Franz Burda I
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Franz Burda was a German Publisher and a founder of Hubert Burda Media
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Burda joined the mid-1930s the Nazi Party, was involved but not politically. After 1945, Burda was allowed rather quickly to publish again, despite his former Nazi party membership. For the French occupation authorities, he printed stamps and school books. Against the will of many French officers, he managed to bring the magazine Burda on the market in 1948. It helped him a lot that he was friends with the officer Raymond Schmittlein and was issued the license in the name of this friend as straw man.
Hubert Burda Media
Hubert Burda Media is a German privately held, family-owned global media company with its origins in printing and magazine publishing. The company is headquartered in Offenburg and Munich, has additional main offices in Berlin and Hamburg and has more than 7400 employees...
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Life and Work
Burda received his doctorate in 1927 at the University of Erlangen with an economic history of the development work of the Baden-products markets. He married Aenne Lemminger on July 9, 1931 and was the father of three sons, Francis, Frederick and Hubert.Burda joined the mid-1930s the Nazi Party, was involved but not politically. After 1945, Burda was allowed rather quickly to publish again, despite his former Nazi party membership. For the French occupation authorities, he printed stamps and school books. Against the will of many French officers, he managed to bring the magazine Burda on the market in 1948. It helped him a lot that he was friends with the officer Raymond Schmittlein and was issued the license in the name of this friend as straw man.