Paul Bourdin

Paul Bourdin (born April 13, 1900 in Bingen am Rhein , † October 24, 1955 in Hamburg ) was a German journalist and State Secretary .

Life

Bourdin's ancestors were Huguenots from France . After graduating from high school in Bingen, he studied philology at the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne . In 1925 he started at the Frankfurter Zeitung, where he worked as a correspondent in Brussels, London and Paris. After the newspaper was liquidated by the National Socialists, he worked for the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in Berlin and Paris. He also worked as a translator .

In 1945 he co-founded the Berlin-Wilmersdorf Adult Education Center and was involved in founding the Kurier in the French occupation zone. In 1949, as a permanent state secretary, he became head of the press and information office of the federal government in Bonn. In 1950 he took over the editor-in-chief of the world in Hamburg. He was also a commentator for the time .

Paul Bourdin , in Internationales Biographisches Archiv 50/1955 of December 5, 1955, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)

personal data
SURNAME	Bourdin, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and State Secretary
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bingen am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH	October 24, 1955
Place of death	Hamburg