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Valentin Senger

1918 – 1997

German writer

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Lived 1918 – 1997 (aged 78). Valentin Senger was a German writer, journalist, autobiographer, television editor and editing staff.

Valentin Senger (28 December 1918, in Frankfurt – 4 September 1997, in Frankfurt) was a German writer and journalist. He is best known for his 1978 autobiography, Kaiserhofstraße 12, recounting his childhood at the central Frankfurt street Kaiserhofstraße as the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who survived the Nazi era undetected. The book appeared in English in 1980 under the title The Invisible Jew, and was adapted into a motion picture in the same year.

Works Die Brücke von Kassel. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1954 Am seidenen Faden. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1956 Kaiserhofstraße 12. Darmstadt/Neuwied 1978, Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt am Main 2010 Kurzer Frühling. Frankfurt/Main, 1984 (with Klaus Meier-Ude): Die jüdischen Friedhöfe in Frankfurt/Main. 3. ed., Frankfurt/M 2004 (first ed. 1985) Einführung in die Sozialpolitik. Soziale Sicherheit für alle. Reinbek bei Hamburg, Mai 1970 Die Buchsweilers. Frankfurt/Main 1994 (first ed. Hamburg und Zürich 1991) Das Frauenbad und andere jüdische Geschichten. Munich 1994 Der Heimkehrer. Eine Verwunderung über die Nachkriegszeit. First ed. Munich 1995 Die rote Turnhose und andere Fahnengeschichten. Munich 1997

Film Kaiserhofstraße 12 (dir. , 1980), with Christoph Eichhorn

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Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main

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Who was Valentin Senger?

German writer (1918–1997)

When was Valentin Senger born?

Valentin Senger was born on 28 December 1918 in Frankfurt.

When did Valentin Senger die?

Valentin Senger died on 4 September 1997 in Frankfurt.

What was Valentin Senger's occupation?

Valentin Senger was a writer, journalist, autobiographer, television editor and editing staff.

What nationality was Valentin Senger?

Valentin Senger was German.

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· Wikipedia: Valentin Senger

· Wikidata: Q122319

· DBpedia: Valentin Senger

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