Hans Kloetzli

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Hans Kloetzli (born June 28, 1891 in Burgdorf ; † September 6, 1931 in Zurich ) was a Swiss historian and journalist . From February 1, 1930 until his death in 1931, he was editor-in-chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung .

Life

Kloetzli attended high school in Burgdorf and then began studying history at the University of Bern . He also studied Romance languages . He completed a six-month teaching assistantship in Bellinzona and studied one semester at the University of Florence . He was at the University of Bern with a dissertation The petitions of the Bernese people in December of the year 1830. A contribution to the history of the regeneration doctorate .

In late autumn 1919 he joined the foreign editorial team of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). On February 1, 1930, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper , Albert Meyer, as the successor to the Federal Council .

His most important concern was the reconciliation between France and Germany after the First World War , whereby he placed great hopes in the League of Nations and the representatives of the two countries, the Nobel Peace Prize winners Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann . Shortly before his death he went to Paris, where on July 18, 1931 he wanted to personally experience the historic visit of the German Chancellor Heinrich Brüning , because he saw it as a symbol of Franco-German understanding and the Wilsonian idea of ​​the League of Nations. With Kloetzli's death, the idealistic hope for a better world united in the League of Nations disappeared from the NZZ. As early as the end of 1931, the year appeared in retrospect as "a year of catastrophes that piled hardship, poverty and despair on the heads of millions of people and brought entire peoples to the brink of the abyss".

Kloetzli had been a member of the singing students at the University of Bern since 1910 and later its president.

Publications

  • The petitions of the Bernese people from December 1830. A contribution to the history of regeneration. Book printing company Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1922 (also Diss. Univ. Zurich).
Articles from the NZZ published as reprints :
  • Alsatian moods. 1922.
  • Polish trip. 1922.
  • The fifth assembly of the League of Nations. September / October 1924 in Geneva. 1924.
  • The Locarno Peace Work. Impressions from the conference days. Lecture. 1925.
  • The admission of Germany to the League of Nations. Reports on the March and September meetings of the League of Nations in 1926. 1926.
  • The eighth League of Nations Assembly, September 1927. 1927.
  • French election campaign. 1928.
  • The ninth League of Nations Assembly, September 1928. 1928.
  • with H. Droz, C. Loosli: The 10th League of Nations Assembly, September 1929. 1929.
  • Political reports on the Eleventh League of Nations Assembly September / October 1930. 1930.

Private

Kloetzli was married and had three children. He died of a lung disease at the age of 41.

literature

  • † Dr. Hans Kloetzli. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. September 7, 1931, evening edition, sheet 7, p. 1.
  • The funeral service for Dr. Hans Kloetzli. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. September 10, 1931, morning edition, sheet 2.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On Sunday morning at 4:15 am, our editor-in-chief, Dr. Hans Kloetzli. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 7, 1931, morning edition, sheet 1, p. 1.
  2. ^ The last trip to Paris, Dr. Kloetzlis. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. September 10, 1931, morning edition, sheet 2.
  3. ↑ Fred Luchsinger: The Neue Zürcher Zeitung in the age of the Second World War 1930–1955. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1955, p. 33 ( limited preview in Google book search).


personal data
SURNAME Kloetzli, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgdorf
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1931
Place of death Zurich