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About Ernst Breitenstein
- Ernst Breitenstein (born March 23, 1923, Sibiu, died May 20, 1990, Bucharest) was an ethnic German journalist and politician in Romania.
- He had Saxon-Jewish origins.
- Breitenstein joined the Communist Party of Romania in 1939.
- Between 1944-1949 he edited the Sibiu pro-communist publication România viitoare under the pen name Cornel Petraru.In 1949 he became the founding editor-in-chief of Neuer Weg, a German-language daily published from Bucharest.
- In 1954 he was replaced by Anton Breitenhofer as editor-in-chief.
- In October 1957 Breitenstein became the first journalist from Romania to visit the Federal Republic of Germany.In February 1970 Breitenstein was named Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Neuer Weg.
- In 1971 he was included in the Romanian Radio-TV Council.
- In the same year he was named as a member of the board of directors of the Executive Bureau (1978), a member of the board of directors of the ?tefan Gheorghiu Academy.In 1975 he became a member of the Great National Assembly.
- He sat in the assembly until 1980, and was again elected for the 1985-1989 term.
- He became editor of the publication Era Socialista in 1975.
- In November 1976 Breitenstein returned as editor-in-chief of Neuer Weg, serving in that function until 1989.
- At the 13th Party Congress, held in 1979, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party.
- He remained an alternate member until 1989.
- He was also the vice chairman of the Council of Working People of German Nationality.
- Notably he replaced Breitenhofer both in the functions as Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper and as vice chairman of he Council of Working People.
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