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Carola Stern (German journalist and historian)

  • Erika Asmuß
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Stern, Carola
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Gender
Female
Date of birth
1925-11-14
Place of birth
Ahlbeck
Date of death
2006-01-19
Place of death
Berlin

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Carola Stern ( 14 November 1925 – 19 January 2006) was the name under which Erika Assmus reinvented herself as a serious journalist and (subsequently) author and politically committed television presenter, after she was obliged to relocate at short notice from East Germany to West Germany in 1951.

She was a co-founder of the German section of the Human Rights organisation, Amnesty International.

She was held in high regard by her fellow writers, and was the vice-president of the energetic German Section of PEN International between 1987 and 1995, after which she became a PEN "Honorary President".

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Goodreads Author ID
656425
ISNI
0000000081274353
LibraryThing Author
sterncarola
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL295899A
VIAF
49267160
Wikidata ID
Q1044263

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2024-07-28