Bruno Schnell

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Bruno Schnell (born February 27, 1929 in Munich ; † January 27, 2018 in Nuremberg ) was a German editor and publisher of the Nürnberger Nachrichten and the Nürnberger Zeitung . Furthermore, he was socially committed as a patron and as a sponsor of art and culture.

biography

family

Schnell's father was a manager in a margarine factory. He was married to Helga Schnell, whose marriage in 1967 resulted in their son Toni Schnell, director of Olympia Verlag , and their two daughters Bärbel Schnell and Sabine Schnell (now Schnell-Pleyer ). The former is head of sales, the latter is a lawyer and legal advisor for Nürnberger Nachrichten and Nürnberger Zeitung. After the father's death both took over his duties as publishers.

job

assistant manager

Bruno quickly got the end of 1947 a job as assistant manager of the under Joseph E. Drexel first time in 1945 in the Verlag Nürnberger Presse published Nürnberger Nachrichten . Just two years later he was granted power of attorney there .

executive Director

In July 1959, at the side of the publisher Heinrich G. Merkel, he introduced a community of interests with initially six, later twelve local newspaper publishers, which later became known as the so-called Nuremberg model and set a national standard. Here, the various local publishers take over the cover section completely from the Nürnberger Nachrichten (NN) and add the respective regional sections under different headers with their own titles ( complete list ). The model led to both a larger range, which allowed the NN become one of the largest German regional newspapers, as well as to further independence and the preservation of small publishers and thus represents a valuable contribution to journalistic diversity in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region took represent. Likewise, The Nürnberger Zeitung (NZ) was quickly completed in the 1970s and 1980s, after the Nürnberger Presse publishing house had already secured shares in it in 1961. The NZ's own full editorial team has remained in place to this day.

Honorary citizenship

In a resolution of the Nuremberg City Council on July 23, 2014, Bruno Schnell was named an honorary citizen , alongside Günther Beckstein and Renate Schmidt , because of his outstanding services to the city as one of the "great German publishers, generous patrons and art patrons" . The ceremony for this took place on October 18, 2014 in the historic town hall hall and was framed by musicians from the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra ; the laudation was given by the Nuremberg Mayor Ulrich Maly . In his acceptance speech, he expressed his regret for the death of his friend and companion Arno Hamburger and expressed the hope that he might posthumously be given honorary citizenship.

death

Bruno Schnell died in Nuremberg on January 27, 2018 at the age of 88 and was buried in close family circles at his own request. From February 5 to 7, 2018, the city of Nuremberg displayed a condolence book in the foyer of the town hall , in which the mayor Ulrich Maly, who honored him as one of the “last great publishers in Germany”, was the first to enter.

engagement

Art funding

Having come into contact with fine arts early on through his father, Bruno Schnell quickly developed a great affection for it and also painted himself. He was also an honorary senator of the Friends of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg e. V. ".

Art Prize of the Nürnberger Nachrichten

He showed his passion for art, among other things, with the art prize awarded annually since 1993 by the Nürnberger Nachrichten , with which he primarily wanted to promote young artists. The prize money is worth around 700,000 euros.

International Jazz Prize of the Nürnberger Nachrichten

The Nürnberger Nachrichten International Jazz Prize, worth 5,000 euros , has been awarded every two years since 1998 and was also donated by Bruno Schnell. Here, too, only artists under the age of 30 are honored.

Art villa

Since 1967, when the Franconian Gallery was closed, there was no space for the presentation of regional art in Nuremberg . In 2006, Bruno Schnell sold a listed neo-baroque residential building in the Marienvorstadt to the city of Nuremberg for a symbolic euro . The house originally belonged to the Nürnberger Presse publishing house and, following renovation, has been offering exhibition space for artists from Nuremberg and the region under the name Kunstvilla since May 2014 .

Cultural promotion

After the death of the founder of the Nürnberger Nachrichten, Joseph E. Drexel, Bruno Schnell continued the democratic tradition of the publishing house. He was strongly committed against old and new right-wing extremism and promoted the coming to terms with the Nazi era in Nuremberg at an early stage .

Documentation center Nazi party rally grounds

With a generous donation, Schnell first initiated the financing and implementation process for the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds (Document Center) and was later also a member of the Document Center's Board of Trustees.

International Nuremberg Human Rights Prize

Schnell also provided significant support to the Nuremberg International Human Rights Prize , which has been awarded biennially since 1995 , by donating prize money of 15,000 euros since 1999.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Publisher Bruno Schnell died ( memento from February 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on br.de, from February 3, 2018
  2. ↑ Publisher Bruno Schnell died ( memento from February 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on br.de, from February 3, 2018
  3. ↑ Nuremberg media scene mourns the loss of Bruno Schnell on merkur.de, February 3, 2018, accessed on February 5, 2018
  4. ↑ Mourning for honorary citizen and publisher Bruno Schnell on marktspiegel.de, February 3, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2018
  5. ↑ Mourning for honorary citizen and publisher Bruno Schnell on marktspiegel.de, February 3, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2018
  6. ^ Mourning the publisher Bruno Schnell on BR Mediathek, February 5, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Hurry, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and editor
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2018
Place of death Nuremberg