Career
Bretscher began his career as a secretary with the Winterthurer Tagblat, subsequently having his work taking up by numerous publications. In 1917 he took a position with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, becoming in 1925 its Berlin correspondent. He was made the Zeitung"s editor-in-chief in 1933, holding the post until 1967.
Bretscher aided in the early development of Liberal International.
He died in 1992.