Franz Albert Kramer

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Franz Albert Kramer (* 1900 in Solingen ; † 1950 ) was a German journalist and publicist . In 1945 Kramer founded the weekly newspaper Rheinischer Merkur .

Life

During the National Socialist dictatorship, Kramer was a correspondent for the “ Vossische Zeitung ”, the “ BZ am Mittag ” in Rome and the “ Berliner Tageblatt ” in Paris and Switzerland . Since he did not report as the National Socialists wanted and was therefore on the Gestapo's wanted list, he remained in exile in Switzerland until the end of the war. He tries to publish his political and journalistic ideas from Switzerland. In 1945 FA Kramer received a license from the Allies and in August 1945 was able to set up his publishing house in the Görres print shop in Koblenz . Joseph Görres had already published a newspaper of the same name in this city, Rheinischen Merkur, from 1814 to 1816.

The first edition of the new Rhenish Mercury appeared on March 15, 1946 with a license from the French occupation forces with the collaboration of the journalists Paul Wilhelm Wenger , Anton Böhm and Otto B. Roegele . Roegele succeeded Kramer in 1949.

Franz Albert Kramer referred to Görres in his first leading article in Rheinischer Merkur: “There is no bigger name we could use. With the originality of his thinking, with the power of his language, with all the ravishing passion of his mind, Görres secured the highest rank for the Rhenish Mercury "

In his book Before the Ruins of Germany , published in 1946, Kramer deals with the subject of “uncovering the spiritual and political causes of German calamity so that the reconstruction is not put on the wrong footing again” (blurb).

Fonts

  • The red empire . Kösel & Pustet, Munich 1933.
  • Before the ruins of Germany - a call to historical self-reflection . Europa Publishing House. Zurich 1946 (= Berlin 1946 and Koblenz [1947]).
  • Political principles . Historisch-Politischer Verlag, Koblenz 1947.

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personal data
SURNAME Kramer, Franz Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen , Germany
DATE OF DEATH 1950