Anton Memminger Explained

Anton Memminger
Birth Date:2 April 1846
Birth Place:Straubing, Germany
Death Date:30 September 1923
Death Place:Schonungen, Germany
Residence:Straubing, Würzburg, Switzerland, Schonungen
Nationality:German
Work Institutions:Verlag Gebrüder Memminger (publishing house)

Anton Memminger (1846–1923) was a German author, publisher and politician. In his Swiss period he used the alias "Oswald Stein".

Early life

Anton Memminger studied at the University of Würzburg jurisprudence, political sciences and history. At this early year he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In that period he has contact to Ludwig Feuerbach. After criticizing the king of Bavaria he has to leave the country and went to Switzerland. There he became an expert for railway.

Years as a publisher

In 1883 he was allowed to come back to Würzburg. There he founded the newspaper Neue Bayerische Landeszeitung. Together with his brother Thomas he opened a print shop. This printing house was destroyed during the Bombing of Würzburg in World War II. In this period he also became an antisemitic writer.

The politician

In the year 1903 he became a member of the Landtag of Bavaria. In the years before he was a member of the "Bavarian Bauernbund". The partly antisemitic and agricultural party becomes very successful in that time.

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