Das Wespennest

Das Wespennest
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderWolfgang Bechtle
Founded1946
Final issue1949
CountryGermany
Based inStuttgart
LanguageGerman
ISSN2626-0409
OCLC11025805

Das Wespennest (German: The Wasp's Nest) was a weekly satirical magazine published in Stuttgart, Germany, in the period 1946–1949. Its subtitle was Politisch-satirische Wochen-Zeitschrift. It was one of the first magazines which were launched shortly after World War II.

History and profile

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Das Wespennest was established by the German writer Wolfgang Bechtle in Stuttgart in 1946.[1] It was published in Stuttgart on a weekly basis.[1][2] Das Wespennest adopted a moderate political stance.[1] Its contributors included Thaddäus Troll and Hans-Frieder Willmann.[3] The circulation of magazine was nearly 35,000 copies per week.[1] It folded in 1949.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Dairo Pasquini (2020). "Longing for Purity: Fascism and Nazism in the Italian and German Satirical Press (1943/1945–1963)". European History Quarterly. 50 (3): 469. doi:10.1177/0265691420932251. S2CID 221015170.
  2. ^ Jörg Echternkamp (2020). Postwar Soldiers: Historical Controversies and West German Democratization, 1945–1955. New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-78920-558-9.
  3. ^ a b Rüdiger Ott (16 July 2012). "Tauchgang ins Leben". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2022.