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Thomas Chorherr (born November 27, 1932 in Vienna ; † June 17, 2018 ) was an Austrian journalist and author.

Life

Thomas Chorherr was born in 1932 as the son of the businessman Otto Chorherr. During the time of National Socialism , he had a childhood disguised as a “Jewish parent” and “second degree hybrid”. In addition to school, he was a member of the German Young People and the radio game crowd.

Chorherr studied law and worked in the first post-war years as a local journalist for the three-party newspaper Neues Österreich . He spent an academic year in the USA and worked for several years as an editor for the press department of the US Mission for Economic Cooperation . He later worked as a foreign policy journalist for the weekly newspaper Weltpresse .

From 1955 Chorherr worked for Die Presse and in 1970 rose to head of its domestic affairs department. He later became first deputy editor-in-chief and finally editor-in-chief in 1976. In 1995 he changed to the position of editor (until 2000). He continued to serve as a columnist for this newspaper (guest column Merk's Vienna, always in the Monday edition).

Thomas Chorherr was Vice President of the renowned Austrian press club Concordia .

Chorherr also worked for several years as a lecturer at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna.

The former Green politician Christoph Chorherr is his son.

Awards

• Austrian State Prize for journalistic achievements in the interest of young people
• Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class (2002)
• Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1987)
• Great Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria (1997)
• Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna (1994)
• Great Golden Decoration of Honor of the State of Lower Austria
• Great gold medal of the state of Styria
• Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)
• Commander of the Papal Order of Knights of St. Gregory the Great (2002)
• Professional title Professor (1992)
• Concordia Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2015)

Works

• The leisure shock. Life in the vacation company. Molden, Vienna [a. a.] 1983, ISBN 3-217-01149-X
• (Ed.): Great Austrians. Ueberreuter, Vienna / Heidelberg 1985, ISBN 3-8000-3212-0
• Vienna. A story. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-8000-3239-2
• (Ed.): 1938 - Anatomy of a year. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-8000-3245-7
• (Ed.): Holy Wrath. The quarrel in the church. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-8000-3321-6
• What I think about that. Personal and political. Memories and views. Amalthea, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85002-404-0
• About laughter. With illustrations by Ironimus . NP-Buchverlag, St. Pölten / Vienna / Linz 2000, ISBN 3-85326-135-3
• The red citizens. 30 years of socialist Austria. Conservative thoughts. Molden, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85485-041-7
• We offender children. Young life between swastika, bombs and freedom. Molden, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85485-064-6
• Pension shock. Planning instead of panic. Molden, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85485-096-4
• A brief history of Austria. Events, personalities, dates. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8000-3934-6
• Vienna. A brief history of the city. Events, personalities, dates. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-8000-3965-6
• A brief history of the ÖVP. Events, personalities, dates. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-8000-7111-8
• A brief history of the 2nd republic. Events, personalities, dates. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-8000-7032-4
• The Catholic Church in Austria. A short story. Events, personalities, dates. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-8000-7153-1
• Help, who cares for me? Facts viewpoints perspectives. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-8000-7273-6
• Praise of praise. New strength through recognition. Styria, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-222-13258-2
• The fear dilemma. Why we cannot live with fear and cannot survive without fear. Ecowin, Salzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-902404-75-6
• Celebrities, celebrities, adabeis. how society became society. Molden, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-85485-273-5
• Austria: behind the scenes of politics. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-8000-7520-1
• Shut up or speak up? The Austrian dilemma. Molden, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-85485-306-0
• Been there. Memories. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-218-00964-5 .
• Requiem for the tie. The de-bourgeoisie. Residence, Salzburg-Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7017-3397-2 .

Web links

• Website of Thomas Chorherr
• Entry on Thomas Chorherr in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Literature by and about Thomas Chorherr in the catalog of the German National Library

Footnotes

1. ↑ Hans Werner Scheidl: We miss his laughter. In: DiePresse.com . June 17, 2018, accessed June 17, 2018 . Long-time “Presse” editor-in-chief Thomas Chorherr has died. In: derStandard.at . June 17, 2018, accessed June 17, 2018 . 
    
2. ↑ Thomas Chorherr: How does one become an Aryan? In: The press . September 16, 2006, archived from the original on January 22, 2013 ; accessed on June 17, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (pdf, 6.6 MB)
4. ↑ AAS 95 (2003), No. 1, p. 90.
5. ↑ Award ceremony 2015: Mijatovic, Delcheva and Chorherr awarded. Concordia Press Club, archived from the original on April 5, 2018 ; accessed on June 17, 2018 .