Ernst Breitenstein
Ernst Breitenstein (born March 23, 1923, Sibiu, died May 20, 1990, Bucharest) was an ethnic German journalist and politician in Romania.[1] He had Saxon-Jewish origins.[2] Breitenstein joined the Communist Party of Romania in 1939.[1] Between 1944-1949 he edited the Sibiu pro-communist publication România viitoare under the pen name Cornel Petraru.[1][3]
In 1949 he became the founding editor-in-chief of Neuer Weg, a German-language daily published from Bucharest.[1] In 1954 he was replaced by Anton Breitenhofer as editor-in-chief.[1] In October 1957 Breitenstein became the first journalist from Romania to visit the Federal Republic of Germany.[4]
In February 1970 Breitenstein was named Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Neuer Weg.[5] In 1971 he was included in the Romanian Radio-TV Council. In the same year he was named as a member of the board of directors of the Executive Bureau (1978), a member of the board of directors of the Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy.[6]
In 1975 he became a member of the Great National Assembly.[1] He sat in the assembly until 1980, and was again elected for the 1985-1989 term.[1] He became editor of the publication Era Socialista in 1975.[6] In November 1976 Breitenstein returned as editor-in-chief of Neuer Weg, serving in that function until 1989.[1][7] At the 13th Party Congress, held in 1979, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party.[6] He remained an alternate member until 1989. He was also the vice chairman of the Council of Working People of German Nationality.[1] Notably he replaced Breitenhofer both in the functions as Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper and as vice chairman of the Council of Working People.[6]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Annemarie Weber (2010). Rumäniendeutsche?: Diskurse zur Gruppenidentität einer Minderheit (1944-1971). Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-412-20538-6.
- ^ Mathias Beer; Gerhard Seewann (2004). Südostforschung im Schatten des Dritten Reiches: Institutionen, Inhalte, Personen. Oldenbourg Verlag. p. 129. ISBN 978-3-486-57564-4.
- ^ Friedrich Müller (January 1995). Erinnerungen: zum Weg der siebenbürgisch-sächsischen Kirche 1944-1964. Böhlau. p. 69. ISBN 978-3-412-09494-2.
- ^ Wolf Oschlies (1988). Rumäniendeutsches Schicksal 1918-1988: wo Deutsch zur Sprache der Grabsteine wird--. Böhlau. p. 157. ISBN 978-3-412-03188-6.
- ^ Directory of Romanian Officials. Central Intelligence Agency. 1973. p. 179.
- ^ a b c d Radio Free Europe. THE NEW ROMANIAN COMMUNIST PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE Archived 2015-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Directory of Officials of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Central Intelligence Agency. 1982. p. 136.