Stefan von Müller

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Stefan Müller , 1913-1919 Müller Edler von Deham , also short Müller von Deham or von Müller (born November 3, 1877 in Vienna ; † May 5, 1938 ibid) was an Austrian lawyer, political scientist and journalist of Jewish descent.

Life

He was the son of the imperial and royal court councilor David Heinrich Müller (1846–1912) from Buczacz in Galicia , lecturer at least since 1876, from 1881 professor of Semitic languages at the University of Vienna , author and editor of academic works, and Charlotte Horowitz. Initially, on December 20, 1912, just one day before his death, the father was raised to the Austrian personal nobility . It was not until six months later that his widow Charlotte and her two sons, the lawyer Stefan and the doctor Albert Müller, were also raised to the Austrian nobility with a diploma dated July 29, 1913 with the addition of "Edler von Deham".

After attending a grammar school in Vienna, Müller began studying law at the University of Vienna. At the resident business school , he took the tray economy and was served with Dr. jur. PhD . He then did his doctorate in Frankfurt am Main as Dr. rer. pole. His dissertation was entitled The Financial Mobilization of Austria and its Expansion by 1918 .

He then worked for several years at banks in England , Germany and Austria, where he deepened his knowledge in the legal departments. In 1922 he was hired as editor of the Neue Freie Presse in Vienna and took over the business section. In doing so, he developed the newspaper into a news paper.

In the second half of 1932 - probably only for financial reasons - Ernst Benedikt , the editor of the newspaper since 1920 and son of the previous owner Moriz Benedikt , sold some of his shares to a consortium to which Müller was a member. As a result of this transaction, Stefan von Müller became editor-in-chief of the newspaper and vice-president of Österreichische Journal AG from 1935 .

His articles on economic policy topics also appeared occasionally in the English magazine The Economist . He was also active in lectures in courses for high school graduates at higher commercial schools. Before joining the merchants, he spoke on topics of economics and newspaper studies. He was a member of the journalists' union in Austria.

After the “Anschluss” of Austria (March 12, 1938), the Neue Freie Presse could no longer survive. Ever since his time in Vienna, Hitler had maintained an irreconcilable and hostile stance against the "Judenblatt" and demanded that it be stopped. Müller, who had long since converted from the Jewish faith to Christianity, was interrogated by the Gestapo several times until he committed suicide on May 5, 1938.

He was married to the Englishwoman Gertrude Bennet-Squire.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to Paul Emödi (ed.): Who is who: Lexicon of Austrian Contemporaries , Vienna 1937: November 3, 1879, whereas the German Biographical Archive (DBA) uses the date of birth from the Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL, see section Literature ) and indicates November 3, 1877. The year of death is in the DBA with "approx. 1937 ”, while the ÖBL states 1938 as the year of death.
  2. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume IX, page 254, Volume 116 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1998. Accordingly, he is only a “ noble ” and by no means a “ baron ”, such as Stefan Prochatzka in the NDB writes.
  3. ↑ Dissertation at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Frankfurt (Main), Verlag L. Weiß, Berlin 1918
  4. ^ History of the newspaper
  5. ↑ Obituary in the Neue Freie Presse , May 11, 1938, p. 17 [1]
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Stefan von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Stefan; Deham, Müller Edler von; Deham, miller of; Müller, from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer, political scientist and journalist of Jewish descent
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1938
Place of death Vienna