Hermann Schwab (journalist)

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Hermann Schwab (born April 7, 1879 in Frankfurt am Main ; died July 1, 1962 in London ) was a German journalist and founder of the Central German Press and Image Service . "Schwab twice built up promising press correspondence or a picture service from the smallest beginnings, first Hitler's seizure of power , then England's entry into World War II, destroyed what had been laboriously built up." ( Guy Stern , 2000)

Life

It was not until the mature age of 46 that Hermann Schwab began his career in journalism . The trigger was the weakening of the Halberstadt metal trading company Aron Hirsch & Sons caused by deflation, which resulted in its relocation to Berlin .

Hermann Schwab was now rooted in Halberstadt and therefore decided against moving to Berlin. Since Schwab had already started writing for newspapers as an apprentice and also worked as a theater reviewer a. a. worked for the renowned Frankfurter Zeitung , he dared to found the Central German Press and Image Service . His articles were popular and therefore, at the urging of the city council, he wrote a literary and cultural Halberstadt travel guide , which had a circulation of 30,000 copies. "Happy is the Halberstadt that such a leader has" it said in a Gleimhaus presented eulogy on Hermann Schwab.

Soon after it was founded, Schwab's press service received a literal rocket boost. The first rocket car was to be demonstrated near Blankenburg . The vehicle ran spectacularly on its track, but then exploded and disintegrated into its components. Schwab hurried to the post office and telephoned the main organs of the German forest of leaves. When he introduced himself a few weeks later to the leading newspaper publishers in Berlin and they recognized him as the "rocket author", both Ullstein Verlag and Mosse became customers of his press service. He strengthened his connections to the foreign press, for example to AP in Berlin, to Reuters as well as to Swiss and London newspapers.

In January 1934 Schwab was banned from working and in March Schwab left for London . While in exile there, he wrote a diary in which he retrospectively described his experiences in Halberstadt in 1933 .

In exile in England , Schwab continued his journalistic activities and immediately began building up a press service again. He succeeded in gaining 58 newspapers and magazines as customers, from the London Daily Telegraph to specialist magazines. However, Schwab usually had to be content with smaller orders. Schwab's journalistic work was a part of his old age, but his press service has only led a shadowy existence since the outbreak of the World War. The enthusiasm and joy with which Schwab had reported about his adopted home Halberstadt and the Harz Mountains had given way in England to an appropriate seriousness and appreciation of his country of asylum.

Fonts (selection)

  • Children's dreams: a book of fairy tales f. jew. Children from 6-9 years , Frankfurt, 1911

literature

  • Guy Stern : Hermann Schwab: Orthodox Jew, Liberal Journalist , in: Markus Behmer (Ed.): German Journalism in Exile 1933 to 1945: People, Positions, Perspectives; Festschrift for Ursula E. Koch . Münster: Lit, 2000, pp. 95-107

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personal data
SURNAME Schwab, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and press service founder
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1962
Place of death London