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The refugee child who built Austria’s free press. Born in Haifa in 1943 to a family of Jewish refugees from Austria, Oscar Bronner returned to a country still haunted by its past — and changed its media forever. Despite Everything (2013) is the intimate biography of the man who founded two of Austria’s most influential publications: the news magazine Profil (1970) and the daily newspaper Der Standard (1988).
Written by Austrian author and migration scholar JM Stim, the book traces Bronner’s improbable journey from refugee child to press baron — from postwar Vienna’s ruins to the commanding heights of European journalism. It is a story of vision and stubbornness: building independent, quality journalism in a small country against political pressure, financial peril, and the weight of history.
Drawing on extensive interviews and research, this is a nuanced portrait of a complex figure — charming and combative, idealistic and shrewd — and proof that a free press is worth fighting for. Despite everything.
Born in Haifa in 1943 to a family of Jewish refugees from Austria, Oscar Bronner returned to a country still haunted by its past — and changed its media forever. Despite Everything: The Oscar Bronner Story (JM Stim/rde, 2013) is the intimate biography of the man who founded two of Austria’s most influential publications: the news magazine Profil (1970) and the daily newspaper Der Standard (1988).
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nWritten by Austrian author and migration scholar JM Stim — originally published in German in 2008 as Trotzdem. Die Oscar Bronner Story — the book traces Bronner’s improbable journey from refugee child to press baron, from postwar Vienna’s ruins to the commanding heights of European journalism. It is a story of vision and stubbornness: of building independent, quality journalism in a small country, against political pressure, financial peril, and the weight of history itself.
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nDrawing on extensive interviews and research, Stim paints a nuanced portrait of a complex figure — charming and combative, idealistic and shrewd — whose life mirrors Austria’s own struggle with its twentieth century.
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nFor readers of media history, biography, and stories of principled entrepreneurship, Despite Everything is a compelling portrait of a man who proved that a free press is worth fighting for — despite everything.
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