Hans-Dieter Lange (20 June 1926 – 18 May 2012) was a

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TV journalist and anchorman of the

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newscast

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Biography

Lange was born in Elbing (Elbląg),

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. After passing his ''

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'' he started to attend the stage school in Danzig. In 1944, he was drafted to the

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and became a

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in 1945. Until 1946 he was deployed as an ambulanceman for the

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.biography
Lange worked as an actor at the theaters of

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and

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and started to work for the East German radio in 1950 and the East German TV station in 1963. Until 1990 he presented the main newscast ''Aktuelle Kamera''.

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* 1926 births 2012 deaths People from Elbląg People from East Prussia German television journalists East German television personalities East German journalists German broadcast news analysts German military personnel of World War II German prisoners of war in World War II Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver {{Germany-journalist-stub