Kurt Tozzer

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Kurt Tozzer (born December 5, 1929 in Vienna ; † July 1, 2012 ) was an Austrian television and press journalist and author.

Life

After elementary and secondary school Tozzer completed an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer at an engineering school .

He then began to work in the newspaper industry, initially as a freelancer in advertising, as a press photographer and then as a journalist. In 1954 he began a permanent employment relationship with the newly founded " Bild-Telegraf ". He also worked for the “ Express ” and the “ Wochenpresse ”. In 1967 Tozzer began as head of press at ORF . Later, until his retirement in 1994, he designed and directed numerous series such as the time-critical TV magazine “ Horizonte ” and the media magazine “Schwarz auf Weiß”. In retirement he worked as a freelance journalist. Among other things, he wrote as a columnist for “ Daily Everything ” and for the magazine “ Der Österreichische Journalist ”. From 1995 he published numerous books, some with his former ORF colleague Günther Kallinger .

In 1970 Tozzer was awarded the Austrian Adult Education TV Prize for the Horizonte contribution “Survival” . In 1975 his editorial team received the Austrian Nature Conservation Award for the Horizonte magazine . He was also awarded the Golden Camera .

Tozzer was married and had three children, two daughters and a son.

Fonts (selection)

  • with Günther Zelsacher: Bomb tracks . Letter bombs and political terror . Holzhausen, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-900518-37-8 .
  • with Günther Zelsacher: 1945 - that's how it really was. The upheaval 50 years ago. Life between suffering and lies . Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten 1995, ISBN 3-85326-022-5 .
  • with Günther Kallinger: "March music for glockenspiel". 1968, Austria on the brink of war . NP-Buchverlag, St. Pölten 1998, ISBN 3-85326-089-6 .
  • with Günther Kallinger: Death trap politics. From the OPEC attack to the Sekyra suicide . NP-Buchverlag, St. Pölten 1999, ISBN 3-85326-119-1 .
  • In Fortuna's labyrinth. The billion dollar business with gambling . NP-Buchverlag, St. Pölten 2001, ISBN 3-85326-167-1 .
  • with Günther Kallinger: Without a trace. Interpol's most spectacular missing persons cases . Ueberreuter, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8000-3881-1 .
  • with Max Tozzer: The network of shadow men. Secret services in Austria . Holzhausen, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85493-079-8 .
  • with Günther Kallinger: Action things. The most spectacular criminal cases in Austria . Ueberreuter, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-8000-7091-X .
  • with Martin Majnaric: Attention broadcast. Highlights, stars and exclusive pictures from 50 years of television . Ueberreuter, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-8000-7090-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d NÖ-ORF-Kulinarium: Pancakes with apricot jam ; Retrieved July 30, 2012
  2. ↑ Der Standard: Kurt Tozzer 1929 - 2012 ; Retrieved July 30, 2012
  3. ^ A b c Residenzverlag: Kurt Tozzer ; Retrieved July 30, 2012
  4. ↑ a b Sandammeer.at: Kurt Tozzer, Martin Majnaric: "Achtung Sendung" ; Retrieved July 30, 2012
  5. ^ Association of Austrian Adult Education Centers : Award winners since 1967 ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 187 kB); Retrieved July 30, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / files.adulteducation.at
personal data
SURNAME Tozzer, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2012