Johann Georg Reißmüller (20 February 1932 – 10 December 2018) was a German journalist, a co-publisher of the ''

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'' ''(FAZ)''. He was a correspondent in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, from 1967 to 1971. When the country

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, he was instrumental in Germany recognizing

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and

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Career

Born in Leitmeritz, Reißmüller grew up in Bohemia. He took singing lessons as a child. He had to leave after

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in the 1946 Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia,Péter Hahn: ''Literatur in Frankfurt: ein Lexikon zum Lesen.'' Athenäum, 1987, p. 459. and was deported to

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. His father was arrested in 1950, and Reißmüller escaped to

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. Reißmüller studied law at the

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where he obtained his J.D. in 1958, under Günter Dürig, with a dissertation about the limits of the common right to freedom (''Schranken des allgemeinen Freiheitsrechts''). From 1957 to 1961 Reißmüller worked for the ''

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'' (JZ) in

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.K. Knauf: ''Criticón.'' 1988, Ausgaben 105–116, p. 117.''Wort und Wahrheit.'' Band 24, Herder, 1969, p. 192. He joined the ''FAZ'' on 1 April 1961, writing for the political editorial department. He was a reporter in Belgrade from 1967 to 1971, then the capital of

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. His topics were communism in Eastern Europe, socialism in Yugoslavia and the churches there. In 1974, he became one of five publishers (''Herausgeber'') of the ''FAZ''. Reißmüller supported in his articles, almost 130 between 1990 and 1992, the

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and

, and was credited with his influence on politics when their independence was recognised on 15 January 1992. In 1995, he received an honorary doctorate from the

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which was the only award he accepted. Reißmüller retired from the ''FAZ'' on 1 March 1999. He performed songs from the early

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at the farewell celebration, accompanied by the journalist and musicologist . Several songs were published as a CD by , ''Uns gefällt diese Welt – Lieder der frühen DDR''. Reißmüller died on 10 December 2018 in

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Work

Music

* Johann Georg Reißmüller: ''Uns gefällt diese Welt – Lieder der frühen DDR.'' 55 min CD, Biton 4007 bei Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt/M. 2000.

Literature

* Fritz Behrendt (author), Johann Georg Reißmüller (preface): ''Eine Feder für die Freiheit: Zeichnungen und Karikaturen 1950–2000.'' Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt DVA, 2000, .

Books

* Johann Georg Reißmüller: ''Jugoslawien. Vielvölkerstaat zwischen Ost und West''. Diederichs Verlag, Düsseldorf 1971, . * Johann Georg Reißmüller (ed.): ''111 Zeitgenossen.'' 1st edition. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt 1977. * Johann Georg Reißmüller: ''Die vergessene Hälfte. Osteuropa und wir.'' Langen Müller-Verlag, 1986, . * ''Der Krieg vor unserer Haustür. Hintergründe der historischen Tragödie''. Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, Stuttgart 1991, . * ''Die bosnische Tragödie''. Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, Stuttgart 1993, . * Johann Georg Reißmüller (ed.): ''Dazu möchte ich bemerken--: Leserbriefe in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung aus 50 Jahren.'' Keyser, 1999.

Essay

* Johann Georg Reissmüller: ''Das Monopol des Bundesverfassungsgerichts aus Art. 18 des Grundgesetzes.'' Juristenzeitung 1960, pp. 529ff

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reissmuller, Johann Georg 1932 births 2018 deaths People from Litoměřice Sudeten German people German journalists German male journalists German newspaper journalists 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists German publishers (people) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung people