Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Axel Springer across 5 places, from 1912 to 1967.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Axel Cäsar Springer (2 May 1912 – 22 September 1985) was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Axel Springer was documented, and when
2 May 1912exact date
Altona, Hamburgattested“Axel Caesar Springer was born on 2 May 1912 in Altona, a borough of Hamburg, the son of Ottilie (née Müller) and Hinrich Springer.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
1946year
Hamburgattested“After the war, in 1946, Springer founded his own publishing company, Axel Springer GmbH, in Hamburg publishing the radio (and later TV) listings magazine Hörzu.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
1952year
Israelattested“As had Adenauer in the wake of his 1952 Reparations Agreement, Springer found that in Israel "German money" was not universally welcome.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
1966year
Israelattested“During his first visit to Israel in 1966, Springer proposed a donation of 3.6 million Deutsche Mark ($900,000) to The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, which would name an auditorium in his honor.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
June 1967month
West Berlinattested“In June 1967 an open letter from a large group of writers (among them Ingeborg Drewitz, Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Günter Grass), accused the Springer Press of "incitement" in a police riot in West Berlin that saw the death of student…”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
10 June 1967exact date
Jerusalemattested“Springer returned to Jerusalem on 10 June 1967, to celebrate, in the company of Viennese-born mayor Teddy Kollek, the conquest of the Old City in the Six-Day War.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
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1933year
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propagandamentioned“Following Hitler's assumption of untrammeled power in 1933, new press ordinances made Springer directly accountable to the Ministry of Propaganda, although as editor of the sports and business pages he may have remained relatively free o…”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
1933year
Berlinmentioned“In 1933 I stood on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin and watched Nazi Storm Troopers beating up old Jews.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
1952year
Hamburgmentioned“Competing in Hamburg with the five other dailies, Springer offered a paper he described as "geared to the underdog and the little man", and perfected a formula he launched on the national market in 1952 with Bild Zeitung.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
1952 to 1956period
Berlinmentioned“In 1956, Springer secured a 26% share in Berlin's prestigious Ullstein publishing house, which in 1952 had been restored to the Jewish family who had originally owned it.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
January 1958month
Moscowmentioned“In January 1958, Springer travelled with Zehrer to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
1961year
Berlinmentioned“When the Wall went up in Berlin in 1961, Springer built his 22-storey headquarters flush up against it in the centre of the city, so that every day it might look over, and be seen from, what his writers regularly referred to as the Sovie…”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
11 April 1968exact date
West Berlinmentioned“When on 11 April 1968, the SDS leader Rudi Dutschke (who had called for the expropriation of Springer's press empire) was shot on the street in West Berlin by the young right-wing extremist Josef Bachmann, the cry again was that Bild was…”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
7 December 1970exact date
Warsaw Ghetto Uprisingmentioned“He is perhaps best remembered for his iconic picture of Willi Brandt kneeling (his Kniefall) on 7 December 1970 before the memorial to the Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
7 December 1970exact date
Warsawmentioned“He is perhaps best remembered for his iconic picture of Willi Brandt kneeling (his Kniefall) on 7 December 1970 before the memorial to the Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Axel Springer
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