▁dec ades . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁W ib ke ▁Ger tr ud ▁K lam ro th ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Hal ber stadt , ▁one ▁of ▁five ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁merchant ▁Hans ▁Georg ▁K lam ro th ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Else , ▁n ée ▁P ode us . ▁Her ▁father ▁knew ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 ▁July ▁plot ▁to ▁assass inate ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁and ▁was ▁executed ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁Her ▁mother ▁had ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁children ▁alone . ▁ ▁Bru h ns ▁attended ▁several ▁board ing ▁schools , ▁including ▁the ▁B ugen hagen - Intern at ▁in ▁T imm endor fer ▁Str and , ▁and ▁a ▁board ing ▁school ▁in ▁Pl ön . ▁She ▁achieved ▁her ▁Ab it ur ▁in ▁Berlin . ▁She ▁then ▁lived ▁for ▁half ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁London , ▁where ▁her ▁mother ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁Emb ass y . ▁She ▁then ▁attended ▁a ▁Hand els schule ▁for ▁one ▁year . ▁She ▁started ▁to ▁study ▁history ▁and ▁polit ology ▁in ▁Hamburg ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁complete ▁the ▁course . ▁ ▁Media ▁ ▁Bru h ns ▁began ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁at ▁age ▁ 2 2 , ▁for ▁different ▁television ▁stations , ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁mag az ines . ▁She ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁news ▁present er ▁in ▁West ▁German ▁television , ▁as ▁moder ator ▁of ▁the ▁Z DF ▁news ▁program ▁heute ▁from ▁ 1 2 ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁journalist ▁for ▁the ▁Stern ▁magazine