Claim: Ulrich Makosch worked as an editor for the local radio station in Schwerin (the capital of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) from 1955 to 1956; then worked as a chief foreign correspondent for the East German Television Corporation from 1965 to 1971.
Evidence: From 1955 till 1956 he worked as an editor for the local radio station in Schwerin. Schwerin ([ʃveˈʁiːn; Mecklenburgian: Swerin) is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From 1965 till 1971 Makosch worked as a chief foreign correspondent for the East German Television Corporation, focused on south-east Asia and based, for much of the time, in Djakarta and Singapore.