Paul Simsa
Paul Joseph Simsa (born May 3, 1924 in Potsdam ; † March 8, 2013 ) was a German motor journalist.
Life
Simsa first worked at Adler in Frankfurt, where he wrote operating instructions for new motorcycle models. At the same time, he wrote specialist publications for Motor-Presse Verlag , where he was hired as a permanent employee in 1955. In 1952 he received his doctorate in Mainz on the subject of sacred royalty among Indians of the North American Southeast .
From 1960 to 1973 he held the position of editor-in-chief of mot magazine . Before that he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Roller-Mobil-Kleinwagen at Motor-Presse Verlag.
Publications (selection)
- My car is called Arabella: A manual for the Arabella , Stuttgart 1961.
- Oldtimers: Cars from the old days . With drawings by Klaus Bürgle , Stuttgart 1961.
- (together with Jan Friedrich Drkosch) Five small German cars: BMW 600, Fiat 600, Goggomobil T 600 / T 700, Lloyd Alexander TS, NSU Prinz and Prinz 30 , Stuttgart 1959.
- All this drove on our roads , first in Stuttgart in 1969.
- Navy intern. Development and undesirable development of the German Navy 1888-1939 , Stuttgart 1972.
- Sheer driving pleasure: BMW, character of an automobile brand , Düsseldorf 1983.
- (together with Carlo Demand) Bold men, great cars: the Gordon Bennett races 1900-1905 , Stuttgart 1987.
- Ozone killer car? Facts and contradictions in the mirror of the media , Königswinter 1996.
- Hitler, Beetle, Fraud of the People : How Ferdinand Porsche fascinated the "Führer" , Bodensteiner Verlag, Wallmoden 2004. ISBN 3-9806631-3-2 .
- Wilhelm II and his fleet . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-613-03480-8 .
- (with Jürgen Lewandowski) Stars, Stars and Majesties. Celebrities on Mercedes-Benz . Stadler, Konstanz 1985, ISBN 3-7977-0122-5 .
- Focke-Wulf FW 190 (= Aircraft Technology Edition , Volume 2). Heel, Königswinter 1997, ISBN 3-89365-466-6 .
literature
- Pierre Poeschke, interview with Dr. Paul Simsa , in: Volvo Club News 3/1996 (PDF).
- Franz-Peter Strohbücker, Personnel: Dr. Paul Simsa died ( Memento from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (report by the Association of Motor Journalists).
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Motor Revue No. 34 (1960), p. 112.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simsa, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simsa, Paul Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motor journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 2013 |