Bernd Kaufholz

Bernd Kaufholz, born in Magdeburg in 1952, began working as a reporter for the newspaper Volksstimme in Magdeburg in 1976. From 1993 onward, he worked as a chief reporter in numerous war and crisis zones around the world. His books earned him the title of Honorary Police Commissioner of Saxony-Anhalt in 2002; in 2011, he was made an honorary Senior Police Commissioner.