Walter Dietze (publisher)
Walter Wilhelm Hermann Dietze (born October 6, 1888 in Berlin ; † 1962 ) was a German publisher and bookseller.
Life
After graduating from high school in 1906 at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Berlin, Walter Dietze studied law and political science at the universities of Munich, Grenoble, Freiburg and Halle. In 1909 he became a member of the Corps Rhenania Freiburg . In 1911 he passed the trainee examination. From 1911 to 1912 he served as a one-year volunteer and then continued his education. He took part in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 as a soldier, most recently as an orderly officer. As an award he received the Iron Cross II. And I. Class. In 1919 he was promoted to Dr. jur. et rer. pole. PhD. He then joined the management of his father's publishing house.
In 1920 Dietze became deputy Reich representative of the foreign trade subsidiary for the book trade and manager of the Berlin branch of the German Booksellers Association. In 1923 he took over the management of the publishing house KF Koehler and the Berlin branch of Koehler & Volckmar AG & Co. In 1928 he was appointed syndic of the Reich Association of German Art Publishers and Dealers and Syndic of the Reich Association of German Magazine Publishers. Most recently, after the Second World War, Dietze lived in Stuttgart.
Fonts
- The pricing of the German book trade in the light of the War Usury Ordinance , 1919
- Credit protection for specialist journals , 1930
- The Night of the Book , 1930
- Thanks to Albert Hess . In: Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel , Vol. 4, 1948, pp. 1553–1554
literature
- Dietze, Walter, Wilhelm, Hermann. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 325.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1971, 35 , 782
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 35 , 789
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 35 , 783
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dietze, Walter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dietze, Walter Wilhelm Hermann (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher and bookseller |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1888 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | 1962 |