Gerd Bucerius

Gerd Bucerius (1906 - 1995), is a famous personality of the town of Hamburg (Germany). Initially lawyer, it becomes during his career politician then journalist. He gave his name to the High School of Legal sciences of Hamburg (Bucerius Law School) and to an art gallery (Bucerius Kunst Forum).

Gerd Bucerius was born in 1906 in Westphalia. It carries out its studies of Right to Freiburg, Berlin and Hamburg. Once finished academic works, it is named judge in Kiel. With the arrival of the Socialist Nationals to the capacity to which he is opposed, his wife, from israëlite confession will take refuge in Great Britain. Gerd Bucerius becomes lawyer and defends of many Jewish customers.

After the victory of the allies, Gerd Bucerius launches out in policy and in journalism. The British entrust to him the political reorganization of the senate of Hamburg. He will be elected appointed in 1949 at the first German Parliament (Deutsche Bundestag). Member of CDU, it will keep his seat until 1962. In 1946, with Lovis H. Lorenz, Richard Tüngel and Ewald Schmidt di Simoni it creates the weekly magazine " Die Zeit ". Although it is the blazon of Bremen which is placed in cover like logo of the newspaper, the seat of Zeit always was in Hamburg. The creators of Zeit had as an ambition to create a large German northern newspaper. The free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg having refused to see being reproduced its blazon on a private publication, creators to choose to post the blazon of another so free and Hanseatic city it: Bremen.

Gerd Bucerius is often regarded as one of large the benefactor of Hamburg. Helmut Schmidt, another famous politician of Hamburg (federal chancellor SPD of 1974 to 1982) and chronicler in Zeit, spoke at the time of the hundredth birthday of the birth of Gerd Bucerius like one about the most influential citizens of Hamburg.

May 4th, 2006, the German post office emitted a stamp with 0,85€ with its effigy to commemorate the centenary of its birth. See: Stamps of FR of Germany 2006

With its death, its considerable fortune resulting from participations in the Berstelmann Group was entirely bequeathed to the foundation Zeit (Zeit-Siftung) which it had even created to him in 1971. The foundation was then renamed ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius. The funds available to the foundation are used according to the wishes of Gerd Bucerius for the promotion of projects scientific, educational, cultural and artistic. the two more important achievements of the foundation are the Bucerius Law School and Bucerius Kunst Forum.

External bonds

Site of the foundation Zeit
Site of the high school of legal sciences of Hamburg
Site of the art gallery Bucerius Kunst Forum

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