Everhard Westermann

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Everhard Westermann, 1973
Everhard Westermann's grave in the Braunschweig Magnifriedhof .

Everhard Westermann (born November 16, 1905 in Braunschweig ; † July 16, 1973 there ) was a German publisher and bookseller. He was a co-owner and member of the management team of the Georg Westermann publishing and printing company, which formed the nucleus of the Westermann Group .

Life

Everhard Westermann was the son of the publisher Georg Westermann (1869–1945) and his wife Magdalene Westermann (née Wätjen). With Luise and Friedrich Westermann he had two siblings; Together with the husband of Luise Westermann, Georg Mackensen , he later managed the Westermann publishing house.

Everhard Westermann joined the limited partnership (KG) of the publishing and printing company Georg Westermann in 1931 as a personally liable partner . The publishing house was founded in 1838 by Everhard's great-grandfather George Westermann and has been family-owned since then, but was mainly managed by co-owner Hans Reichel in the years before Everhard Westermann joined the company . In 1933 Georg Mackensen, Everhard Westermann's brother-in-law, also became a personally liable partner. Hans Reichel and his son Helmut resigned from the management of the publishing house in 1935.

Works

  • Everhard Westermann (ed.): The publisher George Westermann 1810–1879. A picture of life in letters and diaries. Georg Westermann, Braunschweig 1965

literature

  • 150 years of Westermann 1838–1988… and I have the honor to report it to you. A company history spanning a century and a half. Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1988; ISBN 3-07-500000-0

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personal data
SURNAME Westermann, Everhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and bookseller
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1973
Place of death Braunschweig