Dr. Christoph von Marschall
Dr. Christoph von Marschall (born 1959 in Freiburg, Germany) has been lead opinion editor at Der Tagesspiegel since 1995. He is presently working as a US Correspondent in Washington. He also worked at the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich as a correspondent in Hungary from 1989 to 1990. He studied East European History and Political Science in Freiburg, Mainz, and Krakau, and obtained his doctorate in 1988. He was awarded a Kellen Fellowship in 1999 that enabled him to spend one month each working at The New Republic and The Wisconsin State Journal. In 2002, he received the German-American Commentary Award of the Foreign Office for a commentary post related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. His 2007 book about then-candidate Barack Obama received much attention.
Dr. Christoph von Marshall
Education:
1978 "Abitur" (A-levels) in Frankfurt am Main
1978/79 Compulsatory service with the German Air Force
from 1979 Studies of Central European History, Ancient History, Political Science and Geography in Freiburg, Mainz and Cracow / Poland
1988 PhD in Freiburg, Thesis on "Freedom in Unfreedom. The National Autonomy of the Poles in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Austrian Hungarian treaty of 1867"
1989-1990: Süddeutsche Zeitung, news department. In August 1989 covering the flight of GDR-refugees through Hungary, later on the revolutions in Romania and Bulgaria.
Since 1991 with "Der Tagesspiegel", Berlin, the leading daily in the German capital,
1995-2005 Editorial Page Editor
Since August 2005 US Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief.
Awards:
2002 German-American Commentary Award „Arthur F. Burns“
2005 German-Polish Journalist Award
2005 Order of merits for the Polish State awarded by the Polish President („Cavaliers Cross“)
Book:
2008 „Barack Obama. Der schwarze Kennedy”, Orell Füssli Verlag, Zürich Bestseller among political biografies in Germany; published as well in Japan end of July 2008 and in Poland end of August 2008
