German radio and television host of the 1970s and 80s
A square in Wilmersdorf, a neighborhood in Berlin, is named after him .
He was son of a Jewish family in Berlin and survived the Nazi persecution because two women hid him in a summerhouse. His brother Gert was killed in a concentration camp.
Father of Gert Rosenthal and Birgit Rosenthal.
Grandfather of Debora Rosenthal.