Editor-in-chief | Heinrich Bär |
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Categories | Satirical magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher |
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Founder | Heinrich Bär |
Founded | 1950 |
Final issue | 1962 |
Country | West Germany |
Based in | Berlin |
Language | German |
Tarantel ( Turkish: Tarantula) was a German monthly satirical magazine in Berlin, West Germany, which was in circulation between 1950 and 1962. Being a propaganda publication it was started to address the readers in East Germany [1] and was funded by the American intelligence organization CIA. [2]
Tarantel was launched in West Berlin in 1950. [1] [3] Its founder was the German journalist Heinz Wenzel, known as Heinrich Bär, who also edited the magazine. [3] [4] [5] The magazine was first published by Freiheitsverlag Leipzig in a miniature format on a monthly basis. [1] [6] Later Heinrich Bär Verlag became the publisher of the magazine. [7] The company employed Tarantel as part of its propaganda war against East Germany which was ridiculed by the magazine. [7] It also mocked the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of East Germany and East German government officials. [3] [4]
Christian F. Ostermann argues that the Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit (KgU) (German: Combat Group against Inhumanity) was behind the magazine. [8] As of 1952 the magazine was among six German organizations which were financed by the US as tools of psychological manipulation in East Germany. [9] Tarantel was funded by the Central Intelligence Agency of the US. [2] The magazine was illegally circulated in East Germany, and possession of it was strictly banned by the East German government. [6] In the late 1950s it sold 250,000-300,000 copies in West Berlin. [3] The magazine folded in 1962. [6]
Editor-in-chief | Heinrich Bär |
---|---|
Categories | Satirical magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher |
|
Founder | Heinrich Bär |
Founded | 1950 |
Final issue | 1962 |
Country | West Germany |
Based in | Berlin |
Language | German |
Tarantel ( Turkish: Tarantula) was a German monthly satirical magazine in Berlin, West Germany, which was in circulation between 1950 and 1962. Being a propaganda publication it was started to address the readers in East Germany [1] and was funded by the American intelligence organization CIA. [2]
Tarantel was launched in West Berlin in 1950. [1] [3] Its founder was the German journalist Heinz Wenzel, known as Heinrich Bär, who also edited the magazine. [3] [4] [5] The magazine was first published by Freiheitsverlag Leipzig in a miniature format on a monthly basis. [1] [6] Later Heinrich Bär Verlag became the publisher of the magazine. [7] The company employed Tarantel as part of its propaganda war against East Germany which was ridiculed by the magazine. [7] It also mocked the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of East Germany and East German government officials. [3] [4]
Christian F. Ostermann argues that the Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit (KgU) (German: Combat Group against Inhumanity) was behind the magazine. [8] As of 1952 the magazine was among six German organizations which were financed by the US as tools of psychological manipulation in East Germany. [9] Tarantel was funded by the Central Intelligence Agency of the US. [2] The magazine was illegally circulated in East Germany, and possession of it was strictly banned by the East German government. [6] In the late 1950s it sold 250,000-300,000 copies in West Berlin. [3] The magazine folded in 1962. [6]