Josef Rothammer

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Josef Rothammer (born November 27, 1908 in Regensburg , † May 16, 1976 there ) was a German politician of the SPD ; from 1962 to 1966 he was a member of the Bavarian state parliament .

Life

Rothammer attended elementary school and secondary school and then did an apprenticeship as a merchant in import wholesale. Later he was a trainee in an editorial office and undertook journalistic trips abroad. He worked as an editor until 1933 before he was politically persecuted, imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp and banned from working. Then Rothammer switched to the construction industry and took on a job as a manager of a quarry and haulage company. During the Second World War he was drafted as a soldier, after the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the French, from which he was released in 1946. Back in his hometown, Rothammer devoted himself to rebuilding the social democratic press. In 1949 he took over the management of the Oberpfälzisch-Niederbayerischen Verlagsdruckerei and was the publisher of three weekly newspapers: Regensburger Woche , Volkswacht for the Upper Palatinate and Kurier for Lower Bavaria . He also took an active part in politics: in 1948 he entered the Regensburg city council. In 1952 he ran for the office of Lord Mayor of Regensburg, but had to admit defeat to Hans Herrmann in the first ballot . For this he was appointed honorary mayor, which he held until 1956. In 1962 he was elected to the Bavarian state parliament, to which he belonged for an electoral term until 1966. In 1968 Rothammer sold the Regensburger Woche to a competitor, which ultimately resulted in the tabloid newspaper Die Woche .

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  1. ↑ Wild und rot Article from: Der Spiegel No. 34/1968 from August 19, 1968
personal data
SURNAME Rothammer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German editor, managing director and politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1976
Place of death regensburg