Rolf Zick
German journalist (1921–2024)
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Rolf Zick (16 April 1921 – 8 March 2024) was a German journalist.
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| Born | 16 April 1921 |
| Died | 8 March 2024 (aged 102) Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
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Life and career
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
Publications
- (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]
