Lissy Schmidt
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Lissy Schmidt (ca. 1959 – 3 April 1994), also known by her pseudonyms Milena Ergen and Petra Sert,[1] was a German journalist who worked for the Agence France Presse, Frankfurter Rundschau (Frankfurt), and Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin).[2] She and her driver were both killed in an ambush outside of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, while she was reporting about the Iraqi Kurds.[2][3][4] The publication of one of her books in Turkish led to its ban in Turkey and provoked a freedom of expression case in Europe.[5]
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Born | ca. 1959 |
Died | 3 April 1994 (Age 35) Sulaymaniyah, Iraq |
Nationality | German |
Other names | Milena Ergen & Petra Sert |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | since the 1980s |
Employer(s) | Agence France Presse, Frankfurter Rundschau, and Der Tagesspiegel |
Known for | her reports on Kurds in Turkey and Iraq |
Notable work | Tatort Kurdistan, Wie Teuer Ist Die Freiheit |
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