Carl Doka

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Carl Doka (born January 29, 1896 in Rorschach ; † May 10, 1980 ) was a Swiss Catholic publicist .

Life

In 1910 he entered the Stella Matutina boarding school in Feldkirch , which was under the direction of the Jesuits . For him, the prefect of studies Otto Karrer was formative . After graduating from high school , he studied history and law at the University of Zurich as well as in Berne, Geneva and Munich and joined the Catholic student association Renaissance in Zurich in 1918. Two years later he received his doctorate and was admitted to the Zurich bar .

After completing his doctorate, Doka began his journalistic activities. He mainly wrote for Catholic press products. From 1925 to 1944 he worked part-time as editor of the Schweizer Rundschau , a Catholic cultural magazine. In 1932 he left Zurich and headed the editorial department of Eastern Switzerland , the Catholic-conservative daily newspaper St. Gallens. During this time, Doka was also a member of the Grand Council and the Education Council of the Canton of St.Gallen. In 1946 he came back to Zurich, where he became editor of the Christian-social Neue Zürcher Nachrichten . The separation from Eastern Switzerland took place in disagreement. Doka saw himself cheated out of the post of editor-in-chief because he was a member of the liberal renaissance and not of the conservative Swiss student association .

In 1939 Doka was appointed to the board of trustees of the Pro Helvetia cultural foundation . As such, he worked with Federal Councilor Philipp Etter and was a Swiss delegate at UNESCO conferences . In 1952 he left the Neue Zürcher Nachrichten and became editor-in-chief of Pro Helvetia's international cultural press service for 14 years . A year before he gave up this post, he took over the management of the German-language department of the journalism seminar at the University of Freiburg in 1965 , which he gave up in 1971 at the age of 75. His membership in the Central Committee of the New Helvetic Society from 1934–1940 was short-lived.

literature

  • Carl Doka: Encounters: CD looks back . Zug, 1972.
  • Christoph Baumer: The «Renaissance»: Association of Swiss Catholic Academic Societies, 1904–1996 . Freiburg i.Ü: Saint-Paul, 1998.

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personal data
SURNAME Doka, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Catholic publicist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Rorschach
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1980