Wolf Jobst Siedler (17 January 1926 – 27 November 2013) was a German

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and writer.

Life

Born in

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, he studied at the Freie Universität and worked as a journalist. His publishing house ''Wolf Jobst Siedler Verlag'' was bought in 1989 by Bertelsmann-Gruppe. He has authored several books and wrote for many German publications including the ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Junge Freiheit''. Siedler was interviewed about his assessments of

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in the docudrama ''

Speer und Er ''Speer und Er'' (literally "Speer and He", released as ''Speer and Hitler: The Devil's Architect'') is a three-part German docudrama starring Sebastian Koch as Albert Speer and Tobias Moretti as Adolf Hitler. It mixes historical film material ...

''.

Notable works

* '' Die gemordete Stadt'' ("The Murdered City"), a classic critique of post-war German urban planning, with Elisabeth Niggemeyer and Gina Angress

Honours

* Karl-Friedrich-Schinkel-Ring * Ernst-Robert-Curtius-Preis * Deutscher Nationalpreis (2002) * Gerhard Löwenthal Prize, honorary prize

References

Sources

Clive James Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts'' (2007) 1926 births 2013 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German male writers Writers from Berlin People from Steglitz-Zehlendorf {{Germany-writer-stub