Urs Schwarz (journalist)

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Urs Schwarz (born February 25, 1905 in Zurich ; † October 12, 1996 there ), reformed , entitled to live in Lenzburg and Zurich, was a Swiss editor and university professor .

Life

Urs Schwarz, son of the advocate Moritz Emil Theodor Schwarz and Anna née Bertschinger, devoted himself to studying law at the University of Zurich after completing his Matura , which he obtained in 1928 with the academic degree of Dr. iur. completed. He then completed a commercial and insurance technical training, in 1931 he studied with the help of a fellowship at Harvard Law School , and from 1932 to 1934 he worked for Zurich Insurance in Barcelona .

After completing an internship in the editorial office of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in the same year, he worked for the newspaper as a foreign correspondent in Paris in 1935 , from 1936 to 1939 during the civil war in Spain and from 1940 to 1941 in Berlin during the Second World War . After being appointed NZZ editor, he held this position until his resignation in 1965. In 1968 he took up a professorship for strategy at the Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales in Geneva , which he held until 1976.

Urs Schwarz - he co-founded the International Press Institute and the English-language NZZ edition Swiss Review of World Affairs in 1950 as well as a member of the Institute for Strategic Studies and its Executive Committee in London - has emerged as the author of both historical and strategic articles. His activity as Spain correspondent was characterized by a Franco-friendly reporting.

Fonts

  • The parliamentary immunity of the members of the Swiss Federal Assembly, dissertation , Schulthess, 1929
  • In Franco's Spain, 1936-1937, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1938
  • The United Nations and its Constitutions: Brief Introduction to the Organization and Operation of the World Security Organization, Europa-Verlag, 1947
  • Press law for our time: German legislation as an example, Internationales Presseinstitut, 1966
  • Strategy yesterday, today, tomorrow, Econ-Verlag, 1965
  • Turning away from violence, Econ-Verlag, 1971

literature

  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung from October 15, 1996

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personal data
SURNAME Black, Urs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss editor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1996
Place of death Zurich