Claus Jacobi (4 January 1927 – 17 August 2013) was the editor of the German news magazine ''

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'' from 1962–1968. He was arrested during the

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. Jacobi was born and died in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

. In 1946, he started his journalistic career. His wife Heidi (they married in 1971) unexpectedly died on 21 February 2012 in her sleep.

Works (excerpt)

* ''Die menschliche Springflut'', 1969 (~ The population explosion of mankind) * ''Uns bleiben 100 Jahre. Ursachen und Auswirkungen der Bevölkerungsexplosion'', 1986, (~ We still have 100 years. Reasons for and effects of the population explosion) * ''Fremde, Freunde, Feinde. Eine private Zeitgeschichte'', 1991, * ''Aufbruch zwischen Elbe und Oder. Die neuen deutschen Länder'', 1995, (~ start-up between Elbe and Oder. The new German Bundesländer) * ''50 Jahre Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1946–1996'', 1996 * ''Der Schokoladenkönig. Das unglaubliche Leben des

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'', 1997, * ''Unsere fünfzig Jahre. Erinnerungen eines Zeitzeugen'', 1999, * ''Im Rad der Geschichte. Deutsche Verhältnisse'', 2002, * ''Der Verleger

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. Eine Biographie aus der Nähe'', 2005,

References

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