Theo Sommer
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Theo Sommer was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for Die Zeit in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for Die Zeit shaped the paper's social-liberal attitude. He advocated the policy of détente with the Eastern bloc states (Entspannungspolitik).
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Marvin MandelAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Maryland
Bantz J. CraddockAlso won Gold Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr
Josef JoffeAlso won Theodor Wolff award
Walter HomolkaAlso won Gold Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr
William Henry TunnerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Maryland
Karl-Hermann FlachAlso won Theodor Wolff awardAbout this person
Theo Sommer was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for Die Zeit in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for Die Zeit shaped the paper's social-liberal attitude. He advocated the policy of détente with the Eastern bloc states (Entspannungspolitik). From 1992, Sommer was publisher of Die Zeit, together with Marion Dönhoff and Helmut Schmidt. He was considered one of Germany's authorities on international relations and strategic issues.
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