Otto D. Tolischus

Otto David Tolischus (born November 20, 1890 in Ruß , German Empire ; died February 24, 1967 in New York City ) was an American journalist.

Life

Otto Tolischus emigrated to the USA in 1907. He made a living as a factory worker and attended the Columbia School of Journalism . Tolishus became a reporter for Cleveland Press and was promoted to chief editor. From 1923 he was the European correspondent for the Universal Service in Berlin and in 1931/32 chief correspondent for the International News Service in London .

From 1933 he was a correspondent in the Berlin office of the New York Times (NYT) and reported from National Socialist Germany. After the beginning of the war in 1939, he had to leave Germany in 1940. Tolishus became a foreign correspondent for the NYT and the London Times in Japan in January 1941 and was interned there after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . He was ill-treated during his five-month detention and then returned to the United States on a prisoner exchange. Tolischus worked as an "editorial writer" until 1967 in the editorial office of the NYT. He published three books about his work abroad.

Tolischus received the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence in 1940 .

Fonts (selection)

They Wanted War . New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1940
Tokyo Record . New York: Reynald and Hitchcock, 1943
Through Japanese Eyes . New York: Reynald and Hitchcock, 1945

literature

Otto David Tolischus , in: Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage: Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners . Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1999 ISBN 1-57356-111-8 , p. 76
Otto D. Tolischus of TIMES, 76, dies; Correspondent Tortured in Japan Won '40 Pulitzer , in: NYT, February 25, 1967

Web links

Literature by and about Otto D. Tolischus in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ Heinz-Dietrich Fischer , Erika J. Fischer: The Pulitzer Prize: Competitors, fights, controversies . Berlin: LIT-Verlag, 2007 ISBN 978-3-8258-0339-1 , pp. 83f.

personal data
SURNAME	Tolischus, Otto D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tolischus, Otto David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Soot , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	February 24, 1967
Place of death	New York City

[1] Heinz-Dietrich Fischer , Erika J. Fischer: The Pulitzer Prize: Competitors, fights, controversies . Berlin: LIT-Verlag, 2007 ISBN 978-3-8258-0339-1 , pp. 83f.