From Kristallnacht to Watergate: Memoirs of a Newspaperman
Harry Rosenfeld spent his working life as a newspaperman--editor, war correspondent, columnist.  Retired since 1998, he is a consultant to the Times Union of Albany and continues as a member of its editorial board.  He had been hired in 1978 to be the first editor of two Hearst Albany newspapers. A Sunday column he wrote as editor and continued for many years in retirement, was distributed nationally. Before Albany, Rosenfeld was an Assistant Managing Editor of The Washington Post in charge of the Watergate expose.  In twelve years at The Post, Rosenfeld also headed the foreign, national and book reviews and opinion sections.Rosenfeld began his newspaper career at The New York Herald Tribune and eventually served as Managing Editor of the Herald Tribune News Service and as Foreign Editor of the paper. Rosenfeld was chosen as a Pulitzer juror four times and was elected to twelve terms as Vice Chairman of the New York State Conference on Fair Trial/Free Press.  He served on three New York State Commissions studying the use of cameras in the courts.Rosenfeld was the first recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award established by Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences.  He was honored with the First Amendment Award of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in Los Angeles for Watergate as well as the Freedom of Information Award from the Associated Press. Born in Berlin, Germany in 1929, he emigrated to the U.S. with his family in May, 1939. He was graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and from Syracuse University in 1952 with a B.A. in American Literature.   He did graduate work Columbia University in public policy and international relations. He is a veteran of the Korean War. Married to Anne Hahn since 1953, they have three daughters and seven grandchildren.Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Presssunypress.edu