Walter Schiess

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Walter Schiess (born September 6, 1898 in Herisau ; † November 12, 1959 ) was a Swiss editor and free thinker .

Life

Schiess attended the canton school in Chur , did an apprenticeship in the Chur telephone and telegraph administration and worked as a telegraph operator in the main telegraph office in Bern . He later took over the editing of the Technischen Rundschau . In 1952 he published the anniversary publication Hundred Years of Electrical Communications in Switzerland .

For many years Schiess was the central president of the Swiss Freethinkers Association until 1958, when Marcel Bollinger took over from him. During the Second World War he was editor of the organ of the Freethinkers Association .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Schieß - editor of the «Freethinker» . In: Freethinkers. Monthly publication of the Swiss Freethinkers Association . December 1959, No. 12, 42nd year. doi : 10.5169 / seals-410931
  2. ^ Farewell to Marcel Bollinger (1923-2003). ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: freidenker: Monthly of the Freethinkers Association of Switzerland , edition 8/2003, p. 3. ISSN 0256-8993 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / frei-haben.ch 
personal data
SURNAME Shoot, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss editor and free thinker
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Herisau
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1959