The squid

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The octopus was a political satirical magazine in folio format that has appeared fortnightly in Saarland since spring 1948 . This paper, which at the time could be classified as reactionary, was published by the conservative Saarbrücker Zeitung , which was then under French management . The editors knew how to show the Saarlanders a little of their freedoms between official toleration and disapproval in the democratic new beginning.

The sheet was twelve pages thick and at its best had a circulation of 30,000 copies.

Founded by the young Saarbrücken-based editor-in-chief Bruno Koppelkamm , Peter Frantzen , who retired after a few issues, and Bob Strauch , later expanded by the congenial draftsman Roland Stigulinszky and a few other copywriters and draftsmen, the creators knew how to hit the right note of the times . While the first issues were being torn out of their hands, interest soon ebbed. It was banned for the first time just a year after its appearance. A few more bans followed. The reason was a caricature for the Bexbach building exhibition: "I'll bring the Gippskepp for the decorations ..." it said in Saarland in the caption. This meant in particular Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann (politician, 1890) , who was demoted to vicarious agent in this way .

The makers, who were as divided as the rest of the population on the question of the Saar Statute , separated at the end of 1953 because of increasingly restrictive domestic policy, but also for economic reasons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roland Stigulinszky: Joke, satire, irony and deeper meaning. Röhrig Universitätsverlag, St. Ingbert 2006, ISBN 3-86110-408-3 , pp. 178-196.
  2. ↑ Beckingen Official Journal, January 11, 2007, 30th year, No. 2, p. 34. (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  3. ^ Marie-Alexandra Schneider: With a pointed pen for a little more freedom. In: saargeschichte | n. 1-2015, ISSN  1866-573X , pp. 12-17.

literature

  • Roland Stigulinszky (Ed.): The octopus. A kaleidoscope from 1948 to 1953. The humorous paper of the Saarland. Gollenstein Verlag, Blieskastel 2006, ISBN 3-938823-11-9 .

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