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Grave of Ernst Trost

Ernst Trost (born February 11, 1933 in Knittelfeld ; † July 24, 2015 in St. Pölten ) was an Austrian journalist and book author, best known for his daily column “What is behind it”, which has been published since the paper was founded in 1959 appeared in the Kronen Zeitung .

Life

After graduating from high school , Trost studied law for several semesters at the University of Graz , but did not graduate. He began his journalistic career in 1954 at the Kleine Zeitung in Graz , whose editor-in-chief was Hans Dichand at the time. From 1955 to 1958 Trost was editor of the New Courier , also under Dichand's direction. When Dichand re-founded the Kronen-Zeitung together with Kurt Falk in 1959 , Trost was one of the first editors of the new newspaper and worked there until the end. Trost mainly wrote reports on foreign policy issues as well as his column. After Dichand and Falk took over the Express newspaper in 1970, Trost was its editor-in-chief until it was discontinued in April 1971.

Until his death he published a total of 16 books on Austrian and Central European history, some of which were great successes with the public. He also worked as a documentary filmmaker and was involved in over 100 documentaries. In 1971 Trost received the Dr.-Karl-Renner-Publizistikpreis , in 2011 the Leopold-Kunschak-Pressepreis .

Trost was one of Dichand's closest companions and also wrote the obituary, which was published in the Krone .

His grave is on the Sieveringer Friedhof (section 1, room 1, no. 11) in Vienna .

Works

  • That stayed with the double-headed eagle , 1966
  • David and Goliath , 1967 (on the Six Day War )
  • Riot in the Church , 1969
  • Figl of Austria , 1972 (via Leopold Figl )
  • The Danube. Life course of a stream , 1976
  • The Pope from a Far Land , 1979 (on Pope John Paul II )
  • Prinz Eugen , 1985
  • That remained from the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation , 1987
  • Millennial Austria , 1994
  • Josef Krainer II. The last sovereign , 1996

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Krone" - Columnist Ernst Trost has died

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personal data
SURNAME Consolation, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Knittelfeld
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 2015
Place of death St. Polten