Rudolf Posch (journalist)

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Rudolf Posch (born September 13, 1887 in Trento , † December 9, 1948 in Bozen ) was a South Tyrolean priest and journalist.

biography

Posch was born in Trento in 1887 as the son of an Austrian tax officer. After primary school in Neumarkt and attending the German high school in Trento, he decided to enter the seminary. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1911 in Trento . Years of cooperation followed in Laives and Branzoll . When Italy entered the First World War in 1915, Posch became Feldkurat der Kaiserjäger . In the first months of peace Posch was not allowed to cross the newly drawn Brenner border , so he first accepted a position as a cooperator in Pill in the Lower Inn Valley . He was later allowed to return to his home diocese, first to Nals and then to Kurtatsch .

As a reporter from the Unterlandler parish, Posch regularly sent letters to the editors of the Volksbote , in which he also gave advice on better newspaper German. So he recommended himself for a job in journalism. Canon Michael Gamper asked Archbishop Celestino Endrici of Trento to assign the clergyman to the editorial team in Bolzano. On October 1, 1924 Posch had his debut in the editorial office of the countryman . As a Trentino, who had also perfectly learned the Italian language from his mother, he was somewhat respected by the fascist authorities and was able to help ease the situation. After the newspaper-less period from October 1926 to New Year 1927, Josef Eisendle from Wipptal became editor-in-chief of the Dolomites and the Volksbote . Eisendle's sudden death in 1935 hit the editorial staff hard. Posch jumped into the breach and took over the office.

A grueling guerrilla war with the fascist authorities began for the press priest. Reminders and warnings were part of everyday life for the gagged journalists in Bolzano. After the fall of Mussolini (April 25, 1943), the boss of the Dolomites hoped for an end to war, oppression and emigration. But for him the hardest time of his life began. The National Socialists had already collected material against the opponent of the option . After their invasion he sensed himself that he was in great danger. Nevertheless, he refused to flee. On September 9, 1943, the editor-in-chief was led in handcuffs from the editorial office of the Dolomites on Museumstrasse in Bolzano and brought to the Dachau concentration camp via Innsbruck and Landshut . Posch returned from there after 20 months in prison with bad health. He resumed his work in the Dolomites , but in 1946 handed over the editing to Canon Gamper, who had meanwhile returned from exile in Rome .

Posch died unexpectedly on December 9, 1948 in Bolzano.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Posch, Rudolf (1887–1948), journalist and pastor. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
  2. ^ Hans Karl Peterlini : 100 Years of South Tyrol: History of a Young Country , Haymon Verlag, 2013, p. 117.
  3. ^ Hans Humer (editor): Tyrolia - Athesia. 100 years of experience, suffering, and shaping. A Tyrolean publishing house in the service of the word . Publishing house Tyrolia Innsbruck, Publishing house Athesia Bozen, Innsbruck 1989, ISBN 3-7022-1731-2 .
  4. ^ Rolf Steininger : South Tyrol in the 20th Century: From the life and survival of a minority , StudienVerlag, 2016, p. 186.
personal data
SURNAME Posch, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Tyrolean priest and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Trent
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1948
Place of death Bolzano