Herbert Girardet (publisher)

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Herbert Girardet (born July 12, 1910 in Essen , † October 6, 1972 in Unterjoch ) was a German publisher .

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Herbert Girardet was a son of Wilhelm (II.) Girardet , the eldest son of the company's founder and councilor Wilhelm Girardet . Herbert's brother was the print shop owner and publisher Wilhelm (III.) Girardet (1902–1996), who continued the W. Girardet company in Essen in the third generation.

After attending school, Herbert Girardet studied economics and newspaper science, philosophy and art history in Berlin , Tübingen and Leipzig from 1930 to 1936 . In 1930 he became a member of the Corps Suevia Tübingen . With the writing The economic structure of the communist daily press in Germany from 1918 to 1933 he received his doctorate in 1938 at the University of Leipzig to the doctor of philosophy .

Girardet was initially a volunteer at newspaper publishers in Düsseldorf and Chemnitz . This was followed by World War II when he was a soldier.

In 1945 Girardet joined the family company W. Girardet in Essen and became a personally liable partner. After his brother Wilhelm (III :) returned from captivity, he took over the management of the specialist magazine and specialist book publisher. With new editions of magazines and specialist books, he expanded the publishing house to such an extent that in 1972 there were more than 500 titles from business and technology.

His offices included the vice-presidency of the Association of German Magazine Publishers and the deputy chairmanship of the specialist group for specialist journals in this association.

Girardet was an important art collector and active sponsor of the Folkwang School and the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra .

Buried in the grave of his father Wilhelm Girardet in the south-west cemetery in Essen

He was buried in the south-west cemetery in Essen in the grave of his father Wilhelm (II.) Girardet.

Honors

Herbert Girardet was a holder of the Great Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and in 1953 became an honorary citizen of the Technical University of Aachen .

literature

  • Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 , p. 117 .
  • Barbara Gerstein: Herbert Girardet; in: Life pictures from the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area, born 1968–1972 . Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft, Bade Baden 1980, ISBN 978-3-7890-0527-5 , p. 61 ff .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 129 , 934
  2. ^ Historical portal Essen: Wilhelm II. Girardet ; Retrieved August 3, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Girardet, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1972
Place of death Unterjoch (Bad Hindelang)