Die Woche Explained

German: Die Woche
Type:illustrated weekly newspaper
Foundation:1899
Ceased Publication:1944
Price:40 Pf. (1930s/40s)
Publisher:August Scherl Verlag
Language:German
Headquarters:Berlin

(pronounced as /de/, 'The Week') was an illustrated weekly newspaper published in Berlin from 1899 to 1944.

Overview

Die Woche reported on popular entertainment, including "sensationalist crime stories", and covered celebrities in sports and show business.[1] Its publisher was newspaper magnate August Scherl,[2] who also owned the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, a Berlin paper.[3]

By 1916 Scherl had been bought out by the (politically conservative) Hugenberg Press, and came to play a part in the politics of the day, specifically in promoting an image of Paul von Hindenburg as both a military man and a civilian, aiding his appeal across the German population.[1]

A Turkish weekly magazine, Yedigün, was inspired by .[4] Between 1993 and 2002, the title Die Woche was used for a completely different kind of weekly newspaper.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Goltz, Anna von der. Hindenburg: Power, Myth, and the Rise of the Nazis. 2009. Oxford UP. 9780191610042. 150–53.
  2. Book: Wilke, Jürgen. Unter Druck gesetzt: vier Kapitel deutscher Pressegeschichte. 2002. Böhlau. Köln/Weimar. 9783412170011. 33.
  3. Book: Welch, David. Germany, Propaganda and Total War, 1914-1918: The Sins of Omission. 2000. Rutgers UP. 9780813527987. 49.
  4. Sinan Niyazioğlu. Socialist Realist or Republican Nationalist? Two Faces of Art Deco on Turkish Popular Magazine Covers (1930-1939). InfoDesign: Revista Brasileira de Design da Informação. 2019. 16. 2. 272. 10.51358/id.v16i2.729. free.