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Jörg Friedrich (Historian)
Jörg Friedrich may refer to: *Jörg Friedrich (author), German author *Jörg Friedrich (rower) Jörg Friedrich (born 7 July 1959) is a German Rowing (sport), rower who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rathenow. In 1980, he won the gold medal as crew member of the East German boat in the Rowi ..., German rower * Jörg Friedrich (architect), German architect {{Hndis, Friedrich, Jörg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörg Friedrich (author)
Jörg Friedrich (sometimes spelled Joerg or Jorg in English) (born 17 August 1944 in Kitzbühel) is a German author and historian. Friedrich is best known for his publication ''Der Brand'' (2002), in which he portrays the Allied bombing of civilian targets during World War II as systematic and in many ways pointless mass murder. An English translation, ''The Fire'', was published in 2006 by Columbia University Press and met with widespread critical approval. For example, the ''New York Times'' said it "describes in stark, unrelenting and very literary detail what happened in city after city as the Allies dropped 80 million incendiary bombs on Germany..... There is... an edginess to Friedrich's writing and commentary, an emotional power." Friedrich was formerly considered a left-wing antiwar activist and described as a student Trotskyist. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Germany, and some have also been translated into English, Dutch, French and many other lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörg Friedrich (rower)
Jörg Friedrich (born 7 July 1959) is a German Rowing (sport), rower who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rathenow. In 1980, he won the gold medal as crew member of the East German boat in the Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's eight, men's eight competition. References External links * * * 1959 births Living people People from Rathenow Sportspeople from Bezirk Potsdam East German male rowers Rowers from Brandenburg Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |