!!!Fleissner, Herbert

b. Cheb, Czech Republic (then Eger), June 2, 1928, publisher. Studied 
law in Innsbruck and went to Munich in 1952, where he founded a 
mail-order business which dealt in books, and a publishing house. By 
acquiring further publishing houses (Amalthea, Herbig and Langen 
Mueller), established a group of publishing houses based in Germany 
and Vienna. In 1984 this group was merged with the book publishers 
belonging to the Axel Springer Publishing House in Berlin.

!Literature
H. Sarkowicz, Rechte Geschaefte. Der unaufhaltsame 
Aufstieg des dt. Verlegers H. F., 1994.


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