Prague press

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The Prague Press was a left-wing, state-sponsored daily newspaper in the Czechoslovak Republic that appeared in German from March 1921 to 1939 .

history

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk founded the Prague press with the aim of integrating the German-speaking minority, which at that time had a share of 22.5%. The first responsible editor worked from 1921 to 1926 (No. 222 of August 13, 1926) Wilhelm Neffzern. Then Arne Laurin headed the editorial department, who worked as editor-in-chief until 1939. His colleague in the features section was Otto Pick from 1921 to 1939.

The newspaper was published by the Czechoslovak government publisher "Orbis". After Czechoslovakia was broken up in March 1939, the newspaper was discontinued.

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Individual evidence

  1. Společná česko-slovenská digitální parlamentní knihovna German