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Hans Rosenthal | |
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| Born | Hans Günter Rosenthal 2 April 1925 |
| Died | 10 February 1987(1987-02-10) (aged 61) |
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| Years active | 1945–1986 |
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Hans Rosenthal (2 April 1925 – 10 February 1987) was aGerman radio editor, director, and one of the most popular German radio and television hosts of the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
Rosenthal grew up in aJewish family on Winsstraße No. 63, in thePrenzlauer Berg district ofBerlin. His childhood was marked by an aggressiveantisemitic atmosphere, the result of rising GermanNazism. His father died of kidney failure in 1937 after he had lost his job atDeutsche Bank AG. When his mother died ofcolorectal cancer in 1941, Hans and his younger brother Gert (born 1932) found themselves in the orphanage. Starting in 1940, Hans was forced to participate inunfree labour, while his brother was deported and like many other relatives murdered in theHolocaust. After Hans escaped the last major roundup of Berlin Jews (theFabrikaktion) in early 1943, he went into hiding and until 1945 was able to stay at asafe house in a small garden allotment in Berlin-Lichtenberg, where three German women helped him to survive.[2]
After the war, Rosenthal began an apprenticeship as an assistant director atBerliner Rundfunk, a public broadcaster. However, he soon came into conflict with the supervisors of theSoviet Military Administration and from 1948 onwards worked for theRundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS), a broadcaster controlled by theAmerican occupying forces. He became chief entertainment editor and soon began hosting his own radio quiz shows:Allein gegen alle [de],Wer fragt, gewinnt [de;fr],Das klingende Sonntagsrätsel [de;fr],Spaß muß sein [de] (broadcast from London'sParis Theatre during the1966 FIFA World Cup),Opas Schlagerfestival [de],Da ist man sprachlos,Die Rückblende [de] andDie Insulaner [de;fr]. Later on the GermanZDF public television channel, he presented shows likeGut gefragt ist halb gewonnen [de],Rate mal mit Rosenthal [de;nds],KO OK [de],Das Schlagerfestival der 20er Jahre, andDalli Dalli [de;nds], a co-production withORF, an Austrian broadcaster.
The most popular of these, the TV showDalli, Dalli (derived fromKashubian:dali, dali! orPolish:dalej!, "Hurry Up!"), aired 153 times from 1971 to 1986. Celebrities had to compete in several fast-paced quiz rounds and games of skill, critiqued by a panel of judges. Even today, Rosenthal is known in Germany for his catchphraseSie sind der Meinung, das war ... ? ("So you all think that was... ?") when he thought something impressive had been done. The TV audience then answeredSpitze! ("Great!"), at which point Rosenthal would jump into the air. Because he was not tall, he was often referred to affectionately asHänschen Rosenthal (literally "Little Hans").
He was a member of theCentral Council of Jews in Germany from the 1960s onwards.[3] He often took his vacation inUtersum on the island ofFöhr, of which he was eventually made an honorary citizen. From 1965 until 1973 Rosenthal was chairman of theTennis Borussia Berlin football club. Rosenthal started a foundation calledSchnelle Hilfe in Akuter Not (which roughly translates as "Fast Help in Dire Need").
In 1980, Rosenthal published his autobiographyZwei Leben in Deutschland ("Two Lives in Germany").[4] In 1986, along withPaul Spiegel, he started an international media agency, which promoted actors, TV presenters and artists. In the same year Rosenthal fell ill withstomach cancer and was no longer able to work as a TV host. He died in 1987 in Berlin, aged 61.
Hans Rosenthal (1925–1987), perhaps the best-known Jew in postwar Germany, was one of the most popular German television masters-of-ceremony. Rosenthal, who had survived the war in hiding in Berlin, was actively engaged in Jewish ...
Direktoriumsmitglied des Zentralrates der Juden in Deutschland. Er erhielt 1972 das Bundesverdienstkreuz. Der Platz vor dem RIAS – Gebäude erhielt den Namen Hans-Rosenthal-Platz.
... Deutschland beschreiben und in denen Internate und Waisenhäuser ebenfalls eine Rolle spielen. So beschreibt der spätere Fernsehmoderator Hans Rosenthal in seiner Autobiographie "Zwei Leben in Deutschland" (1980), wie er 1941 ...
In Berlin the square in front of RIAS ( Radio in the American Sector ) was renamed for Hans Rosenthal , a popular Jewish television personality who died in 1987.
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