August Schwingenstein
August Schwingenstein (born March 9, 1881 in Memmingen , † November 5, 1968 in Hausham ) was a German journalist, publisher and politician ( CSU ).
Life and work
From 1918 to 1923 he was editor-in-chief of the Iller-Roth- und Günzboten . From 1924 until the National Socialists came to power, he worked as a state parliament correspondent in Munich and as head of the press office for the Bavarian Farmers' Association . He then worked for various local newspapers.
After the handover of power to the National Socialists in 1933, he became a member of the Reich Press Chamber . On November 7, 1933, he turned to the National Socialist Bavarian State Minister Hermann Esser and offered himself as an “agitator for the national movement”. Under the pseudonym Der Sonntagsschreiber he wrote articles in which he endorsed the Nazi regime using National Socialist vocabulary . After the invasion of Poland in 1939, Schwingenstein unreservedly endorsed World War II, praised the Führer in 1941 and wrote slogans for perseverance in 1943. Nevertheless, he was not entirely spared: On May 27, 1935, he was placed in " protective custody " for five days . From 1939 to 1945 he was the head of a fiction book publisher.
After the Second World War he was able to conceal his adjustment efforts during the National Socialist era and, together with the Social Democrats Edmund Goldschagg and Franz Josef Schöningh , who also concealed the dimensions of his activities in occupied Poland, received a license from the American military government (“License No.1 “) For the publication of the Süddeutsche Zeitung , of which he was co-editor until 1952. He was also a co-founder and partner of the Süddeutscher Verlag . His son Alfred Schwingenstein succeeded his father in this.
MP
As a member and co-founder of the CSU, August Schwingenstein was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1946 to 1950. In addition, as a member of the state constituent assembly, he was involved in drafting the constitution of the Free State of Bavaria .
literature
- Hans-Günter Richardi : In the beginning there was the end. The work of August and Alfred Schwingenstein in rebuilding the free press in Bavaria. Academic publishing house 2001.
- Franz Menges : Schwingenstein, August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 88 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Jörg Reiser: August Schwingenstein (1881–1968). Forester, publicist, politician, co-founder and publishing director of the Süddeutsche Zeitung , dissertations of the LMU, Volume 28, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Reiser: August Schwingenstein (1881–1968) , 2018, p. 20
- ↑ Jörg Reiser: August Schwingenstein (1881–1968) , 2018, p. 282
- ↑ Jörg Reiser: August Schwingenstein (1881–1968) , 2018, p. 189; P. 284
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwingenstein, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, publisher and politician (CSU), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memmingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1968 |
| Place of death | Hausham |