Berliner Journal
The Berliner Journal was a German-language weekly newspaper that appeared in New Berlin , Ontario from 1859 to 1924 .
The two German emigrants Friedrich Rittinger and Johann Motz founded the newspaper in 1859. The two staunch republicans had left Germany after the failed revolution of 1848 in order to avoid the repression that followed.
After their fathers, the sons John A. Rittinger and William Motz took over the newspaper. The Berlin Journal flourished around 1900 when it sold 3,700 copies in the German community in Ontario. The publishing house, the Rittinger & Motz company, bought other German-language newspapers during this time and merged them with the Berliner Journal. This was the largest German newspaper in Canada at the time .
When the First World War and its aftermath also triggered anti-German nationalism in Canada, the Dominion authorities forbade , among other things, the publication of German-language newspapers in Canada in October 1918. The newspaper then appeared in English as the Ontario Journal for a few years . The city of New Berlin also renamed itself Kitchener at this time ; in honor of Field Marshal and Secretary of War Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener . In 1924, however, financial reasons forced the editors to discontinue the paper.
Pennsylvania German Column
Since a large part of the German-speaking residents of Ontario spoke Pennsylvania German , the newspaper always had columns in these languages during its existence. The first appeared on January 22nd, 1890. Among them were the "Letters" from Joe Klotzkopp and his wife Särah Klotzkopf, written by John A. Rittinger. The newspaper took over other Pennsylvania German "letters" from publications in Pennsylvania.
Standard German literature in the Berliner Journal
The Berliner Journal also printed literature in Standard German. Henry Harbaugh published original material for the newspaper, but it also copied German texts from Europe and the USA. Among the poets and writers printed there were a. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , Ferdinand Freiligrath , Georg Herwegh , Otto Ruppius .
literature
The version of the article dated August 4, 2006 is a slightly revised translation of the Pennsylvania German article of Wikipedia in the version dated May 10, 2006 .
- Katharina B. Bum: The language of advertising in the Berliner Journal. An analysis of selected advertisements from 1859-1918 . University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. 2004.
- Herbert K. Kalbfleisch: The History of the pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, Canada . (Studies on journalism. Bremer series; Vol. 11). Verlag Fahle, Münster 1968
- Herbert K. Veal: A word about Joe Klotzkopp. In: "German-Canadian Review, quarterly of the Canadian-German Society". Vol. 10, no. 1, Galt , Ontario, spring 1957, pp. 2 - 5
notes
- ↑ Without ISSN. Available at the Leipzig location, German National Library