Otto D. Tolischus
German Lithuanian American journalist (1890-1967) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 76
Otto David Tolischus was a Prussian-Lithuanian-born journalist for The New York Times and winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence for his writing and reporting from Berlin before and during World War II.
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![Otto D. Tolischus, student of journalism at the School of Journalism, Columbia University, around 1915-1916.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Otto_David_Tolischus%2C_student_of_journalism_at_the_School_of_Journalism%2C_Columbia_University%2C_1915-1916.png/500px-Otto_David_Tolischus%2C_student_of_journalism_at_the_School_of_Journalism%2C_Columbia_University%2C_1915-1916.png)
Otto D. Tolischus, student of journalism at the School of Journalism, Columbia University, around 1915-1916.[14]![George T. Hargreaves, vice-president and general business manager for International News Service and Otto D. Tolischus (with a cane) in London, 1931.[22]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/George_T._Hargreaves%2C_vice-president_and_general_business_manager_for_International_News_Service_and_Otto_D._Tolischus.png/500px-George_T._Hargreaves%2C_vice-president_and_general_business_manager_for_International_News_Service_and_Otto_D._Tolischus.png)
George T. Hargreaves, vice-president and general business manager for International News Service and Otto D. Tolischus (with a cane) in London, 1931.[22]
Otto D. Tolischus (right), INS Central European manager with H. C. Montee (centre), director of INS foreign service, and Dan Carey (left), INS South American representative, in New York, February, 1930.![Foreign journalists escorted by German military officials on the Western front, 1940. Louis P. Lochner, Chief of the Berlin AP (centre) and Pierre J. Huss, Chief of the Berlin INS (second from right).[61]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Foreign_correspondents_escorted_by_German_military_officials_on_the_Western_front%2C_1940._Louis_P._Lochner%2C_Pierre_J._Huss.png/1280px-Foreign_correspondents_escorted_by_German_military_officials_on_the_Western_front%2C_1940._Louis_P._Lochner%2C_Pierre_J._Huss.png)
Foreign journalists escorted by German military officials on the Western front, 1940. Louis P. Lochner, Chief of the Berlin AP (centre) and Pierre J. Huss, Chief of the Berlin INS (second from right).[61]
Adolf Hitler addresses an audience in Artushof, Danzig (September 19, 1939)![Otto Tolischus (in the middle) attends Berlin Correspondents' night by the Overseas Press Club of America, September 26, 1958, New York. From the left side: Pierre Huss, Quentin Reynolds, Otto D. Tolischus, Frederick Kuh and Gen. William H. Tunner; Q. Reynolds is giving a talk about Sigrid Schultz' work and life in the pre-war Nazi Germany.[82]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Berlin_Correspondents%27_Night_by_The_Overseas_Press_Club_of_America%2C_September_26%2C_1958.jpg/500px-Berlin_Correspondents%27_Night_by_The_Overseas_Press_Club_of_America%2C_September_26%2C_1958.jpg)
Otto Tolischus (in the middle) attends Berlin Correspondents' night by the Overseas Press Club of America, September 26, 1958, New York. From the left side: Pierre Huss, Quentin Reynolds, Otto D. Tolischus, Frederick Kuh and Gen. William H. Tunner; Q. Reynolds is giving a talk about Sigrid Schultz' work and life in the pre-war Nazi Germany.[82]
The passenger ship MS Gripsholm with neutrality painting, leased to the U.S. for so-called exchange missions, i.a. under the auspices of the Red Cross 1942-1946, 1943.Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1967 · aged 76
