1. Peter Merseburger was a German journalist and author.
12 Facts About Peter Merseburger
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Peter Merseburger became known as television presenter of the political magazine Panorama that he moderated from 1967 to 1975, presenting controversial themes.
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Peter Merseburger studied German studies, modern history and sociology at the University of Wittenberg.
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Peter Merseburger moved to West Germany, became a member of the SPD in 1950, and completed his studies at the University of Marburg.
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Peter Merseburger moved on to Norddeutscher Rundfunk in 1956, and then to the Neue Ruhr-Zeitung.
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In 1974, a contribution by Alice Schwarzer about abortion was cancelled, and Peter Merseburger refused to moderate the broadcast.
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Peter Merseburger retired in 1991, and then worked as a freelance writer, living in Berlin and southern France.
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Peter Merseburger focused on biographies of persons influential in his lifetime, such as Kurt Schumacher, one of the founding fathers of postwar German democracy, Willy Brandt, the chancellor who prepared German reunification, Rudolf Augstein, the founder and publisher of Der Spiegel, and Theodor Heuss, the first Bundesprasident after World War II.
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Peter Merseburger interviewed people from Augstein's publishing house, friends and family.
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Peter Merseburger published an autobiography in 2021,.
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Peter Merseburger was married in second marriage to Sabine Rudiger and was the father of two children.
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Peter Merseburger died in Berlin on 15 February 2022, at the age of 93.