Horizont (youth magazine)
The horizon was a 1945-1948 published in Berlin " biweekly " for young people , founded by Eduard Grosse jr., Published under license B 205 messages control the American military government issued to Eduard Big sen. and Günther Birkenfeld , headed by him.
Intent and content
In the first editorial, Günther Birkenfeld explains, under the heading What we want, the principles of the magazine, which "should stimulate and enrich the maturing young people of both sexes, entertain and delight them, advise and encourage them".
In addition to information and entertainment, critical texts were published again and again, e. B. Berlin youth to the control council , open letter to Johannes R. Becher , open letter to the Aufbau Verlag , problems of socialism , Dachau yesterday and today or eyewitness report about Erich Mühsam's death (in Oranienburg concentration camp ). The Nuremberg trials were also reported, for example Baldur von Schirach .
Employee
In addition to many unknown today, the contributions a. Karla Höcker , Nino Erné , Klaus Budzinski , Carl Diem , Carl Linfert , Oda Schaefer , Rainer Höynck, Friedrich Luft , Wolfgang Borchert , Albert Schweitzer , Rudolf Hagelstange , Wolfdietrich Schnurre , Wolfgang Goetz , Elisabeth Langgässer , Hans Schomburgk , Katharina Heinroth , Thomas Harlan -Körber, Hilde Körber and illustrators and painters such as Hans Kossatz , Mia Lederer, Herbert Sandberg and Paul Strecker .
The committed magazine had to stop its publication during the Berlin blockade in 1948 due to the shortage of paper.
Reappear
Ten years later, in 1958, reappeared a magazine horizon "of young people Evangelical magazine", this time with the subtitle. It was published monthly with 36 pages by Burckhardthaus-Verlag, Gelnhausen and Berlin-Dahlem . It was edited by Gertrud Friedrich and Peter Krusche . The editor was William Graffam. The publication of the magazine was discontinued in 1967. In an advertising brochure it says:
- “ Horizon brings you articles on questions of life and belief; the most important of current events in political and church life; News and reflections about today's theater, about film, books, sports and fashion; Conversations with young people from other countries and continents; the best of old and new art, poetry and music; and lots of fun. "
Web links
- Literature on the journal Horizont in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary: Publisher and Advertiser Dr. Eduard Grosse , in: Cosmetic Medicine ,
Individual evidence
- ↑ Günther Birkenfeld: We were there! , in: Horizont , Volume 1, issue 1 of December 9, 1945, p. 9.
- ↑ by Otto Weber, Volume 2, January 19, 1947, p. 23.
- ^ Eduard Grosse jr .: Der Herr Reichsjugendführer , H. 14 v. June 9, 1946, p. 10.
- ↑ DNB 01291620X