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Swiss writer, journalist and historian Niklaus Meienberg, pictured in Berne, Switzerland, on September 11, 1975. Meienberg was born in St.Gallen in 1940. He was one of the most controversial journalists and authors in Switzerland. Meienberg worked as a correspondent for the German magazine "Stern" and "Weltwoche" in Paris, France. He was banned from writing for the Swiss newspaper company "Tages Anzeiger" from 1976 until 1990. Next to collections of his reportages, he published historic works such as a book on the Swiss army general Ulrich Wille entitled "Die Welt als Wille & Wahn", and also poetry. On September 24, 1993, Niklaus Meienberg took his own life. (KEYSTONE/Str) Der Schweizer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Historiker Niklaus Meienberg, aufgenommen am 11. September 1975 an seiner Pressekonferenz in Bern. Meienberg richtete scharfe Vorwuerfe gegen den Bundesrat, welcher eine Qualitaetspraemie fuer den FIlm 'Die Erschiessung des Landesverraeters Ernst S.' abgelehnt und dem Autoren Manipulation und Geschichtsklitterei vorgeworfen hatte. Am 24. September 1993 hat sich Niklaus Meienberg das Leben genommen. (KEYSTONE/PHOTOPRESS-ARCHIV/Str)