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- After graduating from high school in Breslau in 1920, he joined the German army. In 1923 Gehlen was promoted to lieutenant and in 1934 he was promoted to captain. In the meantime, Gehlen began studying at the War Academy in 1933, which he completed in 1935. Under the National Socialist government of Adolf Hitler he was appointed to the general staff in 1935/36. In 1939 Gehlen was promoted to major. He took part in the German attack on Poland that began in 1939 as first general staff officer of an infantry division. Gehlen also took part in the campaign against France and was appointed adjutant to Chief of General Staff Halder in October 1940. In April 1942, Gehlen was appointed head of the "Foreign Armies East" department in the General Staff of the German Army, where he was responsible for military reconnaissance in the East until 1945. In December 1942 Gehlen was promoted to colonel and towards the end of 1944 to major general.
From 1942 to 1945, Gehlen built up an extensive intelligence network in order to collect the necessary information, especially about the Red Army. However, in view of the German defeats in the Russian campaign, Gehlen's work increasingly lost credibility in Hitler's eyes, so he was replaced in April 1945 shortly before the German surrender. After the end of the war, Gehlen handed over his information network with extensive National Socialist intelligence material to the American occupying forces in 1945. Gehlen, who is said to have never been involved in politics during the Nazi regime in Germany despite his military career, was classified as not incriminated by the military tribunal in 1946. With the approval of the United States, the military expert was able to set up a foreign intelligence service in post-war Germany under the project name "Organization Gehlen", initially in Oberursel. In 1947 the organization moved to Pullach near Munich in order to be physically distant from the German seat of government. In 1955, the organization was officially handed over to the Federal Republic under the government of Konrad Adenauer.
On April 1, 1956, the Gehlen organization began its official work under the name "Federal Intelligence Service" (BND), which from then on was subordinate to the Federal Chancellery as an office. At the same time, the BND network in the GDR was dismantled towards the end of the 1950s. The infiltration of the BND by eastern agendas also cast a spectacular light on the organization and Gehlen. Domestic intelligence and his ideas about the meaning and function of the BND in the democratizing West German Republic also increasingly came under public criticism.
Nevertheless, Gehlen was able to continue to lead the successor organization BND as president beyond retirement age until May 1, 1968. In 1971 his book "The Service. Memories 1942-1971" was published.
Reinhard Gehlen died on June 8, 1979 in Berg, Starnberg district. - Fred Bertelmann was born on 7 October 1925 in Duisburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Gitarren klingen leise durch die Nacht (1960), Der lachende Vagabund (1958) and Das blaue Meer und Du (1959). He was married to Ruth Kappelsberger. He died on 22 January 2014 in Berg am Starnberger See, Bavaria, Germany.
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Franz Peter Wirth was born on 22 September 1919 in Munich, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Arms and the Man (1958), Ein Stück Himmel (1982) and Al Capone im deutschen Wald (1969). He died on 17 October 1999 in Berg, Bavaria, Germany.- Ruth Kappelsberger was born on 13 November 1927 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Drei weiße Birken (1961), False Shame (1958) and Das Schweigen im Walde (1955). She was married to Fred Bertelmann. She died on 5 September 2014 in Berg am Starnberger See, Bavaria, Germany.
- Jens Bahre was born on 24 October 1945 in Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Dicke und ich (1981), Nicki (1980) and Police Call 110 (1971). He died on 2 March 2007 in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany.
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Under the impression of the 1936 Olympic Games, which the twelve-year-old followed on the radio, Valérien decided to become a sports reporter. After the end of the Second World War, Valérien turned to journalism. He began working as a reporter for radio and television in 1949. Here he soon made a name for himself as a sports reporter. From the beginning of the 1950s to the mid-1990s, Valérien attended almost every Olympic Games as a sports journalist. However, he achieved greatest fame and popularity as the presenter of the "Aktuelle Sportstudio" on ZDF, which he hosted since 1963. As part of this program, Valérien campaigned for fair and humane conditions in competitive sports at an early stage. He emerged as a pioneer of the anti-doping movement.
Valérien was married to the Norwegian skier Randi since 1960, with whom he had two children. In 1973, the sports journalist attracted attention when he competed against the professional swimmer Werner Lampe and, despite a 30-year age difference, defeated the younger man in the swimming competition. In addition to the popular ZDF sports program, Valérien was also seen as a presenter in other programs. He also hosted the talk show "Live" and the traffic magazine "Telemotor" for the same station. After the advent of private television, he also worked for the channels Sat.1 and Premiere. The journalist also made a name for himself in the publishing sector, where he can point to numerous publications on major international sporting events.
In 1988, Valérien retired after 283 episodes of "Current Sports Studio". However, the popular sports journalist remained with his audience through numerous subsequent TV appearances. For his journalistic achievements, Valérien received numerous awards such as the "Golden Camera" in 1965, 1976 and 1988 and the "Golden Bambi" in 1972, 1979 and 1990. In May 2004, Edmund Stoiber presented him with the award Bavarian Television Prize 2004 the honorary award of the Bavarian Prime Minister.
Harry Valérien died at the age of 88 on October 12, 2012. He succumbed to heart failure.- Werner P. Zibaso was born on 5 August 1910 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse, Germany. Werner P. was a writer, known for Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958), Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken (1965) and Kommissar X jagt die roten Tiger (1971). Werner P. died on 23 April 1983 in Berg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Herbert Sievers was born on 22 February 1922 in Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Coriolan (1978) and Die Nacht im Grenzwald (1968). He died on 7 July 1993 in Berg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Kees Driehuis was born on 8 December 1951 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and editor, known for Sinterklaasjournaal (2001), Zembla (1995) and Sinterklaasjournaal: De Meezing Moevie (2009). He died on 29 October 2019 in Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.