German wake-up call and observer

German wake-up call and observer was a National Socialist weekly newspaper for the population of German descent in the USA .

history

The newspaper was founded in 1934 as the mouthpiece of the German American Bund and the German Consumer Association. The first edition appeared in New York in July 1935, the last on December 11, 1941. Editions of the newspaper were published in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco. The newspaper was printed by Graf and Breuninger in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia edition was titled Philadelphia Wake Up Call and Observer . From the December 14, 1939 issue, the title of the newspaper was The Free American and Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter .

The circulation in 1937 was around 20,000 copies. The articles were written in German and English.

In 1937 was Walter cap editorial responsibility for the entire contents. Ad management was carried out by Alex Guessefeld.

literature

• Karl Bömer : Handbook of the world press. A representation of the newspaper industry in all countries . 3rd edition Armanen-Verlag, Leipzig 1937 (EA Berlin 1931)

Web links

• The year 1941 as the last year of the newspaper ( Memento from September 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Entry of the newspaper as microform at Stanford University Libraries