Wolfgang Menge (10 April 1924 – 17 October 2012) was a German television

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and journalist.

Life

Menge worked as television

and journalist in Germany. He was married and had three sons.''Der Mann, der die Wirklichkeit ins Fernsehen holte.''
In: ''

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'', 18 October 2012

Filmography

Literature: Book: ''Ganz einfach – chinesisch'' in der Rowohlt Reihe: ''Koche froh mit rororo'', 1968, 580-

External links

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Wolfgang Menge
krimilexikon.de
„Kinojahre eines Televisionärs. Wolfgang Menge zum 85. Geburtstag“
film-dienst, 2009, Porträt von Gundolf Freyermuth
Zum Tod von Wolfgang Menge: ''Der Fernsehriese''
FAZ.Net, 18. October 2012

Interviews

Die Welt ''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...

, 23. January 2007
Wolfgang Menge: „Wahnsinnig witzig, kann ich Ihnen sagen“

Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...

, July 2009
„Wann ist ein Mann ein Mann“

Berliner Zeitung The ''Berliner Zeitung'' (, ''Berlin Newspaper'') is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in East Germany in 1945, it is the only East German paper to achieve national prominence since reunification. It is published by Berliner ...

, 27. May 2000,

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in interview with Wolfgang Menge

References

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