Das Wespennest

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Das Wespennest
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderWolfgang Bechtle
Founded1946
Final issue1949
CountryGermany
Based inStuttgart
LanguageGerman
ISSN2626-0409
OCLC11025805

Das Wespennest (German: The Wasp's Nest) was a weekly satirical magazine published in Stuttgart, Germany, in the period 1946–1949. Its subtitle was Politisch-satirische Wochen-Zeitschrift. It was one of the first magazines which were launched shortly after World War II.

History and profile

Das Wespennest was established by the German writer Wolfgang Bechtle in Stuttgart in 1946.[1] It was published in Stuttgart on a weekly basis.[1][2] Das Wespennest adopted a moderate political stance.[1] Its contributors included Thaddäus Troll and Hans-Frieder Willmann.[3] The circulation of magazine was nearly 35,000 copies per week.[1] It folded in 1949.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Dairo Pasquini (2020). "Longing for Purity: Fascism and Nazism in the Italian and German Satirical Press (1943/1945–1963)". European History Quarterly. 50 (3): 469. doi:10.1177/0265691420932251. S2CID 221015170.
  2. ^ Jörg Echternkamp (2020). Postwar Soldiers: Historical Controversies and West German Democratization, 1945–1955. New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-78920-558-9.
  3. ^ a b Rüdiger Ott (16 July 2012). "Tauchgang ins Leben". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2022.
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