''Deutsche Rundschau'' is a literary and political periodical established in 1874 by

Julius Rodenberg Julius Rodenberg (originally ''Julius Levy''; 26 June 1831, Rodenberg – 11 July 1914, Berlin) was a German Jewish poet and author. He studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Göttingen, Berlin, and Marburg, but soon abandoned jurisprud ...

. It strongly influenced

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and

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was considered one of the most successful launches of

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s in

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. Among its authors were

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...

''(

Effi Briest ''Effi Briest'' is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Published in book form in 1895, ''Effi Briest'' marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature. It can be thematically compared to other novels on 19th century mar ...

)'',

Paul Heyse Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (; 15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the ''Tunnel über der Spree'' in Berlin and ''Die Krokodile'' in Munich, he wrote no ...

Theodor Storm Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Life Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on th ...

('' The Dykemaster''),

Gottfried Keller Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel '' Green Henry'' (German: ''Der grüne Heinrich'') and his cycle of novellas called ''The People from Seldwyla'' (''Die Leu ...

and

Ernst Robert Curtius Ernst Robert Curtius (; 14 April 1886 – 19 April 1956) was a German literary scholar, philologist, and Romance language literary critic, best known for his 1948 study ''Europäische Literatur und Lateinisches Mittelalter'', translated in Eng ...

. Richard Moritz Meyer, a German literature historian, described ''Deutsche Rundschau'' as the printed university. It was circulated with interruptions during the

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until 1964.

History

After Rodenberg's death, Bruno Hake took over as publisher, followed in 1919 by Rudolf Pechel. Until

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the ''Deutsche Rundschau'' was the mouthpiece of the Young Conservatives, and later of the conservative opponents of the

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s. In 1942, Pechel was imprisoned and the periodical banned. Four years later, ''Deutsche Rundschau'' was again published by Pechel. After Pechel's death, the monthly continued to be published by his sons Jürgen and Peter Pechel, and by Harry Pross. Burghard Freudenfeld and Hans-Joachin Netzer were the last editors. The magazine ceased publication in 1964. The tradition of the ''Deutsche Rundschau'' is continued by its sequel ''germanpages.de -- Deutsche Rundschau'' a multi-lingual online magazine edited by Heinrich von Loesch. In this revised modern format, the ''Deutsche Rundschau'' continues its history as a family-edited publication, maintaining the tradition of non-partisan reporting on a wide range of political,

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and cultural issues relevant to Germany and its role in the world. Several other publications also used the title "Deutsche Rundschau", among them: Deutsche Rundschau, Harvey, North Dakota (1915–17); Deutsche Rundschau, Cuero, Texas (1880-ca. 1900); Deutsche Rundschau in Polen (1939);Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin
Library Search ''Ostdeutsche Rundschau''

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