Werner G. Hoffmann
Werner G. Hoffmann (born January 29, 1907 , † August 1988 in Falkenstein (Königstein) ) was a German newspaper publisher.
Life
Werner G. Hoffmann comes from a newspaper publishing family. His grandfather was the founder of the New Görlitzer Anzeiger in 1877 . Hoffmann himself studied law in Breslau and at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . There he became active in 1928 in the expelled Corps Palatia Strasbourg . After the assessor exam he worked as a lawyer for a while. In 1932 he became co-owner of the book printing company and the newspaper publisher Hoffmann & Reiber in Görlitz (later expropriated in the GDR) . Annals document the family history in Görlitz since 1304. As a conscious Silesian / Görlitzer, he and his Rotary friends had the Luther statue poured again, erected and donated it (1983 or 1985).
After moving to industry, Hoffmann became head of the board secretariat of the Waldhof pulp mill . In 1940 he became director and closest collaborator to the chairman of the board, Max H. Schmid. From 1950 to 1972 he was the publishing director of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . In 1964 he was appointed federal labor judge. Hoffmann was chairman of the supervisory board of the German Press Agency (dpa), the United Economic Services (vwd) and the Braunschweiger Zeitung .
Awards
- Federal Cross of Merit (1967)
literature
- Werner G. Hoffmann Palatiae-Strasbourg 75 years old . In: Deutsche Corpszeitung 83 (1982), p. 84
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 33 , 247
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Werner G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German newspaper publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1988 |
| Place of death | Falkenstein |