Background
Hopen, Peter was born on October 16, 1922 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Son of Peter and Maria (Kreuzer) Hopen.
Hopen, Peter was born on October 16, 1922 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Son of Peter and Maria (Kreuzer) Hopen.
Graduate, Commercial School, Düsseldorf, 1939.
Chief manager, newspaper news service, 1945-1948; newspaper correspondent, Düsseldorf, 1948-1950; newspaper correspondent, Bonn, Germany, 1950-1984; television correspondent, Bonn, Germany, 1962-1984; leader ZDF, Studio-Bonn (television), 1984-1987; editor, German Comments, Diepolitische Meinung, St. Augustin, Germany, 1988-1998.
Member Deutscher Presse Club (chairman 1965-1978), Lions Club.
Married Johanna Zickuhr, September 16, 1947 (deceased 1965). 1 child, Petra; married Ingeborg Arenz, December 23, 1966. 1 child, Peter Matthias.