Louis Paul Lochner
Louis Paul Lochner (born February 22, 1887 in Springfield , Illinois , † January 8, 1975 in Wiesbaden ) was an American journalist and author of numerous books.
Life
Lochner came to Berlin in January 1921 as the Germany correspondent for the trade union correspondence The Federated Press . In May 1924 he moved to the Berlin office of the Associated Press (AP) in the same capacity , which he headed from 1928 to 1942. He was a commentator on the Nazi era and a critical friend of Germany with ties to the resistance , as well as a war correspondent. After the war he was an opponent of the Morgenthau Plan and initiated a private aid campaign for Germans. Later he chose Wiesbaden as his retirement home.
Lochner was President of the Overseas Press Club in New York. He has also written, translated and edited numerous books.
Awards
- 1939 Pulitzer Prize for correspondence ( Correspondence )
- 1956 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
Fonts (selection)
- The statesmanlike experiments of the car king Henry Ford. (Translated from Albert Markwitz). With a few thoughts from Maxim Gorky. (Translated from the Russian by Marie Budberg-Zakrevsky). Publisher f. Cultural Policy, Munich 1923
- American reporting, American news. (Lecture), Friederichsen, de Gruyter & Co., Hamburg 1931
- What about Germany? Hodder and Stoughton, London 1943
- (as ed. :) Goebbels, Joseph: Diaries from the years 1942-43. Ed. with other documents. by Louis P. Lochner. Atlantis Verl., Zurich 1948
- The Goebbels diaries, 1942-1943 . Published by Doubleday, New York 1948
- Fritz Kreisler . The Macmillan Co., New York 1951; German edition: Bergland-Verlag, Vienna 1957
- Always the unexpected. Memories from Germany 1921 - 1953. By author. German transl. And Edited by Günther Birkenfeld . Schneekluth, Darmstadt 1955
- The mighty and the tyrant. German industry from Hitler to Adenauer. The only one, by the author of the German edition, obtained by Theodor Büchner with co-workers. by JK Thiel; Schneekluth, Darmstadt 1955
- Always the unexpected. A book of reminiscences. The Macmillan Co., New York 1956
- Herbert Hoover and Germany. Macmillan Co., New York 1960
- Herbert Hoover and Germany. (translated from the American), Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1961
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis Paul Lochner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Louis P. Lochner (1887-1975) Family Collection, 1524-1975
- Louis P. Lochner in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Louis Lochner (English)
- Lochner books in the Internet Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Louis P. Lochner: Always the unexpected. Darmstadt 1955, p. 76.
- ↑ Louis P. Lochner: Stets das Unexpected , Darmstadt 1955, p. 11 f
- ↑ Louis P. Lochner: Always the unexpected. Darmstadt 1955, p. 9 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lochner, Louis Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1975 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |