Alfred Magaziner

Alfred Magaziner (born January 8, 1902 in Munich ; died December 15, 1993 in Vienna ) was an Austrian journalist.

Life

Magaziner completed an apprenticeship in bookselling and became a functionary of the association of the SAJ ( Socialist Workers 'Youth ) and a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party . From 1926 he received an official training in the workers college . Magaziner began to make a name for himself as an employee of social democratic and liberal newspapers and was active in 1933/1934 as editor of the “Social Democratic Correspondence”. From 1936 Magaziner lived in Zagreb , and reported from there as a foreign correspondent for the " New York Times " and the " Daily Telegraph ". In 1938 Magaziner emigrated to England and was interned in Australia as an "Enemy Alien" after the start of the war in 1939. In 1947 Magaziner, who had remained politically active during his emigration, returned to Austria. He was the editor of the “ Kleine Blatt ” and editor-in-chief of the “ Weltpresse ”. For 22 years he was the managing editor of the magazine “ Die Zukunft ”, which he led as an open discussion body.

He was buried at the Sieveringer Friedhof .

Awards

• 1967 Prize of the City of Vienna for Journalism
• 1973 professional title professor
• 1977 Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna

Publications

Magaziner published several books of a historical-biographical nature on the history of the labor movement .

• The trailblazers. Vienna 1975 (From the history of the workers' movement, Volume 1)
• The champions. Vienna 1979 (From the History of the Labor Movement, Volume 2)
• The pioneers. Vienna 1985 (From the history of the labor movement, Volume 3)

Web links

• Magazine as a contemporary witness
• Alfred Magaziner in the inventory of the Austrian National Library
• Alfred Magaziner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna