German deaf newspaper
| German deaf newspaper | |
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| description | Monthly magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Deafness, deafness, sign language |
| language | German |
| publishing company | German Deaf Publishing House eK (Germany) |
| First edition | July 1, 1950 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Editor-in-chief | Thomas Mitterhuber |
| Editor | Kerstin Reiner-Berthold |
| Web link | www.gehoerlosenzeitung.de |
| ISSN |
0417-187X |
The German Deaf newspaper (abbreviation: DGZ ) is a German-language monthly magazine , the origins of which go back to the year 1872. It is aimed at deaf and hearing impaired people, their relatives and readers interested in the sign language community . The 48-page DGZ is published by the German Deaf publishing house based in St. Georgen in the Black Forest and appears monthly, on the 20th of each month.
The DGZ was founded as a so-called bulletin of the German Deaf Association (DGB). The association, founded on January 14, 1950, decided on the same day to found a national newspaper - this was the hour of birth of the "German Deaf Newspaper". The first editor was DGB President Karl Wacker. The first editor of the DGZ, who had been active for decades, was Heinrich Siepmann, at the time President of the German Deaf Sports Association and former editor of the "German Deaf Sports Newspaper".
content
The German Deaf newspaper sees itself as a mirror of the sign language community and orientates itself on the special interests of its readers. She reports on events in culture, politics, society and sport in which sign language is used or sign language interpreters are called in and thus access to education and participation in social life is given. She also reports on news from all over the world that are relevant to her readers.
history
The German Deaf newspaper can look back on more than 140 years of varied history, which was characterized by numerous renaming and mergers. By taking over the earlier newspaper “Der Gehörlose” in 1972, which can be traced back to the “deaf and dumb friend” of 1872, the DGZ was also able to credit the previous years of this “deaf and dumb friend” successor.
Today's German Deaf Newspaper is the product of two major journalistic lines: that of welfare newspapers - published by so-called deaf and dumb teachers and welfare associations - and that of newspapers produced by the deaf themselves.
The line of "welfare newspapers"
There were a number of newspapers published by deaf-mute teachers and welfare associations from 1835:
- Württembergische Blätter für Taubmuteme (1853, it is considered the oldest German school and deaf and dumb newspaper)
- Bavarian deaf-mute newspaper (1902)
- Wegwart (1914)
- Bavarian deaf-mute sheet (1921)
- Baden papers for the deaf and mute (1913)
- Deaf and dumb newspaper for Hessen / Hess.-Nassau (1923)
- Palatinate deaf newspaper (1924)
- Bulletin for Thuringia (1928)
In 1928 all of these newspapers were merged to form the "Süddeutsche Gehörlosen-Zeitung" and in 1932 it was renamed "Der Deutsche Gehörlose". The publisher of this newspaper was the deaf welfare under the direction of the Munich deaf-mute teacher Ludwig Herzog. In the course of the “Gleichschaltung” under the Nazi regime, “The German Deaf” was merged in 1935 with the official journal of the Reich Association of the Deaf of Germany (Regede), but the title was retained.
The line of the "deaf newspapers"
“Der Taubstummenfreund”, the first newspaper produced by the deaf in the German-speaking area, was founded in 1872 by Eduard Fürstenberg and published by him until his death. Around three decades later, at the turn of the century, two more newspapers were founded - the "Deutsche Taubstummen Nachrichten" (1901) and the "Neue Zeitschrift für Taubstummen Nachrichten" (1904). The "New Journal for the Deaf and Dumb" was merged with the "Deaf and Dumb Friend" to form the "General German Deaf Journal" in 1920, and in 1927 the "German Deaf and Dumb News" was added. This resulted in “Die Voice” - the official journal of the Reich Association of the Deaf in Germany and thus the magazine for all deaf people in Germany. On January 1, 1930, the title was expanded to include "German Deaf Magazine - The Voice".
In 1935 the official journal of the Regede was renamed “The German Deaf” and from then on it was under the control of the NS-Volkswohlfahrt. Until 1940, the deaf chairman of the Regede, Fritz Albreghs, was the editor, followed by the deaf and dumb teacher Karl Engelmann. From May 1940, the newspaper published by the Reich Association for the Deaf Welfare was renamed again under the direction of Engelmann. "The Deaf in the German People's Community" was published until the end of the war in 1945.
post war period
The German Deaf Association, founded in 1950 under President Karl Wacker, saw the need for a nationwide magazine and made the following decision: The “Blätter für Deaf von Süd-, West- und Norddeutschland”, founded in 1947 by Karl Wacker, was published with the “German Deaf Sportzeitung ”merged to form the“ German Deaf newspaper ”, which appeared for the first time in July 1950 - at that time still every two weeks. It has been published monthly since 1975.
In 1972 the two main lines came together: Karl Engelmann, who was responsible for the newspaper “The Deaf in the German People's Community” until 1945, had published a new newspaper shortly after the end of the war: “The Deaf”. This magazine, supported by welfare funds, was the indirect successor to the “deaf and dumb friend”. In 1972 it was taken over by the DGZ. As a result, the German Deaf newspaper received the previous volumes since 1872.
After the German reunification in 1990, the East German association newspaper “jointly” was also taken up by the DGZ.
From the association newspaper to an independent medium
The beginnings of the German Deaf Newspaper, although it was founded as an independent publisher, were characterized by strong institutional and personal ties with the two major deaf associations in Germany.
Karl Wacker from Stuttgart, co-founder of the DGZ, was President of the German Deaf Association from 1950 to 1952 until his death. The DGZ's publishing house was Stuttgart for almost a year before moving to Mülheim an der Ruhr , where Siepmann ran his own print shop. Successor in the DGB was the vice-president and long-time DGZ editor Heinrich Siepmann, but only until 1953. In addition, he had been in front of the German Deaf Sports Association since 1933, until he died in 1974.
After Siepmann's death, the publishing house was taken over by a partner duo: Friedrich Waldow and Werner Kliewer. For years, both remained editors and editors, and the seat was moved to Essen. Waldow was also very committed to association politics. From 1951 to 1974 he worked as managing director of the German Deaf Sports Association and was then President until 1991. From 1959 to 1969 he was also managing director of the German Deaf Association. Werner Kliewer was the full-time Secretary General of the German Deaf Sports Association from 1971 to 2003 and at times also a member of the executive committee of the German Deaf Association.
In the first ten years, the German Deaf newspaper had the subtitle "Organ of the German Deaf Association" and was originally understood as its official bulletin. It was only 60 years later, after the publishing house was bought by Kerstin Reiner-Berthold in 2010, that the DGZ developed into an independent medium that was independent of associations and clubs.
Editor of the German Deaf newspaper
| from | to | editor |
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| 1950 | 1974 | Heinrich Siepmann |
| 1974 | 2009 | Friedrich Waldow and Werner Kliewer |
| 2010 | today | Kerstin Reiner-Berthold |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Helmut Vogel: For the 60th year of the German Deaf Newspaper with its 138th year. In: German Deaf newspaper , edition 7/2010, p. 4 ff.
- ↑ Short biography of Eduard Fürstenberg ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Gallery of the Presidents of the German Deaf Association ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c The German Deaf Sports Association - Former Presidents. (No longer available online.) In: dg-sv.de. July 4, 2017, archived from the original on March 6, 2017 ; Retrieved July 26, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
