Willy J. Martin
Wilhelm Jakob Martin (born September 18, 1921 in Viernheim ; † February 9, 2015 in Mannheim ) was a German newspaper publisher .
Martin was publisher, editor and editor-in-chief of the local newspaper "Viernheimer Tageblatt" in southern Hesse from 1949 to 1997 and managing director of the publishing house "Johannes Martin Söhne OHG". From 1997 to 2015 he was managing director of "Richard and Willy Martin Vermögensverwaltung GbR" in Viernheim
For more than 40 years he worked as a supraregional honorary member of the editorial board of the editorial community of German home newspapers (rdh) and member of the advisory board of rdh GmbH. For his services to the national and local press home Newspapers him president awarded Richard von Weizsacker , the 1992 Order of Merit on ribbon.
Web links
- † Willy J. Martin - A life for the local newspaper. Obituary in the Viernheimer Nachrichten (February 14, 2015)
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| SURNAME | Martin, Willy J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martin, Wilhelm Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German newspaper publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viernheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 2015 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |