The writer and journalist Ralph Giordano is the age of 91 years died in Cologne. His undoing a femoral neck fracture he had suffered a few weeks ago in a fall at his home: From the OP he never recovered
. Giordano died Tuesday night in a hospital in Cologne, such as the “Express” online reported. It was a hip fracture, which he had suffered a few weeks ago in a fall at his home undoing. Of the consequences of the fall and subsequent surgery, the well-known writer and journalist not recovered. This was confirmed by Helge Malchow, Giordano’s publisher at “Kiepenheuer and Malevich,” the newspaper.
“A declaration of war, a land grab on foreign territory”
Giordano’s most famous work is the autobiographical family saga “The Bertinis” in 1982, played in his native city of Hamburg. Giordano always participated actively in the intellectual and political debates in the country. Most recently, he caused a stir when he violently the construction of large mosques in Germany criticized: His eyes were these “Giga-mosques” a claim to power “. It is a declaration of war, it is a land grab on foreign territory” Giordano stressed that he do not turn against all Muslims but against a creeping Islamization.
“Whether Christian or Muslim, left or right, creditors or atheist, who damaged democracy that findeth to do it with me. This is my political testament, “Giordano said in a moving ceremony on his 90th birthday.
In a cellar hole before Nazis hiding
Giordano, who grew up in Hamburg, had the traditional high school Johannine 1940 leave at the age of 17 years because his mother was Jewish. To avoid deportation, his family hid from the Nazis then in a cellar hole. The fight against legislation became his life’s theme. He wrote 23 books, many of which were bestsellers, and abroad. His main works include not only the autobiographical family saga “The Bertinis” the works “The second guilt or the load to be a German” and “If Hitler had won the war.”
Much has been observed his autobiography “Memories of survivors can”. Giordano also made numerous television documentaries. Since 1972 he lived in Cologne.
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