You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter of the TV journalist Alexander von Bentheim (1931-2006), moderator of the Berlin evening show (SFB) and the ARD daily topics.

Addressed to a Hans; Congratulations on the 50th Date of birth.

Undated, probably around 1970 (address with old postal code 1 Berlin 19).

Although signed "Ursula and Alexander", it was written by Alexander von Bentheim, since he writes about "Uschi und ich".

Scope: an A4 page.

Condition:Paper a bit creased. please noteen also the pictures!

Internal note: 2d/7

About Alexander von Bentheim (source: wikipedia):

Alexander von Bentheim (* April 1931 in Jena; † 12. December 2006 in Berlin) was a German journalist. He worked as a presenter of the Berliner Abendschau of the broadcaster Freies Berlin and the ARD Tagesthemen.

Life: He grew up in Berlin. In the early 1950s he did an apprenticeship as a typesetter in a printing shop and was an amateur boxer. From 1953 to 1955 he worked at the Tempelhof printing house as an advertising salesman for Ullstein Verlag.

Bentheim became a radio reporter at Sender Freies Berlin (SFB). on the 1st On September 1, 1958, he was one of the first editors of the TV local news Berliner Abendschau, for which he soon moderated as one of the anchormen. In 1962 he reported on Peter Fechter's failed escape at the Berlin Wall, in 1963 on the visit of US President John F. Kennedy to Berlin, in 1964 he started the series Berliner Strassen heute, which was intended to show East Berliners the west of the city.

He also commented on sports broadcasts for ARD, especially boxing matches and ice hockey games. From 1970 to 1972 he was the face of the ARD Olympic magazine. From 1978 to 1980 he was the founding moderator of the ARD Tagesthemen together with Klaus Stephan and Wolf von Lojewski. In 1983 he initiated the SFB series Rückblende and presented the morning format Umschau for ARD. In 1990 von Bentheim took early retirement due to health problems.

His daughter Irina von Bentheim is an editor at RBB and a voice actress. His son Nicolai von Bentheim (1960-2001) worked as an actor and voice actor. Bentheim was friends with the boxer Bubi Scholz, the painter Reinhold W. Timm and the boxing promoter Klaus Speer.