Hellmut Andics

Hellmut Andics (25 August 1922  19 August 1998) was an Austrian journalist, publicist and writer.

Life

The son of an anti-clerical and German nationalist corps students with sympathies for the communal housing program of the "Red Vienna" of the interwar period had maternal Jewish ancestry - a family situation that should find its echo in his work. After military service in World War II Andics became a journalist and worked as an editor, inter alia, the new Austria and the press.

From 1 March 1979 to 31 December 1980 was Andics director of the Burgenland Festival integrated lock Kobersdorf and Joseph Haydn days, Eisenstadt. From 11 October 1982 to 27 October 1986, he was director of the ORF Regional Studio Burgenland.

He is best known for its contemporary history reports and documentaries. He also wrote the screenplay for the television series Ringstraßenpalais. Also for the five-part documentary television film Civil War in Russia, which the ZDF in 1967 under the direction of Wolfgang Schleif produced, he wrote the book. He also had the idea for the television series The Salzbaron by Bernd Fischerauer. Andics was the father of two sons (Eric and Maximilian) and had three grandchildren (Daniel, Therese and Sophie).

Hellmut Andics died in his apartment in Vienna in the early morning hours of August 19, 1998, of heart failure, he was buried in the arcade fire hall Simmering near the urn niche of Rudolf Saliger.

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