| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Category: | News magazine |
| Founded: | October 1945 |
| Finaldate: | October 1991 |
| Language: | German |
Neue Berliner Illustrierte (German: New Berlin Illustrated; abbreviated as NBI) was a weekly illustrated magazine which existed between 1945 and 1991. It was published in East Germany and then in Germany following the German reunification. Its title was a reference to Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung which was an influential German publication at the beginning of the 20th century.[1]
Neue Berliner Illustrierte was first published in Berlin in October 1945. It was modeled on Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung.[1] Shortly after its start it began to enjoy higher levels of circulation in East Germany. The magazine came out weekly and covered various topics, including politics, health-related issues, movies, novels and picture stories designed for children. Another topic covered was the reasons of divorce in East Germany,[2] technological advances in the communist countries and socialist heroes.[3] All these topics were accompanied by photographs[1] and featured to influence the perspectives of the East Germans in line with the official ideology of the state.[4]
It was printed in grey papers until 1957 when it was redesigned as a color publication. The magazine was renamed as NBI Neue Berliner Illustrierte in 1960. Another magazine entitled Zeit im Bild was merged into the NBI in 1969. The magazine had a circulation of 800,000 copies for three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s.[4] Following the German reunification it was acquired by the Gruner + Jahr publishing house and folded in October 1991.[5]