Berliner Tageblatt
 Poster from 1899, by Ephraim Moses Lilien | |
| Founder(s) | Rudolf Mosse |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1 January 1872 |
| Language | German |
| Ceased publication | 31 January 1939 |
The Berliner Tageblatt or BT was a German language newspaper published in Berlin from 1872 to 1939. Along with the Frankfurter Zeitung, it became one of the most important liberal German newspapers of its time.
History
The Berliner Tageblatt was first published by
Prior to the National Socialist administration taking office on 30 January 1933, the newspaper was particularly critical and hostile to their program. On 3 March 1933, after the
After 1933, the National Socialist government took control of the newspaper (the
For almost two years, Scheffer surrounded himself by independently minded university graduates such as Margaret Boveri. She wrote in 1960 that Scheffer "was hated from the beginning by leading people of the Propaganda Ministry, and it was only because of his excellent foreign connections that he was not relieved of his position in the early years of the regime".[1] Scheffer's position eventually became untenable, and he resigned on 31 December 1936.
The paper was finally shut down by the Nazi authorities on 31 January 1939.
Contributors
During the 27 years (1906–1933) when
From 1918 until April 1920, Kurt Tucholsky contributed 50 articles to the Berliner Tageblatt while he was also editor in chief of the satirical magazine Ulk, which appeared weekly between 1913 and 1933. His novel Schloss Gripsholm (set near Gripsholm Castle) appeared in the BT from 20 March to 26 April 1931. Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of the newspaper's photographers.
The BT published separate weekly magazines, distributed as part of the newspaper. A number of these, such as "Technische Rundschau," a weekly review of trends in technology, and the "Haus, Hof und Garten" sections (Home and Garden), were edited by Rudolf Jonas. Jonas was an editor from 1929 to 1932 and later became an editor of the magazine Das Theater.
Circulation
| Year | Circulation – Weekdays | Circulation – Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 245,000 | 245,000 |
| Mar 1919 | 160,000–170,000 | 300,000 |
| 1920 | 245,000 | 300,000 |
| 1923 | ~250,000 | |
| Apr 1928 | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| 1929 | 137,000 (Berlin: 83,000) | 250,000 |
| 1930–1931 | 121,000 (Berlin: 77,000) | 208,000 (Berlin: 113,000) |
| Apr 1931 | 140,000 | 140,000 |
| 1933 | 130,000–240,000 | 130,000–240,000 |
References
- ^ Henry Regnery, "At the Eye of the Storm", Modern Age, 1976, citing Boveri, "Wir lügen alle", Olten and Freiburg