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 published the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper, followed by some magazines, including the popular radio and TV programme magazine Hör zu. In 1952, Springer started 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, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 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 student 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 has been connected to Bild's condemnation of the protesters. Rudi Dutschke (1967) Alfred Willi Rudi Dutschke, commonly called Rudi Dutschke (March 7, 1940 in Schönefeld - December 24, 1979, Århus, Denmark)) was the most prominent spokesperson of the German student movement 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 Theodor 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. ...