Axel Springer

German mass media owner · Germany · Journalists · Lived 1912 to 1985 · aged 73

Axel Springer is read about 413 times a day, in 27 languages.

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Axel Cäsar Springer was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe. By the early 1960s his print titles dominated the West German daily press market. His Bild Zeitung became the nation's tabloid.

A life in dates

1985Died22 September 19851982Ernst Reuter MedalAward1978Leo-Baeck-MedalAward1976Jakob Fugger MedalAward1912Born2 May 1912

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Springer (left) in 1974

Bronze sculpture of Springer at the courtyard of the Hamburger Abendblatt

Awards

Ernst Reuter Medal1982

Leo-Baeck-Medal1978

Jakob Fugger Medal1976

Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Honorary Doctor of the Bar-Ilan University

Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Family

Father Hinrich Springer

Axel Springer

Partners

Child Nicolas Springer

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