The nettle
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| description | Satire magazine |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Rather-Verlag ( German Empire ) |
| First edition | 1931 |
| attitude | 1938 |
| Frequency of publication | weekly (since October 1931) |
| ZDB | 537330-x |
Die Brennessel was a National Socialist satirical magazine that was published by Eher Verlag from January 1931 to December 1938 . It was initially published monthly (January to March), then fortnightly (April to September) and finally weekly (since October 1931) in folio format in competition with Simplicissimus .
In terms of format and layout , Die Brennessel imitated the Simplicissimus and appeared more serious than the Nazi inflammatory pamphlet Der Stürmer . The main task of the magazine, however, was also the fight against the Weimar Republic , “ International Judaism ”, “ Bolshevism ” and “hostile foreign countries”. Accordingly, these opponents were vilified and ridiculed in satirical articles and caricatures. In addition to regularly recurring anti-Semitic and anti-Bolshevik attacks, the magazine also contained pathetic, National Socialist self-portrayals in words and pictures.
The editors were Karl Prühäußer (until September 1931, also worked as a cartoonist “KP”) and Wilhelm Weiß . The latter acted as the main editor from 1933 to 1938, but according to Ursula E. Koch only served as a prominent "figurehead" for the magazine. The actual editors-in-chief were Dietrich Loder in Munich and Carl Martin Köhn (pseudonym: "Lanzelot") in the Berlin branch. Text contributions came from, among others, Goetz Otto Stoffregen , Josef Eberle and Karl Valentin . Sepp Plank (pseudonym: "Seppla") and Hans Schweitzer (pseudonym: "Mjölnir") were among the permanent draftsmen . Renowned caricaturists of their time such as Paul Schondorff took part, others hid their occasional participation behind code names, such as B. Werner Hahmann , who traded as "Mooritz", or Hanns Erich Köhler , who traded as "Erik".
The magazine's circulation was around 32,000 in 1933 and had dropped to around 23,000 by 1938. The nettle was finally in favor of since the seizure of power by the National Socialists conformist Simplicissimus abandoned. On December 27, 1938, the last edition of the nettle appeared . The subscribers were taken over by the Simplicissimus .
literature
- Ursula E. Koch : The stinging nettle (1931–1938). In: Wolfgang Benz (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Antisemitismus . Hostility to Jews in the past and present . Volume 6: Publications . Edit v. Brigitte Mihok, Berlin: DeGruyter 2013, p. 81 f. ISBN 978-3-11-025872-1 .
Web links
- The stinging nettle in the German Propaganda Archive - annotated cover pictures from the year 1934 (engl.)
- Cover picture of the stinging nettle at Spiegel Online - cover picture with Schuschnigg caricature by Hans Herbert Schweitzer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Zentner / Friedemann Bedürftig (ed.): The great lexicon of the Third Reich, Südwest Verlag, Munich 1985, p. 89.
- ↑ a b Ursula E. Koch: The stinging nettle (1931-1938). In: Wolfgang Benz (ed.): Handbook of Antisemitism. Hostility to Jews in the past and present . Volume 6: Publications . Edit v. Brigitte Mihok, Berlin: DeGruyter 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-025872-1 , p. 81.
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Benz / Hermann Graml / Hermann Weiß (eds.): Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus, Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1997, p. 403.
- ↑ Wolfgang Benz / Hermann Graml / Hermann Weiß (eds.): Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus, Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1997, p. 539.