Arno Spitz
Arno Spitz (born April 24, 1920 in Berlin ; † May 25, 2014 there ) was a German publisher .
Life
Arno Spitz grew up in Finowfurt . Because of his father's Jewish origins, he was not allowed to study in Germany during the Nazi era . However, he was drafted into military service. After the end of the Second World War , he first studied architecture and political science , but went to the United States in 1948 , where his father had emigrated. As a building contractor and landowner , he made a considerable fortune. From 1956 he studied at the Geneva University Institute for International Studies and international law in Friborg and then in the USA publishing and journalism . After the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, he returned to Berlin and in 1962 founded the Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz GmbH .
The main focus of the publishing house was international relations, law and economics in the Central and Eastern European countries and their transformation after 1989 as well as contemporary historical research on the GDR . In 1992 he sold his shares in the publishing house, the publishing house was taken over by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft and on August 1, 2002 it was renamed BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag . Thanks to Arno Spitz's commitment, the journal Die Friedens-Warte could appear again in 1974 .
literature
- Volker Schwarz: A fulfilling publishing life - obituary for Arno Spitz. In: boersenblatt.net. June 24, 2014, accessed December 9, 2018 .
- Ernst-Renatus Zivier: On the death of Arno Spitz . In: The Peace Watch . tape 89 , no. 3/4 , 2014, p. 13-14 .
Web link
Interview with contemporary witnesses for the House of Bavarian History
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spitz, Arno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 2014 |
| Place of death | Berlin |