The free Swiss worker

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The free Swiss worker: weekly paper for social-minded people of all classes

Area of ​​Expertise Christian socialism
language German
publishing company J. Fischer-Lehmann, Bern (print) ( German-speaking Switzerland )
First edition 4th October 1907
attitude September 29, 1916
Frequency of publication weekly, later every two weeks
Editor-in-chief Otto Lauterburg (1907–1916), Fritz Sutermeister (1915–1916)
editor Evangelical social workers' associations in German-speaking Switzerland

The free Swiss worker: weekly paper for social-minded people of all classes was the "organ of the Protestant-social workers' associations of German Switzerland", which was published from 1907 to 1916 in Bern . " Otto Lauterburg drew for the editorial team in Bern and, in the last year, the Rev. Sutermeister in Feuerthalen." The Bernese pastor Th. Schmidt wrote weekly "Look Around" until September 1913, before he was replaced by Sutermeister.

“The story of this paper is fixed by the introductory article“ Freedom ”and the farewell article“ What this paper wanted ”, both articles by its loyal and tireless editor Otto Lauterburg. He took the liberty of " judging the entire public, political and economic life of our fatherland from the workers' point of view". He needed "help from God and self-help, state help and brotherly help in equal measure". “In the name of God” he stood up “for freedom and justice of the working people”.

- The book of the Swiss newspaper publishers

1916 appeared in the Swiss workers outside of Karl Barth wrote controversial book review on the kingdom of God to wait on Christoph Blumhardt's house devotions . The controversy surrounding Paul Wernle was discussed in the last issue.

The Berner Tagblatt "gossiped" the entry of the Free Swiss Worker with the following words: "Christianity is not an issue of the stomach and in the long run cannot be used as a weapon for purely economic-political purposes." The editorial office of the Free Swiss Worker replied with Reference to Jesus' “ Man does not live on bread alone ”.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Ernst Rietmann (ed.): The book of Swiss newspaper publishers: 1899-1924 . Swiss Newspaper Publishers Association , Zurich 1925, OCLC 17221729 , p. 582 .
  2. ^ The free Swiss worker , Volume 1, No. 1, p. 1.
  3. Der Freie Schweizer Arbeiter , Volume 9, No. 51, p. 1.
  4. Willy player , Stefan Howald , Ruedi Brassel-Moser : For the freedom of the word: New ways through a century in the mirror of the journal of religious socialism . Theological Publishing House Zurich , Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-290-17415-6 , p. 100 .
  5. Der Freie Schweizer Arbeiter , Volume 9, No. 51, pp. 2-3.
  6. ^ The free Swiss worker , Volume 9, No. 51, pp. 5-6.