' (, 'The Week') was an illustrated weekly newspaper published in Berlin from 1899 to 1944.

Overview

It reported on popular entertainment, including "sensationalist crime stories", and covered celebrities in sports and show business. Its publisher was newspaper magnate

August Scherl August Scherl (24 July 1849 – 18 April 1921) was a German newspaper magnate. Life August Hugo Friedrich Scherl founded a newspaper and publishing concern on 1 October 1883, which from 1900 carried the name August Scherl Verlag. He was ...

, who also owned the ''

Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger The ''Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger'' was a daily newspaper published in Berlin, with one of the highest national circulations of its time. Its publisher was newspaper magnate August Scherl, who also owned ''Die Woche ''Die Woche'' (, "The Week") was ...

'', a Berlin paper. By 1916 Scherl had been bought out by the (politically conservative)

Hugenberg Press Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg (19 June 1865 – 12 March 1951) was an influential German businessman and politician. An important figure in nationalist politics in Germany for the first few decades of the twentieth century, Hugenbe ...

, and ' came to play a part in the politics of the day, specifically in promoting an image of

Paul von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (; abbreviated ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany fro ...

as both a military man and a civilian, aiding his appeal across the German population. A Turkish weekly magazine, ''

Yedigün ''Yedigün'' (Turkish: ''Seven Days'') was a weekly illustrated general interest magazine which existed between 1933 and 1950 in Istanbul. It was one of the first publications in its category in Turkey. Sedat Simavi, a prominent Turkish journalis ...

'', was inspired by . Between 1993 and 2002, the title Die Woche was used for a completely different kind of weekly newspaper. Heinrich XXXI

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