Moriz Benedikt (publicist)

Moriz Benedikt in 1904

Moriz Benedikt , also: Moritz Benedikt (born May 27, 1849 in Kwatschitz ( Kvačice ) with Hungarian Hradisch , Moravia ; † March 18, 1920 in Vienna ) was an Austrian journalist of Jewish descent.

biography

Moriz Benedikt's parents were the merchant Markus Benedikt (1810-1883) from Holleschau in Moravia and his wife Julie Hertzka (1821-1891). When he came to Vienna, he was classmate of Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851-1914) and Friedrich von Wieser (1851-1926), who later co-founded the Austrian School of Economics . The rise of the German Liberal Party drew Benedict under the spell of politics: he became an employee of the quarterly journal for economics and cultural history published by Julius Faucher (1820–1878) .

In 1872 he began as editor of the Neue Freie Presse (NFP) in Vienna, where he made a name for himself just a year later with his presentations on the founders' crash and subsequently won the trust of important personalities, particularly those from the financial sector, including stock exchange commissioner Eduard Schön ( 1825–1879) and Wilhelm von Lucam (1820–1900).

In 1880 he became co-editor of the NFP; from 1908 until his death he was editor-in-chief . He was appointed as the first and only journalist by Emperor Karl I (1887–1922) to the Austrian mansion , the upper house of the Reichsrat (May 19, 1917). Benedikt was also very successful financially: in 1910, with an annual income of 1.7 million crowns , he was 11th of the 926 top earners. (The editor of the then Kronen Zeitung , Gustav Davis , was only 513rd with 146,000 kroner.)

Due to his economically liberal attitude and his attitude during the First World War , he was one of the people most severely attacked by Karl Kraus , which is why his name is still common today.

Benedikt was married to Adele Krohn (born April 30, 1847 in Breslau ; † February 21, 1935 in Vienna), the daughter of Samuel Moritz Krohn (1810–1864) and Sophie Silberstein (1818–1900). The couple had two sons, Karl († 1905) and Ernst (1882–1973). Moriz Benedikt was buried in a mausoleum designed by the architect Karl König on the Jewish part of the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 20, row 1 no. 1a). The mausoleum was destroyed in a US bomb attack during World War II.

Fonts

• Political considerations of an independent . L. Rosner, Vienna 1883.
• Features section. Journalists. (On the occasion of Count Harrach's speech). In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 19958/1920, March 20, 1920, p. 1 ff. (Online at ANNO ). .

literature

• Hugo Wittmann :  Moriz Benedikt. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 19959/1920, March 21, 1920, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Benedict, Moritz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 69.
• Ingrid Walter: Moritz Benedikt and the “New Free Press” . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1950.
• Lucian O. Meysels : Like a mighty dream. Theodor Herzl and Moriz Benedikt - A Study of Contrasts . In: Julius Kainz (ed.), Andreas Unterberger : 150 years of "Die Presse" . Holzhausen, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-900518-83-1 , pp. 82-87.
• Günther Haller: "The winner" - Karl Kraus and Moriz Benedikt . In: Günter Düriegl (Hrsg.): 150 years of the press. A piece of Austria, May 16 to August 30, 1998 . Special exhibition of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, Volume 237, ZDB -ID 881004-7 . Self-published by the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-9500740-2-3 , pp. 49–52.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 40 years “Neue Freie Presse”. With six illustrations .. In:  Österreichs Illustrierte Zeitung , year 1904, p. 124 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ^ The Silberstein Family Genealogy. (...) Moriz Benedikt & Adele Krohn . In: kurrein.com , accessed on January 2, 2013.
3. ↑ ZDB -ID 200404-5 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} The passing of Moriz Benedikt. A climb on your own. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 19957/1920, March 19, 1920, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ↑ Official part. In:  Wiener Zeitung , No. 116/1917, May 22, 1917, p. 1, center left. (Online at ANNO ). .
6. ↑ Roman Sandgruber : In the service of the crowns . In: diepresse.com , October 14, 2011, accessed on January 2, 2013.
7. ↑ In memoriam. Adele Benedict . In: The Austrian . No. 3.1935 (8th year). Bund Österreichischer Frauenvereine (Ed.), Vienna 1935, ZDB -ID 2695610-X , ZDB -ID 667410-0 , p. 4. (Online at ALO ) and
   Adele Benedikt died. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 25305 M / 1935, February 22, 1935, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). .

Web links

Commons : Moriz Benedikt (journalist)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Benedikt, Moriz in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Benedict as an educator. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , Morgenblatt, No. 145/1917 (XXIXth volume), June 7, 1917, p. 2. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Voices of the Viennese press. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 19957/1920, March 19, 1920, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Moriz Pöschel:  Benedict's economic work. A souvenir sheet from the time we shared. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 19959/1920, March 21, 1920, p. 2 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Günther Haller: The New Free Press . Episode 2: 1864-1938. From the world sheet of the Danube Monarchy to the annexation of Austria to the German Empire . In: diepresse.com , accessed on January 2, 2013.

Remarks

1. ↑ For comparison: the annual income of a maid was 300 crowns. - Sandgruber: In the service of the crowns .
2. ^ Adele Benedikt, a literary talent , published articles in the Neue Freie Presse. She made a special contribution to the editor and translator of the letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866), wife of Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881). - Leonard Huxley , Adele Benedikt (translator): Jane Welsh Carlyle. Letters to Her Family, 1839–1863 . Zsolnay, Vienna 1930.