauß was forced to resign as Minister of the Defense under continuing public protest. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ...
The Spiegel scandal of 1962 (in German, Spiegel-Affäre) was one of the major political scandals in Germany in the era after the second world war. ...
1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Franz Josef Strauß Dr. ...
Augstein became a member of the Bundestag in 1972, but gave back his seat already in 1973 to focus on his duties as a journalist. It has been speculated that he considered himself to exert much more influence with his magazine. The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ...
A hobby historian, Augstein published several successful books, among them Preußens Friedrich und die Deutschen (1981, ISBN 3891901062), Otto von Bismarck (1990, ISBN 3445060126), and, about his lifetime opponent, Überlebensgroß Herr Strauß. Ein Spiegelbild (1983, ISBN 3499330024). A historian is a person who studies history. ...
Since Stefan Aust became editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel, Augstein retreated more and more to private life, although he continued to publish commentaries regularly in the magazine almost until his death. For his lifetime achievements for peace, civil liberties and freedom of the press he was honoured with the title "Journalist of the century" in 2000 by 101 German journalists. Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public speech often through a state constitution for its citizens, and associations of individuals extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ...
Augstein married five times, the last time in 2000. He died on November 7, 2002 from pneumonia and was buried on the island of Sylt. The German island of Sylt is located in the North Sea off the coast of Germany and Denmark. ...
External links The Süddeutsche Zeitung is a quality German newspaper. ...
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