Bruno Henschel

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Bruno Henschel (born February 12, 1900 near Greifswald ; † October 2, 1976 in East Berlin ) was a German publisher and publicist.

Life

Henschel was the son of a worker and trained for a job. In 1918 he became a member of the Metal Workers 'Union and the Socialist Workers' Youth . In 1924 Henschel became an employee, in 1928 managing director of the Volksbühnenverlag in Berlin, which was dissolved by the National Socialists in 1933. Until 1945 Henschel worked as a lathe operator as well as the owner of a dairy shop in Berlin-Schöneberg.

In 1945 he joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and in 1946 became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In November 1945 he founded a stage sales company with his son, from which the Henschelverlag (stage sales and publishing house Henschel & Sohn), operated jointly with Fritz Erpenbeck and Henschel's son, emerged in 1946 . In 1951, under his management, his publishing house merged with Deutsches Filmverlag and Deutscher Funkverlag to form Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft , which became the property of the SED in 1952. Henschel remained the publishing director until 1967. In 1960, 1965 and 1975 he was honored with the Patriotic Order of Merit .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Foundation for Work- Up, Biographical Databases: Henschel, Bruno. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
  2. ^ GDR knowledge: Henschelverlag. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Henschel, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH near Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH 2nd October 1976
Place of death East Berlin