Emil Ritter (publicist)

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Emil Ritter (born December 7, 1881 in Frankfurt am Main , † November 25, 1968 in Fulda ) was a German publicist and writer .

Life

In his youth, Ritter completed a commercial apprenticeship. He then worked in the profession he had learned before he became editor of the Wuppertaler Volksblatt in 1905 . In 1909, Ritter founded the monthly “Jugendland” magazine . After that he was editor of the weekly newspaper Das Zentrum until 1910 . In 1911 Emil Ritter moved to Mönchengladbach , where he was employed as a representative for national education issues at the head office of the Volksverein for Catholic Germany . He retained this position until 1919. He was then editor of the Volksverein until 1922. During his time in Mönchengladbach, in 1912 he founded the monthly “Volkskunst”, which was renamed in 1929 to “Volkstum und Volksbildung ” .

In 1923 Emil Ritter was appointed head of the education system in the Catholic Young Men Association in Düsseldorf , at the same time he was active in the central education committee of the Catholic associations and in the Reich executive committee of the Bühnenvolksbund, since 1928 he published the weekly newspaper "Der Deutsche Weg" .

In 1932 Emil Ritter moved to Berlin . There he became on May 8, 1932, as successor to Buhla editor-in-chief of " Germania " , the semi-official body of the Center Party. However, he resigned on June 5th from “consideration for the political events of the last few days”, i. H. the appointment of his close friend Franz von Papen , who was the majority shareholder of Germania, as Reich Chancellor from this position. Papen's inauguration, which was resolutely rejected by the Center Party, made it impossible for his shop steward Ritter to remain on the party's most important periodical. Ritter's successor as editor-in-chief was Wilhelm Gries

Shortly after the dissolution of the Center Party in July 1933, Ritter became editor-in-chief of Germania again, which this time he remained until November 1934. From March to July 1933, Ritter was the executive chairman of the Association of Catholic German Crosses and Eagles. When he became editor-in-chief of Germania again, Roderich von Thun took over this task. At the end of 1934, Ritter was banned from writing. He then retired to Hanau ,

Since 1945 Ritter lived in Fulda. He died there in 1968 just before he was 87 years old.

Fonts

  • Our next tasks: To discuss the Catholic press and related matters, Verlag der Wuppertaler Aktien-Druckerei, 1907
  • The strike breaker: a play from working life in four elevators, Wulf, Warendorf, 1913
  • Popular education in the German construction, Volksvereins-Verlag, 1919
  • The Path of Political Catholicism in Germany, Korn, 1934
  • The Catholic Social Movement of Germany in the Nineteenth Century and the Volksverein, JP Bachem, 1954
  • Radowitz A Catholic statesman in Prussia, JP Bachem publishing house, Cologne, 1948
  • Radowitz Windhorst Stegerwald Three forerunners of the CDU, Warte-Verlag Frankfurt / Süd, 1966

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  1. Jump up ↑ Jürgen Arne Bach: Franz von Papen in the Weimar Republic , p. 305.
personal data
SURNAME Ritter, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1968
Place of death Fulda