Theo Sommer
German journalist (1930-2022) · Germany · On the map · Journalists · Died at 92
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).
Theo Sommer is read about 54 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 June 2026
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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.
