Julius Jaenisch

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Julius Jaenisch (born October 6, 1890 in Berlin ; died after 1937) was a German news anchor. From 1925 he was the news announcer of the Funk-Hour Berlin , the first radio station in Germany, which was transformed into the Reichssender Berlin in 1935 .

life and work

Janisch first attended the Sophien-Realgymnasium , later the main cadet school in Groß-Lichterfelde . Since he could not pursue an officer career because of an illness, he turned to the bank box. Then he worked as a telephone operator on the stock exchange. During the First World War he was first used on the Eastern Front. He was then taken to a postal control center because of a heart condition. After the war he worked as a news editor in a Berlin office for foreign newspapers. Among other things, he reported on the Weimar National Assembly . Subsequently he worked in a foreign trade office and then as a cashier at a Berlin private bank. He applied for a public tender from Funk-Hour Berlin and won the audition. From 1925 he worked as a spokesman for weather, business and sports news. Through the special election service he became known nationwide. His pronunciation is said to have been very clear, the tone slightly nasal. It quickly became very popular with the public. In a 1935 interview, he described his work as follows:

“The announcement should be clear, short and factual. Nevertheless, it can be brought graciously through the voice. . . We have to be there with the sound of the gong. "

The last sign of life is a radio play recording with Gustaf Gründgens from 1937. One of Goebbels' secretaries gave an indication of his possible fate in 2016:

“Jule Jaenisch, a wonderful man, without him all radio would not exist. Who spoke all the news in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Jule Jaenisch was in a concentration camp. "Yes, but why?" "Yes, he's supposed to be gay." "Oh, for God's sake, he's - gay?"

- Brunhilde Pomsel in the film A German Life , 2016

The place, day and circumstances of his death are unknown.

radio play

swell

  • Julius Jaenisch , in: “Die Sendung” 1935, p. 36
  • J. Hellmut Freund: Before the lemon tree , autobiographical digressions of a returnee. Berlin, Montevideo, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer 2005, p. 169
  • Ulrich Heitger: From time signals to political means of leadership , development tendencies and structures of radio news programs in the Weimar Republic 1923–1932, LIT Verlag Münster, 2003, p. 154
  • Night Out (Berlin): A modern woman with questions about the present , April 6, 2017, accessed on May 25, 2017 (transcript of the Bomsel quote)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans S. von Heister (ed.): Das Buch der Ansager , Rothgiesser & Diesing 1932; P. 18
  2. ↑ Radio play tips , accessed on May 25, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Jaenisch, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German news anchor
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH after 1937