Leopold Ullstein

Leopold Ullstein
Leopold Ullstein, painted by Oskar Begas in 1882.
Born	September 6, 1826 Fürth
Died	December 4, 1899 (aged 73) Berlin
Nationality	German (of Jewish descent)
Occupation	Publisher
Known for	founding the Ullstein Verlag

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.^[1] Ullstein was also the founder of the leading German publishing house Ullstein-Verlag.

Biography

Early years

Leopold Ullstein was born 6 September 1826 in Fürth, Bavaria of ethnic Jewish parents.

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 children, one of whom, Hermann Ullstein, emigrated from Nazi Germany in December 1938 and published a history of the Ullstein firm.^[2]

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.^[2]

Footnotes

1. "Out of the Ashes," Time, February 4, 1952.
2. Koppel S. Pinson, "Review of The Rise and Fall of the House of Ullstein by Hermann Ullstein," Jewish Social Studies, vol. 5, no. 3 (July 1943), pg. 321.

Further reading

• Hermann Ullstein, The Rise and Fall of the House of Ullstein. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943.

External links

• ullsteinbuchverlage.de
• Ullstein family website