Peter Tamm
Peter Tamm ( born May 12, 1928 in Hamburg ) is a German journalist and manager. He is best known as a longtime chairman of the Axel - Springer -Verlag. In decades he carried the world's largest private collection of maritime and naval history together.
Life and work
After studying economics Tamm was in 1948 as a ship editor at Hamburg evening paper that appears in the Axel Springer Verlag, works. He became director of the Ullsteinhaus publisher. From 1968 to 1991 he was Managing Director of Axel Springer AG, until 2008 Publisher and Managing Partner of Koehler / Mittler Publishing Group and the Maritime publishing Hansa.
Since 1958, Tamm has been married to his wife Ursula. The couple has five children and eight grandchildren.
Tamm has been honored with many national and international medals and awards. He received an honorary doctorate from a Swedish University and an honorary professorship in Hamburg. In addition, he was awarded the honorary lock keeper and made an honorary captain of the Rickmers Rickmers. In addition to its cultural activities Tamm is a member of the Mildred Scheel founded by German Cancer Aid for decades. Familiarity with the wife of the then Federal President Walter Scheel he has supported their life's work in the fight against cancer from the outset as a media man.
Collection and Museum
Tamm ran until 2008, the non-public institution for maritime and naval history at the Elbchausee in Hamburg- Othmarschen. The extensive collection, which he began at age six, consists of about 25,000 small ( scale 1: 1,250 ) and 900 large (scale usually 1:100) ship models, 5000 paintings, 120,000 books and atlases, 50,000 construction plans, countless documents, historic naval uniforms and awards from the beginning of the modern era to modern times, weapons, craft tools, nautical and telecommunications equipment, furniture, menus, china, silver, including maritime stamps and over one million photos. The collection was transferred to a new International Maritime Museum Hamburg in the HafenCity Hamburg. The museum was opened on 25 June 2008.
The Hamburg Senate of " Peter Tamm Sen. Foundation " was, for the exhibition of his collection to Kaispeicher B in the new HafenCity for 99 years free of charge. Tamm, in turn, transferred the Foundation his collection free of charge. Next, the foundation of the cultural promotion of the city of Hamburg was € 30 million for the renovation of Kaispeicher. On a substantive impact on the presentation of the Senate waived. To this course in 2005 the action " Artist inform politicians " founded ( KIP ). In this campaign, more than 80 artists involved .. Among the critics was living in Hamburg actor Rolf Becker. After visiting the museum, he distanced himself in May 2008 in an interview on the action and their statements.
Works
- Painters of the sea. Marine painting in three centuries. 1991, ISBN 3-7822-0241-4 ( Co -author )