Bernhard Wolff was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 media mogul. He was editor of the Vossische Zeitung

Vossische Zeitung

The Vossische Zeitung was the well known liberal German newspaper that was published in Berlin . Its predecessor was founded in 1704...

, founder of the National Zeitung (1848-1938), and founder of Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau

Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau

Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau was founded by Bernhard Wolff a German media mogul.It was one of the first press agencies in Europe and one of the three great European telegraph monopolies until the World War II-era, the other two being the English Reuters and the French Havas. They formed 1865 the...

 (1849-1934), one of the first press agencies in Europe and one of the three great European telegraph monopolies until the World War II

World War II

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-era, the other two being the English Reuters

Reuters

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 and the French Havas

Havas

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The second son of a Jewish banker, Wolff lived and died in Berlin

Berlin

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, Brandenburg

Province of Brandenburg

The Province of Brandenburg was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.-History:The first people who are known to have inhabited Brandenburg were the Suevi. They were succeeded by the Slavonians, whom Henry II conquered and converted to Christianity in...

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