George Peter Clare (né Georg Klaar) (21 December 1920 – 26 March 2009) was a British author and Holocaust survivor who wrote Last Waltz in Vienna and Berlin Days, both autobiographies. Last Waltz won the 1982 WH Smith Literary Award. He was born in Vienna in 1920; his father, Ernst Klaar, was an assimilated Jewish banker. He fought during World War II for the British Army and worked as a news editor for many years, including for Axel Springer AG. He was naturalised in 1947. He died on 26 March 2009, aged 88. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by
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| - George Peter Clare (geboren als Georg Peter Klaar 21. Dezember 1920 in Wien; gestorben 26. März 2009 in Newmarket, Suffolk) war ein britischer Journalist österreichischer Herkunft. (de)
- George Peter Clare (né Georg Klaar) (21 December 1920 – 26 March 2009) was a British author and Holocaust survivor who wrote Last Waltz in Vienna and Berlin Days, both autobiographies. Last Waltz won the 1982 WH Smith Literary Award. He was born in Vienna in 1920; his father, Ernst Klaar, was an assimilated Jewish banker. He fought during World War II for the British Army and worked as a news editor for many years, including for Axel Springer AG. He was naturalised in 1947. He died on 26 March 2009, aged 88. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by (en)
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| - George Peter Clare (geboren als Georg Peter Klaar 21. Dezember 1920 in Wien; gestorben 26. März 2009 in Newmarket, Suffolk) war ein britischer Journalist österreichischer Herkunft. (de)
- George Peter Clare (né Georg Klaar) (21 December 1920 – 26 March 2009) was a British author and Holocaust survivor who wrote Last Waltz in Vienna and Berlin Days, both autobiographies. Last Waltz won the 1982 WH Smith Literary Award. He was born in Vienna in 1920; his father, Ernst Klaar, was an assimilated Jewish banker. He fought during World War II for the British Army and worked as a news editor for many years, including for Axel Springer AG. He was naturalised in 1947. He died on 26 March 2009, aged 88. His mother was Stella Ernestyne. The Klaars were an upper class family and George claimed that they led easy lives until the war. He came from a family of doctors, his grandfather was an army surgeon and the first Jew to reach a high military rank and his grandfather was a distinguished doctor also. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by George was married to Lisl Beck, his childhood sweetheart, from 1939 to 1965. They had one son and two daughters. He went on to marry his Foreign News Service secretary, Christel Vorbringer in 1965. They remained married until his death. (en)
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