Willy Bretscher (1897,
Winterthur – 1992) was a
Swiss
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newspaper writer and
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.
Bretscher began his career as a secretary with the ''
Neues Winterthurer Tagblatt'', subsequently having his work taking up by numerous publications. In 1917 he took a position with the ''
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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'', becoming in 1925 its
Berlin correspondent. Bretscher voiced a strong dislike for
Socialism, finding it too close to
Communism, and in his position was able to witness firsthand the troubles of the
Weimar Republic. He was made the ''Zeitungs editor-in-chief in 1933, holding the post until 1967. Bretscher aided in the early development of
Liberal International; he died in 1992.
References
Liberal International*
1897 births
1992 deaths
People from Winterthur
Swiss writers in German
Swiss newspaper editors
Member of the Mont Pelerin Society
Neue Zürcher Zeitung people
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