''Illustrierter Beobachter'' (''Illustrated Observer'') was an illustrated propaganda magazine which the German Nazi Party published. It was published from 1926 to 1945 in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, and edited by
Hermann Esser.
It began as a monthly publication and its first issue showed members of the
Bamberger Nationalist Party marching in front of a Jewish
Synagogue and denounced
Jacob Rosny Rosenstein, a potential
Nobel Laureate as a "disgrace to German culture". Special editions denounced England and France for starting the war.
''The Illustrierter Beobachter: 1934-1943''
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See also
*Other newspapers of Nazi Germany:
**''Der Angriff
''Der Angriff'' (in English "The Attack") is a discontinued German language newspaper founded in 1927 by the Berlin Gau of the Nazi Party. The last edition was published on 24 April 1945.
History
The newspaper was set up by Joseph Goebbels, wh ...
'' ("The Attack"), Josef Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 194 ...
' Berlin-based newspaper
**'' Berliner Arbeiterzeitung'' ("Berlin Workers Newspaper"), Gregor
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* Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565–1628), G ...
and Otto Strasser
Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser (also german: link=no, Straßer, see ß; 10 September 1897 – 27 August 1974) was a German politician and an early member of the Nazi Party. Otto Strasser, together with his brother Gregor Strasser, was a lead ...
's newspaper, representing the Strasserite wing of the Nazi Party
**'' Panzerbär'' ("The Panzer Bear"), a tabloid Nazi newspaper intended for the troops defending Berlin from the Red Army
** ''Das Reich'', a weekly newspaper founded by Goebbels
**''Das Schwarze Korps
''Das Schwarze Korps'' (; German for "The Black Corps") was the official newspaper of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS). This newspaper was published on Wednesdays and distributed free of charge. All SS members were encouraged to read it. The chief edit ...
'' ("The Black Corps"), the official newspaper of Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was of the (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of th ...
's ''Schutzstaffel
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe duri ...
'' (SS)
**''Der Stürmer
''Der Stürmer'' (, literally "The Stormer / Attacker / Striker") was a weekly German tabloid-format newspaper published from 1923 to the end of the Second World War by Julius Streicher, the '' Gauleiter'' of Franconia, with brief suspensions ...
'' ("The Stormer"), Julius Streicher
Julius Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a member of the Nazi Party, the ''Gauleiter'' (regional leader) of Franconia and a member of the '' Reichstag'', the national legislature. He was the founder and publisher of the virul ...
's Nuremberg-based virulently antisemitic and frequently semi-pornographic newspaper
**''Völkischer Beobachter
The ''Völkischer Beobachter'' (; "'' Völkisch'' Observer") was the newspaper of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) from 25 December 1920. It first appeared weekly, then daily from 8 February 1923. For twenty-four years it formed part of the official pub ...
'' ("People's Observer"), the official Nazi newspaper, published in Munich
* '' Kladderadatsch,'' liberal satirical German-language magazine
References
External links
Covers of the magazine
*
' — Articles on Georg Elser's failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
on 9 November 1939 (in German)
*
"Frankreichs Schuld"
' — "France's Guilt", a 1940 special issue featuring a racist and anti-Semitic caricature on the cover (in German)
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