Raphael Basch
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Raphael Basch, also Rafael Basch (born 1813, Prague
, Bohemia - ?) was a Bohemian
-Austrian
writer and politician
. He was the father of Victor Basch
(born 1863).
At the first disturbances preliminary to the Revolution of 1848, he went to Vienna
, and took an active part in the insurrection. Here he founded the "Reichstagblatt", which he continued at Kremsier until the dissolution of the Constitutional Assembly
, in March, 1849. He then joined the staff of the "Oesterreichische Post" of Vienna, which he represented at Berlin
; subsequently he was the Paris correspondent of several papers. He returned to Vienna in 1855 and assumed the editorship of the "Oesterreichische Zeitung," occupying a position of importance as the official mouthpiece of the minister Bruck
, the opponent of the clerical minister Bach
. After the promulgation of the constitution of February 26, 1861, he acted in a similar capacity to the Schmerling ministry, with which political party he remained connected until its fall.
Until 1875 Basch was engaged only in economic questions, but in that year he returned to political journalism. He represented the "Neue Freie Presse
" at Paris
; and in close fellowship with Thiers
, Gambetta
, and Barthélemy St.-Hilaire he defended the republican policy against the men of the 16th of May. In 1883 he retired from journalism, but remained at Paris.
Two of these, entitled "Deutschland, Oesterreich, und Europa", and "Oesterreich und das Nationalitätenrecht", Stuttgart, 1870 — which appeared under the pseudonym "Ein Altoesterreicher" — created on their appearance a great sensation in Austria.
Prague
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, Bohemia - ?) was a Bohemian
Bohemian
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-Austrian
Austrians
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writer and politician
Politician
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. He was the father of Victor Basch
Victor Basch
Basch Viktor Vilém, or Victor-Guillaume Basch was a French politician and professor of germanistics and philosophy at the Sorbonne descending vom Hungary...
(born 1863).
At the first disturbances preliminary to the Revolution of 1848, he went to Vienna
Vienna
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, and took an active part in the insurrection. Here he founded the "Reichstagblatt", which he continued at Kremsier until the dissolution of the Constitutional Assembly
Constitutional Assembly
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, in March, 1849. He then joined the staff of the "Oesterreichische Post" of Vienna, which he represented at Berlin
Berlin
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; subsequently he was the Paris correspondent of several papers. He returned to Vienna in 1855 and assumed the editorship of the "Oesterreichische Zeitung," occupying a position of importance as the official mouthpiece of the minister Bruck
Bruck
-People:*Charles Bruck , Hungarian-French conductor*Dietmar Bruck , German footballer*Hermann Brück , German astronomer*Ludwig Bruck, Australian physician & medical journalist...
, the opponent of the clerical minister Bach
Bạch
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. After the promulgation of the constitution of February 26, 1861, he acted in a similar capacity to the Schmerling ministry, with which political party he remained connected until its fall.
Until 1875 Basch was engaged only in economic questions, but in that year he returned to political journalism. He represented the "Neue Freie Presse
Neue Freie Presse
Neue Freie Presse known locally as "Die Presse" was a Viennese newspaper founded by Adolf Werthner together with the journalists Max Friedländer and Michael Etienne on 1 September 1864...
" at Paris
Paris
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; and in close fellowship with Thiers
Thiers
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, Gambetta
Gambetta
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, and Barthélemy St.-Hilaire he defended the republican policy against the men of the 16th of May. In 1883 he retired from journalism, but remained at Paris.
Literary works
He has published a number of political pamphlets;Two of these, entitled "Deutschland, Oesterreich, und Europa", and "Oesterreich und das Nationalitätenrecht", Stuttgart, 1870 — which appeared under the pseudonym "Ein Altoesterreicher" — created on their appearance a great sensation in Austria.