Josef Osterhuber
Josef Osterhuber (born October 6, 1876 in Eurasburg near Augsburg, † March 11, 1965 in Munich ) was a German journalist .
Life
After attending the St. Stephan Benedictine High School in Augsburg , Osterhuber studied theology in Dillingen and Munich . From 1901 he switched to the Faculty of State Economics to become a journalist. During his studies, which he finished in 1903, Osterhuber became a member of the KDStV Aenania Munich in the CV in 1898 . After studying and a short internship at the Donauzeitung in Passau , Osterhuber joined the Neue Augsburger Zeitung in 1903 . In 1906 he went to Munich and became editor-in-chief of the Bayerischer Kurier . After the First World War, he brought the newspaper closer to the newly founded Bavarian People's Party (BVP), as its representative he was a member of the Pasing City Council .
Osterhuber showed himself to be a committed opponent of the burgeoning National Socialism . As early as 1928 he was sued by Adolf Hitler, ultimately unsuccessful, for insult. After the National Socialists came to power, the newspaper was confiscated on June 10, 1933. Twelve days later the editorial offices were searched, Osterhuber's 17-year-old son was kidnapped as a hostage, and Osterhuber himself was briefly placed in protective custody. Finally, the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Adolf Wagner, pushed through his dismissal without notice and banned him from working.
After the end of the Nazi regime , Osterhuber was elected managing director of the Association of Professional Journalists in Bavaria in 1945 and was press director of the Bavarian Farmers' Association from 1948 to 1951 .
Osterhuber was married to Anna Maria Beck from Mering and had seven children.
Honors
- 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1961: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2006: Naming of a square in the Munich district of Pasing-Obermenzing
literature
- Heinz Starkulla jr .: Osterhuber, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 617 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els. 1912, p. 245.
- ↑ Bavarian Order of Merit: Josef Osterhuber. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Osterhuber, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eurasburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1965 |
| Place of death | Munich |