Pinguin (youth magazine)
The penguin is a youth magazine that appeared from 1946 to 1953. It was co-designed by Erich Kästner and published by him in the first few years.
history
The magazine was first mentioned in Kästner's notes in the late summer of 1945. The first issue appeared in January 1946 with the title “PINGUIN for young people” by Rowohlt Verlag in Stuttgart (license no. US-W-1047 / US-W-501 / US-W-1014). From July 1949 the magazine appeared in the Curt E. Schwab publishing house in Stuttgart. The declared aim of the magazine was to introduce young people and young adults who had grown up under National Socialism to democracy and the world outside of Germany. The magazine contained texts by well-known authors such as Wolfgang Borchert , Mascha Kaléko , Theodor Eschenburg and Manfred Schmidt . The articles were not only informative and entertaining; With its letters to the editor, the magazine also provided a platform for readers and supported the reunification of families that were torn apart in the war with the series “Lost Children Are Looking For Their Parents”.
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literature
- Birgit Ebbert : Education for humanity and democracy. Erich Kästner and his magazine “Pinguin” in the educational structure of the post-war period. Frankfurt 1994
- Martin Hussong: Youth magazines from 1945 to 1960. Phases, types, tendencies. In: Klaus Doderer (Hrsg.): Between rubble and prosperity: literature of the youth 1945-1960. Weinheim: Basel 1988