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Henri Nannen (25 December 1913 in
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Henri Nannen (25 December 1913 in Emden
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– 13 October 1996 in Hanover
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) was a German journalist and art collector. He became one of the most prominent journalists and magazine publishers in Germany.
His father was a police officer in Emden
Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528.
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who was removed from his post by the NSDAP. After a one-year book dealer apprenticeship he studied the history of art at the University of Munich. In the 1930s he started working as a journalist. During the war he served in SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers
The SS-Standarte "Kurt Eggers" was an SS propaganda formation ( SS-Standarte) of Nazi Germany during World War II. It publicised the actions of Waffen-SS combat units. The "Berichter" (literally: reporters) of the Standarte were fully trained and ...
, a propaganda unit in Italy. Being large, well-built and fair haired, he corresponded to the racial ideals of the time in Germany. This made him the speaker of the Olympic Oath
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during the 1936 event in Berlin – for Riefenstahl's film, but not in reality.Summary article 04.07.2014 in the 'Stern'/ref> Many years after the war, he confessed that "I knew what was happening ... but I was too cowardly to do something against it." He got back to journalism while working for the ''Hannoverschen Neusten Nachrichten'', the daily newspaper ''Abendpost'' and the youth newspaper ''Zickzack''. He was the founder of
Gruner + Jahr Gruner may refer to:
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publishing house and the news magazine ''Der Stern''. He led the magazine from 1948 to 1980 to become one of the strongest in Europe. Gruner + Jahr Gruner may refer to:
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* Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader
* Eduard Gruner, Swiss engineer
* Elioth Gruner (1882–1939), Australian painter
* Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717–1778), Swiss cartographer and geologist
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is the largest publisher in Europe as of 2014.
Nannen gained popularity as an art collector and benefactor of the in Emden
Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528.
History
The exact founding date of E ...
, an art museum, that he built in 1983. The annual Henri Nannen Prizes are awarded in his honor by Gruner + Jahr. The Henri-Nannen-Schule
The Henri-Nannen-Schule, formerly ''Hamburger Journalistenschule'', is the journalist school of Europe's largest publishing house, Gruner + Jahr ( ''Brigitte'', ''GEO'', ''Stern''), German weekly ''Die Zeit'' and national news magazine ''Der Spi ...
(formerly ), is the journalist school of Gruner + Jahr and is considered one of the best schools of journalism in Germany, along with the German School of Journalism
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() in Munich.
He was married to Eske Nannen (born 1942), a former actress. Henri Nannen has a son Christian Nannen (born 1946), co-owner of Hamburg suitcase-producer Travelite.Impressum der Website von Travelite
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