Leopold Ullstein
German newspaper publisher
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| Intro | German newspaper publisher | ||
| A.K.A. | Ульштейн Леопольд | ||
| A.K.A. | Ульштейн Леопольд | ||
| Places | Germany | ||
| was | Journalist Publisher | ||
| Work field | Business Journalism | ||
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| Birth | 6 September 1826, Fürth, Germany | ||
| Death | 4 December 1899Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (aged 73 years) | ||
| Star sign | Virgo | ||
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Biography
Leopold Ullstein (6 September 1826 – 4 December 1899) was the founder and publisher of several successful German newspapers, including B.Z. am Mittag and Berliner Morgenpost. Many of these are still published today. Ullstein was also the founder of the leading German publishing house Ullstein-Verlag.
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Early years
Leopold Ullstein was born 6 September 1826 in Fürth, Bavaria of ethnic Jewish parents.
Publishing empire
Death and legacy
Leopold Ullstein died 4 December 1899. He was 73 years old at the time of his death.
Ullstein's publishing empire was carried on after his death by his five sons, since his five daughters were expected to make good marriages and not involve themselves in business. One of the sons, Hermann Ullstein, emigrated from Nazi Germany in December 1938 and published a history of the Ullstein firm. (This is not generally understood to be a very accurate history however. )
Following the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in 1933, the Ullstein publishing empire was forcibly "Aryanized." In 1934 the firm, valued at 60 million marks, was sold under duress for 6 million marks.