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Axel Springer (d. May 2, 1912, Hamburg - September 22, 1985, West Berlin), was a German journalist and the founder of the Axel Springer Verlag publishing house. May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Position of Hamburg in Germany Hamburgs central broadway Jungfernstieg at the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 This article is about the city in Germany. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...

Springer was born as Axel Cäsar Springer in Hamburg, where his father worked as publisher. Position of Hamburg in Germany Hamburgs central broadway Jungfernstieg at the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 This article is about the city in Germany. ...

Springer's career started with the foundation of Axel Springer GmbH in Hamburg in 1947. He publishes the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper, followed by some magazines, including the popular radio and TV programme magazine Hör zu. In 1952, Springer starts the publication of the tabloid Bild, becoming the daily newspaper for millions in Germany and one important influence on public opinion. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Bild-Zeitung (lit. ...

He went on to launch and acquire a string of papers - most resolutely anti-intellectual, in line with his comment that too much reflection was bad for Germans - and magazines characterised by entertainment and conservative politics. The Axel Springer Verlag today is one of the major magazine and newspaper publishers in Germany with over 180 newspapers and magazines in circulation- 23.7% of the German market in 1999.

In the late 1960s, Springer was attacked by the leftist students movement for the political opinion pushed forward via Bild and the other Springer media and became the goal of their protest marches and direct actions. Springer was swift to denounce those who questioned the economic miracle of the fifties and sixties. The attempted assassination of Rudi Dutschke can be connected to Bild's condemnation of the protesters. Rudi Dutschke (1967) Rudi Dutschke (March 7, 1940 - December 24, 1979) was the most prominent spokesperson of the German student protests of the 1960s. ...

Springer's Bild newspaper was attacked most famously in 1974's Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll. Heinrich Böll Heinrich Böll ( December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was one of Germanys foremost post- World War II writers. ...

Springer died in West Berlin in 1985. Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...

Categories: 1912 births | 1985 deaths | Newspaper publishers of the 20th century | Mass media owners

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	The publisher Axel Caesar Springer, whose press group included the tabloid daily BILD and the daily Die Welt, as well as many other newspapers and journals, was, according to the Israeli diplomat Asher Ben-Natan, a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people:
	It came from honest belief....During our conversations he never disguised his hatred for every kind of totalitarian dictatorship, including Communism....After the Six Day War Springer promulgated four guidelines for his employees and his newspapers that are still binding for the journalists and editors working for Springer publications.
	Springer was, however, a major target of the New Left, one reason being that he and his newspapers were clearly pro-Israeli and condemned the anti-Israeli stream in the New Left.

Axel Springer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (270 words)
	Axel Springer (May 2, 1912, Altona, Hamburg - September 22, 1985, West Berlin), was a German journalist and the founder and owner of the Axel Springer AG publishing company.
	The Axel Springer Verlag today is one of the major magazine and newspaper publishers in Germany with over 180 newspapers and magazines in circulation- 23.7% of the German market in 1999.
	In the late 1960s, Springer was attacked by the leftist student movement for the political opinion pushed forward via Bild and the other Springer media and became a goal of their protest marches and direct actions.

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