Walter Hauser (writer)

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Walter Hauser (born June 11, 1957 in Glarus ) is a Swiss writer and journalist .

Life

Hauser was born in 1957 and grew up in the canton of Glarus . He studied law and obtained a doctorate in law . iur. at the University of Zurich . Since 1985 Hauser has worked as a journalist and editor for various Swiss newspapers. From 1987 to 1992 Hauser was a member of the Cantonal Court of Glarus. Since 1995 he has published several books based on legal historical research.

In bitterness and tears , Hauser describes the background to the mass emigration from Glarus to America in the 19th century. The canton and municipalities supported the departure of impoverished families in order to get rid of welfare costs. The case of 18-year-old homeless Samuel Fässler, whose fate Hauser describes in detail based on his research, is particularly tragic. The young fruit thief from Mühlehorn in Glarus was deported to New York in 1851 after years of imprisonment, where his traces were lost forever.

In his book Der Justizmord an Anna Göldi , Walter Hauser was the first to publish the studbook of Heinrich Ludewig Lehmann, which he found in 2006 during his research together with relatives of Lehmann's living today in Germany. The main characters of the Anna Göldi trial are handwritten in the register, including court clerk Johann Melchior Kubli . The studbook provides evidence that Melchior Kubli handed the secret documents of the Göldi trial to the journalist Lehmann. As a result of this indiscretion, the “witch trial” became public shortly after Anna Göldi was executed in 1782. With this book, in which he rehabilitated the last witch , Hauser achieved a Swiss bestseller. Hauser was the driving force behind the rehabilitation of Anna Göldi, decided by the Glarus District Administrator in 2008. As a founding member and president, Walter Hauser is active on the foundation board of the Anna Göldi Foundation , which campaigns against arbitrariness of justice and for the protection of human rights.

While researching the fire in Glarus in 1861, Hauser came across new documents that indicate that the fire had been started by two young people.

Awards

  • 1992 Swiss Press Award in Bern
  • 2019 Premio Culturale Internationale Cartagine in Rome
  • 2020 Glarus North Culture Prize

Works

  • Bitterness and tears: scenes of emigration from the Linth valley and deportation of the homeless Samuel Fässler to America. Limmat Verlag , Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85791-268-5 .
  • In case of doubt against the woman: murder trials in Switzerland. Limmat Verlag, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-85791-289-8 .
  • Emigration to happiness: the life story of Kathrin Engler. Limmat Verlag, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-85791-415-7 .
  • The judicial murder of Anna Göldi: New research on the last witch trial in Europe. Limmat Verlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85791-525-3 ; extended NA: Anna Göldi - execution and rehabilitation . With a contribution by Kathrin Utz Tremp , Limmat, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-85791-714-1 .
  • City on fire: The fire in Glarus in 1861. Limmat Verlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-85791-630-4 .
  • The witch trial against Anna Göldi as judged by contemporaries. In: Late witch trials - how the Enlightenment deals with the irrational (= witch research. Volume 14). Publishing house for regional history , Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-89534-904-1 , p. 123 ff.
  • Hope for an explanation - unsolved murders in Switzerland between persecution and statute of limitations. Limmat Verlag, Zurich September 2018, ISBN 978-3-85791-862-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blick journalist Walter Hauser ensured the rehabilitation of Anna Göldi in: Blick November 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Fire of 1861: New evidence suggests arson. in: Südostschweiz , Glarus edition. April 10, 2011
  3. ↑ Exclusive! SonntagsBlick author Walter Hauser now reveals new facts about the fire in Glarus in his book : Blick 10 April 2011
  4. ↑ Walter Hauser receives culture award in Rome in: Glarus 24 August 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ Home community honors Glarus author Walter Hauser in: Nau.ch December 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ Näfler Culture Prize for Walter Hauser in: linth24 December 6, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hauser, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Glarus