Louis-Ferdinand Ullstein

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Louis-Ferdinand Ullstein (born November 11, 1863 in Berlin ; † March 19, 1933 there ) was a German publisher .

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After the death of his father, the publisher's founder Leopold Ullstein , Louis Ullstein took over the helm of Ullstein Verlag in 1899 . His older brother Hans Ullstein (1859–1935), younger brother Franz Ullstein (1868–1945) and half-brothers Rudolf Ullstein (1874–1964) and Hermann Ullstein (1875–1943) were also active in the publishing house. While Louis had trained as a businessman and was responsible for corporate strategy, Hans and Franz had studied law. Franz was also described as the “ghost” of the publisher. After an unpopular training as a businessman, Hermann took over the magazines and publishing house advertising.

In 1904, Louis Ullstein radically converted the “Berliner Zeitung” into “ BZ am Mittag ”, which was a great economic success and a revolution in the Berlin press landscape.

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He was married to Else Landsberger, the sister of the writer Artur Landsberger . Both left the Jewish community at an early age, their son Heinz Ullstein was brought up as a Christian . Louis Ullstein built a villa for himself and his family in Berlin-Grunewald , Höhmannstraße 10. It now serves as a private residence for the British ambassador. The couple's grave is located in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf in the Charlottenburg block, garden block I, hereditary burial 16.

literature

  • Georg Wenzel: German business leader . Life courses of German business personalities. A reference book on 13,000 business figures of our time. Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg / Berlin / Leipzig 1929, DNB 948663294 , Sp. 2321 f.
  • Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1932.
  • Frieda Ries: Obituary for Louis-Ferdinand Ullstein. In: Ullstein reports , 5th year 1933, April edition.
  • Heinz Ullstein: The playground of my life. Memories. Kindler, Munich 1961, pp. 272–282.
  • Peter Walther (Ed.): Muses and Graces in the Mark. 750 years of literature in Brandenburg. Volume 2: A historical dictionary of writers. Lukas, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931836-69-X , p. 274.
  • Ullstein, Louis , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 371

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Ullstein: Playground of my life , p. 329
  2. ↑ Berlin theme year "Destroyed Diversity" ( Memento from October 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Ullstein, Louis-Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1933
Place of death Berlin