Karl Marx (journalist)
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Karl Marx | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 May 1897 Saarlouis, Germany |
| Died | 15 December 1966 (aged 69) Ebersteinburg, Germany |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Lilli |
Karl Marx (May 9, 1887 – December 15, 1966) was a German journalist in the Weimar Republic. Going into exile during the Nazi era, Marx returned to Germany in 1945 after the Holocaust and became one of the founders of the post-Holocaust Jewish press in Germany.[1]
Born to a Jewish family in Saarlouis on May 9, 1897. Marx was named after the political theorist Karl Marx.[1]
Marx served in the German army during World War I.[2]
Career
Marx worked as a freelance journalist in the Weimar Republic, leaving Germany in 1933.[3] Crossing into the British occupation zone in Germany in 1945, Marx wrote "How can I possibly, after all that has happened, live in Germany as a Jew?" Along with a few thousand other Jews, Marx was among the first German Jews to return to Germany after the Holocaust.[1]
In 1946, Marx founded the Jüdische Allgemeine, a Jewish newspaper published in Berlin.[3]
In 1953, Marx was presented with the Grand Service Cross of the West German Republic by Karl Arnold, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, in honor of Marx's work promoting understanding between the German people and the State of Israel and the Jewish people.[4]
In 1961, during the Eichmann trial, Marx expressed concern that the trial would reopen old wounds and increase antisemitism within German society. Marx cited antisemitic incidents in West Germany in 1959 and 1960 as evidence of antisemitism among Germans.[5]
In 1966, when Kurt Georg Kiesinger became Chancellor of West Germany, the international press expressed shock that a man with a Nazi past could became Chancellor. Jüdische Allgemeine supported Kiesinger and Kiesinger referred critics to his relationship with the newspaper's editor by saying, "Ask my friend Karl Marx".[3]
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