- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 137, pages 225-228. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Has two children, Karl-Friedrich (born in 1961) and Renate (born in 1962).
- German author and archivist, best known for his series of novels called "Deutsche Chronik" ("German Chronicle") and the monumental collection of autobiographies, reports and other documents by World War II witnesses, "Echolot".
- As he was accused of spying for the US military, he was imprisoned for 8 years in East Germany.
- Received Germany's Great Cross of Merit in 1996.
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