Rotpunktverlag is a Swiss

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, headquartered at ''Hohlstrasse 86A'', 8004

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, Switzerland. Founded in 1976 in Zürich, it is specialized in

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History and publishing fields

The publishing house was founded in 1976 as the

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''Rotpunkt Verlag (RPV)'' by the Swiss political party

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(Swiss Progressive Organisations) ''to promote the publication and dissemination of socialist literature''. ''Rotpunktverlag'' literally means ''Red Dot Publications''. In the field of fiction, Rotpunktverlag publishes novels and short stories from Switzerland, including many first works, as well as political

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. Contemporary literature by authors from Latin America and the Caribbean is also distributed.

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have become a further hallmark of Rotpunktverlag's distributions, usually present region-related hiking and promotion of a smooth,

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Organisation

For the purpose of long-term financial security, in 1997 the conversion into a corporation (

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) was decided: about 550 shareholders have been subscribed share capital for approximately 1,500,000 Swiss Francs. In May 2012, an authorized capital increase has been applied for, to which alongside the existing shareholders, other people may participate (legal and natural personalities), in all an additional a share capital in the amount of CHF 656,000, with the proviso that former shareholders may exercise pre-emptive rights of one share for two existing one. This predominantly may ''pre-finance the growing program and save the long-term liquidity''. Rotpunktverlag is a member of SWIPS, the platform of independent Swiss publishers.

Works

Remarkable works include '' Grüningers Fall'' by Stefan Keller that was published in 1993,Stefan Keller: ''Grüningers Fall. Geschichten von Flucht und Hilfe ''. Rotpunktverlag –

WOZ Die Wochenzeitung ''WOZ Die Wochenzeitung'', (commonly abbreviated as ''WOZ'' or ''Wochenzeitung''), is a Swiss, German-language weekly newspaper, published in Zürich (Switzerland). History ''Die WochenZeitung'' (WoZ) first appeared on 1 October 1981. It was ba ...

, Zürich 1998, . on which also partially bases the Swiss-Austrian film ''

Akte Grüninger ''Akte Grüninger'' is a Swiss-Austrian feature film produced in 2013 for the Swiss television SRF. The television film focuses on events in late summer 1938, when Paul Grüninger saved the lives of up to 3,600 Jewish refugees from Germany and Au ...

'' of 2013, honoring

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. In 1995 Peter Kamber's ''Schüsse auf die Befreier – Die Luftguerilla der Schweiz gegen die Alliierten 1943–45'' documented among others the abuses at the Wauwilermoos penal camp between 1941 and 1945. In 1998 Rotpunktverlag was awarded by the Swiss book trade association as ''publisher of the year'' 2011.

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External links

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''Rotpunktverlag'' on the website of the Swiss Television (SRF)
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History and publishing fields

Organisation

Works

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