Hans Walter Aust
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Hans Walter Aust was a German journalist.
Hans Walter Aust came from a Silesian family. His grandfather, Rudolph Austin (1833–1907) was a merchant in Neusalz, the father Aust Walther (1871–1928) was a fittings manufacturer in Berlin. Aust had military training as a cadet and officer.
He joined the NSDAP (Nazi Party) on May 1, 1933. He was a member of the Reich Press Chamber and was exempt from military service. In 1942 he began a two-year prison sentence and was expelled from the Reich Press Chamber. After the end of World War II he worked from May 1945 in the Tägliche Rundschau, where he was promoted to deputy chief of the economic portfolios, and became a member of the SED
. When the Tägliche Rundschau was discontinued, he received the 1956 post of editor in chief editor of the German political journal Deutsche Außenpolitik, which he held until 1969. He also wrote several articles for Die Weltbühne
.
Aust was a member of the Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse
(Board of the Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge) and the Liga für Völkerverständigung (League for International Understanding). He received the Vaterländischer Verdienstorden (Patriotic Order of Merit) in 1960 in bronze and in 1965 in silver.
Hans Walter Aust came from a Silesian family. His grandfather, Rudolph Austin (1833–1907) was a merchant in Neusalz, the father Aust Walther (1871–1928) was a fittings manufacturer in Berlin. Aust had military training as a cadet and officer.
He joined the NSDAP (Nazi Party) on May 1, 1933. He was a member of the Reich Press Chamber and was exempt from military service. In 1942 he began a two-year prison sentence and was expelled from the Reich Press Chamber. After the end of World War II he worked from May 1945 in the Tägliche Rundschau, where he was promoted to deputy chief of the economic portfolios, and became a member of the SED
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a communist political party with a Marxist-Leninist ideology...
. When the Tägliche Rundschau was discontinued, he received the 1956 post of editor in chief editor of the German political journal Deutsche Außenpolitik, which he held until 1969. He also wrote several articles for Die Weltbühne
Die Weltbühne
Die Weltbühne was a German weekly magazine focused on politics, art, and business. The Weltbühne was founded in Berlin on 7 September 1905 by Siegfried Jacobsohn and was originally created strictly as a theater magazine under the title Die Schaubühne. It was renamed Die Weltbühne on 4 April 1918...
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Aust was a member of the Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse
Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse
Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse was a cultural center of the VEB cable plant Oberspree in East Berlin founded in 1954 and dissolved in 1990 whose goal was to educate the East German population, especially in the fields of science, technology, medicine, economics and...
(Board of the Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge) and the Liga für Völkerverständigung (League for International Understanding). He received the Vaterländischer Verdienstorden (Patriotic Order of Merit) in 1960 in bronze and in 1965 in silver.
Work
- Deutsche Außenpolitik. Für einen Friedensvertrag mit Deutschland. Sonderheft 1 der Zeitschrift, Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1959
- Die Widersprüche zwischen den Westmächten und die Rolle der Bonner Militaristen Reihe: Material für Agitatoren und Propagandisten, Hg. SEDSocialist Unity Party of GermanyThe Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a communist political party with a Marxist-Leninist ideology...
. Dietz, Berlin 1960 - Südostasien zwischen gestern und morgen. in: "Deutsche Außenpolitik." Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1962