The House of Ullstein
Published on 1. December 2016
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-78576-324-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Their motto was political liberalism and modern culture", Arthur Koestler wrote of the Ullstein family.
Enthralling and full of the atmosphere of the period, Hermann Ullstein brings the early years of the Ullstein publishing empire to life. He portrays its impressive rise to become Europe's largest publisher, as well as the dramatic upheavals in Germany that led to the company's expropriation by the Nazis.
Enthralling and full of the atmosphere of the period, Hermann Ullstein brings the early years of the Ullstein publishing empire to life. He portrays its impressive rise to become Europe's largest publisher, as well as the dramatic upheavals in Germany that led to the company's expropriation by the Nazis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78576-324-3 (9781785763243)
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Person
Hermann Ullstein was born in 1875, the youngest of the five famous sons of Leopold Ullstein, the founder of the publishing dynasty. He joined the family business in 1920, where he pioneered modern advertising, writing a fundamental textbook on the subject, Wirb und werde! Ein Lehrbuch der Reklame exemplifying his motto: "Whoever does not want to be bored must be original." In 1939, he was forced to emigrate and settled in New York, where he died in 1943.