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Karl Emil Wilhelm Boldt , also Carl (Emil Wilhelm) Boldt (born August 31, 1884 in Rostock , † October 25, 1968 in Berlin-Dahlem ), was a German printer and publisher .
Life
Karl Boldt was a son of the printer and publisher Gustav Boldt . His grandfather of the same name, Carl Boldt , once founded the Boldtschen Hofdruckerei in Rostock.
Boldt attended the large city school Rostock and the Friderico-Francisceum in Doberan before he graduated from the technical center for book printers in Leipzig. From 1906 to 1908 a commercial apprenticeship followed at two book publishers in Leipzig.
Karl Boldt got his first job with the Magdeburger Generalanzeiger and the Hamburger Fremdblatt . In 1909 he began working in his father's publishing house in Rostock. At first he was an authorized signatory, later co-owner in the printing and newspaper operations of the Rostocker Anzeiger . Under his leadership, the face of the newspaper changed, for example with the regular printing of photos, a weekly illustrated supplement and a sports show. It was possible to increase the daily circulation to 80,000 by advertising for the first time with a self-portrayal in an advertising film from the tree trunk to the newspaper sheet. A high point was the 50th anniversary of the newspaper on April 1, 1931.
In 1919 Karl Boldt founded the Berend & Boldt publishing bookstore together with Emil Berend . In 1924 he became a partner in the family business that had been converted into a GmbH. In the same year the Hamburg Safari publishing house and the Leipzig publishing house Arthur Heber & Co were acquired. When the Rostocker Anzeiger Carl Boldt GmbH was dissolved in 1935 and converted into a limited partnership , Boldt left the management and devoted himself only to the printing works Adlers Erben.
During the air raids on Rostock on April 27, 1942, the publishing house on Blücherplatz was bombed.
Karl Boldt was the founder of Rostock's largest movie theater, the Capitol, on Breiten Straße . From 1929 to 1933 he was chairman of the Mecklenburg Yacht Club in Rostock. The family owned the Alt Steinhorst manor , which is why Carl Boldt was expelled from Mecklenburg as a large landowner after the end of World War II. In 1947 he was charged with allegedly supporting the Nazi regime, but acquitted for lack of evidence. After he fled to West Berlin, his private and business assets were confiscated in 1948 and transferred to state property.
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 1193 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boldt, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boldt, Karl Emil Wilhelm (full name); Boldt, Carl Emil Wilhelm (full name); Boldt, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German printer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1968 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Dahlem |