Karl Ewald Böhm

Karl Ewald Böhm (5 March 1913 – 16 May 1977, Berlin) was an East German writer who also served as Director of the Central Publishing Department in the country's Ministry for Culture. The department was responsible for Censorship.

Böhm also wrote using the pseudonym "Peter Porst".

Life Born 5 March 1913, in Nuremberg, Böhm's father was a bookbinder. He started school in 1919 in Nuremberg, leaving with his school examinations successfully negotiated in 1932. In 1932 and 1933, he studied Economics and Newspaper journalism at the Nuremberg Academy for Economics and Social Sciences.

Publications Atomkraft – Atomkrieg. Berlin 1949, under the Pseudonym Peter Porst, together with G. Klaus Gigant Atom. Berlin 1956 Auf dem Weg zu fernen Welten. Berlin 1958 together with R. Dörge: Unsere Welt von morgen. Berlin 1960 Schauplatz Zukunft. Berlin 1974