Rolf Zick
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| Born | 16 April 1921 |
| Died | 8 March 2024 (aged 102) Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
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Rolf Zick (16 April 1921 – 8 March 2024) was a German journalist.
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 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]
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
- 1981 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1994 Lower Saxony Order of Merit
- 2011 Niedersächsische Landesmedaille
- 2011 Honorary president of Landespressekonferenz Niedersachsen
- 2020 Leibniz Ring Hanover of Presse Club Hannover
- 2021 Honorary president of Presse Club Hannover
