Franz Burda I

Aenne & Franz Burda (1931)

Franz Burda (left) with Romy Schneider, Willy Brandt and Ilona Grübel (1971)

Franz Burda (* 24 February 1903 in Philippsburg; died 30 September 1986 in Offenburg) was a German Publisher and a founder of Hubert Burda Media.

Life and Work

Burda received his doctorate in 1927 at the University of Erlangen with an economic history of the development work of the Baden-products markets. He married Aenne Lemminger on July 9, 1931 and was the father of three sons, Francis, Frederick and Hubert.

Burda joined the Nazi Party in the mid-1930s,^[1] was involved but not politically. After 1945, Burda was allowed rather quickly to publish again, despite his former Nazi party membership. For the French occupation authorities, he printed stamps and school books. Against the will of many French officers, he managed to bring the magazine Burda on the market in 1948. It helped him a lot that he was friends with the officer Raymond Schmittlein and was issued the license in the name of this friend as straw man.

See also

• Burda (surname history)

References