Dieter Sauberzweig (17 November 1925 – 28 December 2005) was a prominent commentator on

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cultural politics (''Kulturpolitiker'').

Life

Dieter Sauberzweig was born in Frankfurt (Oder), the son of

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career officer Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig. He grew up in

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and

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, where he graduated from high school in 1942. In the same year he was drafted into military service and served in

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. After the war he completed an apprenticeship in

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in 1947 and studied History, Education, Psychology and Philosophy at the

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. Between 1950 and 1971 he worked on several radio stations as a freelancer. From 1953 he worked at the Education Foundation of the German people (''Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes''). A year later received his doctorate in

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. In 1977 the new

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, invited Dieter Sauberzweig to become a senator for culture in his cabinet. He remained there until a new CDU Cabinet obliged him to vacate his seat in 1981. After 1981 Sauberzweig managed the German Institute of Urban Affairs (''Deutschen Instituts für Urbanistik'') in

. he held this position until 1991. In 1983, he was also Honorary Professor at the

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. From 1999 to 2002 he was curator of the Capital Cultural Fund (''Hauptstadtkulturfonds''). Sauberzweig was twice married and had two children.

Awards

*2001: ''Verdienstorden des Landes Berlin'' (Service Order of the State of Berlin)

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051244/https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?query=Woe%3D107403250&method=simpleSearch
Biographie von Dieter Sauberzweig (Uni Konstanz)

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