Fritz Pleitgen

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German journalist and author (1938-2022)

Germany JournalistsLived 1938 to 2022 · aged 84

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Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik.

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Pleitgen in 2010

Awards 10

2017Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass-Preis

2012Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2010language adulterator award

2007Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia

2007Kulturgroschen

2005Charlemagne Medal for European Media

2004Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer

2003German-Turkish friendship Prize

1999Georg Schulhoff Award

1995Saure Gurke

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ChildFrederik Pleitgen

Connected to Fritz 6

Inga AbelAlso in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)

Wolfgang GrönebaumAlso in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)

Guido GagliardiAlso in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)

Ludwig HaasAlso in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)

Rebecca Siemoneit-BarumAlso in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)

Sybille WauryAlso in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)

About this person

Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. In 1988, Pleitgen became editor-in-chief of television of Germany's then-largest public broadcaster, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), and was director of WDR from 1995 to 2007. He is regarded as one of the most influential German journalists and media makers. In 2010, he was the manager of Ruhr.2010, a project of European Capital of Culture.

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Germany