Actor
Born May 2, 1912 · Hamburg, Germany
Awards: Leo-Baeck-Medal, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ernst Reuter Medal, Jakob Fugger Medal, honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Axel Cäsar Springer was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe. By the early 1960s his print titles dominated the West German daily press market.