Hans Eckensberger

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Hans Hugo Karl Eckensberger (born March 16, 1897 in Leipzig ; † January 13, 1966 in Braunschweig ) was a German journalist , newspaper publisher and editor-in-chief .

Life

Hans Eckensberger was the son of the publisher Hugo Eckensberger (1865–1942). On June 15, 1915, he passed the emergency maturity test at the Reform Realgymnasium in Braunschweig. After the First World War , in which he, the Iron Cross was awarded 1st and 2nd class, he studied seven semesters economics at the universities of Leipzig and Greifswald . Eventually he became a trainee at the Leipziger Zeitung and then political editor at the Leipziger Tageblatt . After further positions in Rudolstadt and Heidenheim an der Brenz , Hans Eckensberger came to Braunschweig, where his father was a partner and editor-in-chief of the Braunschweiger Neuesten Nachrichten (BNN). In the mid-1920s, the son took over from his father.

In addition to the Braunschweig Latest News, there were two other important daily newspapers in the city at that time, the Braunschweigische Landeszeitung and the Braunschweigische Allgemeine Anzeiger . All three newspapers were economically controlled by the Dresden paper wholesaler Gottlieb Paul Leonhardt . In 1909 he took over the Limbach printing and publishing house in Braunschweig. He held 75% each of the three major newspapers. In 1936 Leonhardt handed over the printing and publishing house Limbach to his daughter Isolde, who had been married to Harald E. Voigt, later SS-Sturmbannführer and adjutant in the NSDAP's foreign press office , since 1921 .

time of the nationalsocialism

Eckensberger's first marriage to the Jewess Margarete , geb. Friedmann (1899–1951), married. She was a well-known actress at the Braunschweig State Theater . Because of resistance against National Socialism and because of his marriage to a Jewish woman, Eckensberger had to give up his job at the newspaper in 1934 and was imprisoned for one year. After their release from prison, the couple fled from Braunschweig to Leipzig in 1936, where Margarete Eckensberger was hidden by her husband until the end of the Second World War . During this time, Hans Eckensberger worked as a paper dealer. Eckensberger had been in contact with the resistance against National Socialism since 1943 . He ran errands and helped prepare a hiding place for Carl Friedrich Goerdeler . In the last year of the war he was forced to work for the Todt Organization .

After the war ended, the couple returned to Braunschweig in 1945. Margarete Eckensberger died there unexpectedly on May 9, 1951.

Braunschweiger Zeitung

Issue dated May 22, 1948. Under the title: Published under License No. 2 of the Military Government

After the end of the war, Braunschweig belonged to the British zone of occupation . On January 6, 1946 Hans Eckensberger received from the British military government , the printing license number 2 for the Braunschweiger Zeitung. The Aachener Volkszeitung had received the license with the number 1 shortly before . The Braunschweiger Zeitung was the first post-war newspaper in the British Zone. Their first edition appeared on January 8, 1946. At the beginning Eckensberger was both editor ("license holder") and publisher. He headed the Braunschweiger Zeitung until his death in 1966.

Eckensberger was a member and treasurer (1947-1965) of the DGV Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde .

Honor

Hans Eckensberger was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for his services .

Second marriage

In his second marriage, Eckensberger was married to Helga (1916–1973). After her husband's death, she was the editor and manager of the Braunschweiger Zeitung. Helga Eckensberger was the victim of a violent crime on October 27, 1973 in her apartment in Braunschweig. After her death, the 60% share in Braunschweiger Zeitung was transferred to Isolde Voigt and their sons Arndt and Henning on the basis of the Eckensberger & Co. company agreement of June 17, 1961.

Hans and Helga Eckensberger Foundation

The "Hans and Helga Eckensberger Foundation" was founded on March 1, 1974 with a capital of 10 million euros. It is a foundation with the purpose of "supporting needy people through appropriate measures as well as the promotion of cultural, educational and educational tasks, insofar as these are within the scope of the non-profit and limited to the Braunschweig region ."

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual report of the Herzogliche Realgymnasium (reform institute in development) in Braunschweig: Easter 1916 . 1916 ( tu-braunschweig.de [accessed September 25, 2017]).
  2. ^ A b Eckhard Schimpf: Eckensberger, Hans Hugo Karl. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 152 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Eckhard Schimpf: "Culture is important - it domesticated the pig in people ...". In: Braunschweiger Zeitung from April 2, 2011.
  4. ^ Luitgard Camerer: Limbach, Albert Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH u. Co. KG. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 145 .
  5. ^ A b c Eckhard Schimpf: Eckensberger, Hans Hugo Karl. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 153 .
  6. ↑ a b Bert Bilzer , Richard Moderhack (ed.): BRUNSVICENSIA JUDAICA. Memorial book for the Jewish fellow citizens of the city of Braunschweig 1933–1945. In: Braunschweiger workpieces. Volume 35, Braunschweig 1966, p. 161.
  7. ^ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck: Eckensberger, Margarete. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 153 .
  8. ^ Britta Berg: Newspapers and magazines from Braunschweig including Helmstedt (until 1810) and Wolfenbüttel (until 1918). P. 77.
  9. ↑ Eckensberger murder case: "A part in the dark" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 46 , 1974 ( online ).
  10. ^ Official website of the Hans and Helga Eckensberger Foundation
personal data
SURNAME Eckensberger, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eckensberger, Hans Hugo Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1966
Place of death Braunschweig