Otto Kunz (journalist)

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Otto Kunz (* 1887 in the Zurich Oberland ; † February 9, 1952 in Biel ) was a Swiss journalist .

Life

Kunz was a teacher and later a federal correspondent . From 1926 to 1935 he was an editor at the Thurgauer Arbeiterzeitung in Arbon and from 1935 to 1944 at the Free Central Switzerland . From 1944 he worked as an editor for the Seeländer Volksstimme .

Kunz stood up for the journalist and writer Felix Fechenbach , who was persecuted by the National Socialists and who was murdered in 1933. Kunz was also a personal friend of the later Austrian Federal President Franz Jonas . In 1946/47 he organized an aid campaign for the Viennese working-class district of Floridsdorf in Biel .

Works

  • Barbara, the fine weaver. A life story from the Zurich Oberland. Union printing house, Lucerne 1942.

literature

  • Rudolf Roth (Ed.): Otto Kunz, 1887–1952. Cooperative printing company, Biel 1953.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kurt Biefer: commitment to political persecution. In: St. Galler Tagblatt . October 15, 2010.
  2. ↑ a b Short biography on mémreg (Internet portal for historical documents from the Biel, Seeland and Bernese Jura region), accessed on May 11, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Kunz, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich Oberland
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1952
Place of death Biel