East Frisian daily newspaper
| East Frisian daily newspaper | |
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| description | "Ostfriesische Tageszeitung" from October 1, 1942 |
| language | German |
| First edition | October 1, 1932 |
| attitude | 1945 |
| Sold edition | 11,400 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Johann Menso Folkerts |
| editor | Jaques Bauerman Groeneveld |
The Ostfriesische Tageszeitung (OTZ) was the official organ of the NSDAP and all the East Frisian authorities in the Weser-Ems Gau during the Nazi era .
National Socialist Party Organ
The founder, first editor and publisher of the Ostfriesische Tageszeitung was the farmer Jacques Groeneveld from Bunderhee , who later took on a large number of party offices. The first edition of the Nazi propaganda organ appeared on October 1, 1932, the last shortly before the end of the war in 1945. The editor-in-chief was Johann Menso Folkert from 1938 until the end of the war . The newspaper was the "official organ of the NSDAP and the authorities" and appeared in Aurich with a circulation of 11,400 copies. Initially, the newspaper was printed in Aurich by the Dunkmann publishing house, which in turn competed with OTZ as the publisher of the Ostfriesische Nachrichten . From 1934 the newspaper was printed in Emden. However, the editorial rooms were still in Auricher Norderstrasse.
During the Nazi era, the newspaper was the most important propaganda organ on the East Frisian peninsula and played a key role in the marginalization of Jews and other groups who did not like the party. With the appeal “Volksgenossen, do not buy in the following Jewish shops” , the newspaper listed , for example, all Jewish shops still in existence in the towns of East Frisia. In 1937 Heinrich Drees published an article in the OTZ in which he tried to justify the persecution of the Sinti and Jews historically and wrote that "vagabond Jews make the province of Hanover and East Frisia unsafe" . For the period from 1765 to 1803 he listed various passages by gangs of thieves in East Friesland and always assumed that their members were "Jews and Gypsies". It also said: "In the East Frisian cities, especially in Aurich, vagebound hunts were constantly held, which were also called 'Kloppjagden' in the vernacular. During these Kloppjagden a lot of stolen property was confiscated and many Jews were chased across the border."
Towards the end of the war, the OTZ published slogans for perseverance, aimed primarily at the people of Emden, which were affected by heavy bombing . The newspaper wrote on September 7, 1944, the day after the heaviest bombing , in which more than 80% of the urban area was destroyed:
“Despite the severity of the attack, which can be described as the worst disaster in the thousand-year-old city, the attitude of the population must simply be viewed as exemplary. The aid teams soon got into action and, last but not least, it was the neighboring towns that stepped in to help. The consequences of an attack that is as senseless as it is brutal are enormous. Nevertheless, the Emder are not discouraged, persevere in work and confidence and thus provide a shining example of sacrifice in the struggle for Greater Germany's future. "
Shortly before the end of the war, the newspaper ceased to appear.
In cooperation with the Oldenburg State Library, the Ostfriesische Landschaft would like the Ostfriesische Tageszeitung (OTZ) to completely digitize the issues from 1933–1945 and make them available online. The first years can already be viewed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical lexicon for East Frisia : Jaques Bauerman Groeneveld (PDF; 85 kB)
- ↑ Herbert Reyer (Ed.): Aurich im Nationalozialismus , Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1989, p. 503
- ↑ "Jews, gypsies and gangs of thieves become a plague. How Ostfriesland had to defend itself against the influx of foreign servants ” . In: Excerpt from the Ostfriesische Tageszeitung (OTZ). NS.-Gauverl. Weser-Ems, Emden 1937 (without an exact date).
- ^ Ostfriesische Tageszeitung (OTZ) , September 7, 1944
- ↑ Historical newspapers from the north-west: Ostfriesische Tageszeitung: Announcement sheet of the NSDAP: Official journal of all authorities in East Frisia . Retrieved March 14, 2019.