The ''Prager Presse'' (Prague press) was a German newspaper published in the

Czechoslovak Republic Czechoslovak Republic (Czech and Slovak: ''Československá republika, ČSR''), was the official name of Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1939 and between 1945 and 1960. See: *First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) *Second Czechoslovak Republic ...

from March 1921 to 1939.

History

The newspaper Prager Presse was founded by

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur * Tomáš Berdych ( ...

with the aim of integrating the German-speaking minority, which at that time had a share of 22.5% of the population.

Arne Laurin Arne Laurin (real name Arnošt Lustig; 1889 in Hrnčíře village, Praha-Šeberov, Prague – 17 February 1945 in New York City) was a Czech-Jewish journalist. He was editor of the Prager Presse and one of Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 J ...

was editor from 1921 to 1938.Arne Laurin, Influential Czech Jewish Journalist, Dies in New York; Was 56
Jewish News Archive, New York, 19 February 1945 His colleague in the

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was (1887, Prague 1940, London) from 1921 to 1939.

References

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