Carola Stern | |
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![]() Carola Stern photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2004 | |
Born | Erika Assmus 14 November 1928 Ahlbeck, Island of Usedom, Pomerania, Germany |
Died | 19 January 2006 Berlin, Germany |
Occupation | Spy writer journalist broadcaster |
Nationality | German |
Spouse | Heinz Zöger (1915–2000) |
Carola Stern ( 14 November 1925 – 19 January 2006[1]) 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.[2]
She was a co-founder of the German section of the Human Rights organisation, Amnesty International.[2][3]
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".[2]