(S+) Dispute over Honorary Citizenship of Ingolstadt: The Repressed Past of Charity Mr Reissmüller

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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The former editor of the "Donaukurier" had covered up his role in the Nazi state until his death. Now the city distanced itself from the former power figure who suppressed criticism rigorously.

Spiegel

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Publisher Wilhelm Reissmüller was considered the "uncrowned king" of Ingolstadt. Now he and the CSU are getting close to National Socialism. The city council decides on the withdrawal of his honorary citizenship.

Augsburger Allgemeine

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He was one of the most powerful men in Ingolstadt, but Wilhelm Reissmüller always denied his Nazi past. He is no longer an honorary citizen.

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Dishonorable: Ingolstadt eludes the former publisher and editor of the "Donaukurier", Wilhelm Reissmüller, who was awarded honorary citizenship in 1976. Reissmüller had participated in the synchronisation of the press in the Donaustadt during the Nazi period and later concealed his party membership in the NSDAP. As the owner of the "Donaukurier" founded in 1945 Reisssmüller was able to rise to the influential publisher in Bavaria after the Secon…