Willy Bretscher

Willy Bretscher (born October 26, 1897, Winterthur, Switzerland—died January 12, 1992, Zürich) was a Swiss editor, from 1933 to 1967, of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) of Zürich, one of the world’s leading daily newspapers. Bretscher carried forward for two generations the NZZ tradition of careful, thorough reporting that dated back to the paper’s founding in 1780. He built a staff of highly qualified writers and was many years ahead of his time in employing numerous...