Georges Salz

Georges Salz or Georg Salz (20 November 1878 – 19 May 1949) was a freethinking Swiss writer, publisher and editor.

Biography

Salz made an apprenticeship as a book printer. After living in England and Paris, he settled in Switzerland and acquired Swiss citizenship. In Bern he worked in large print shops and later founded his own enterprise together with Mettler.

In 1931 he married Rosa Rupp. bore his name.

He was, among other things, editor of the organ of the Freethinkers Association of Switzerland Der Freidenker.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

Eine Reise nach den glücklichen Inseln. 1935. Eine Reise nach der Côte d'Azur. 1936. Ins Reich der Mitternachtssonne. 1936. Auf der Fährte des Christoph Columbus. 1938. Vom Meeresstrand zum Wüstenrand. 1939. Im Banne der Mythen. 1943.

Articles (selection)

S. Simon, Ingenieur-Topograph, 1857 — 1925, Mitglied der Ortsgruppe Bern der F. V. S. In: Geistesfreiheit, vol. 4 (1925), nr. 5.

Secondary source

Walter Schiess: Nachruf: Totentafel: Georg Salz in: Der Freidenker, vol. 32 (1949), nr. 7, p. 55.