Raymund Hörhager
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Raymund Hörhager (25 October 1910 – 26 March 1992) was a German journalist. He was foreign correspondent for well-known German newspapers in Vienna.
Raymund Hörhager was born on 25 October 1910 in Düsseldorf as the son of Johann and Louise Hörhager (née Laimböck), who originally came from the Zillertal (Tyrol), and attended the Hindenburg Gymnasium there. Even as a high school graduate, his career aspiration was "to be a journalist." Since the desired university study of history was not possible for financial reasons, Hörhager started as a trainee at the Vossische Zeitung in Berlin. When this was discontinued after the National Socialists seized power, Hörhager went to Belgrade as a correspondent for the Graf Reischach newspaper service. After a short training in the Navy, Hörhager was sent to North Africa as a war correspondent during the German landing in Tunisia in 1941. After the Allied counter-offensive, Hörhager was taken prisoner by the English, who handed him over to the Americans. As a journalist who was convinced of the futility of the German war effort, Hörhager was actively involved in publishing and editing the magazine for German prisoners of war (Der Ruf). In this context, the Fort Kearney special camp in Rhode Island played a central role, and Hörhager's achievement was highlighted in a letter dated 1 December 1945 from Provost Marshal General of the Army Service Forces Archer L. Lerch.[1]
He died on 26 March 1992 in Vienna, at the age of 81.
