Italien was a monthly far-right cultural magazine published in Heidelberg between 1927 and 1944 with two-year interruption to reinforce the relations between Germany and the fascist rule in Italy. Its subtitle was Monatsschrift für Kultur, Kunst und Literatur (German: Monthly for culture, art and literature).[1]

Italien
Editor
  • Werner von der Schulenburg
  • Albert Prinzing
CategoriesCultural magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherKampmann Verlag
FounderWerner von der Schulenburg
Founded1927
First issueDecember 1927
Final issueJune 1944
CountryGerman Empire
Based inHeidelberg
LanguageGerman

History and profile

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Italien was established in 1927 by Werner von der Schulenburg who was a sympathizer of Fascism and Benito Mussolini.[2] Its first issue appeared in December 1927.[3] Egon Vietta (pseudonym of Egon Fritz) developed the design and content of the magazine.[2] Italien was inspired from the publication of the German-French Association entitled Deutsch-französische Rundschau.[2] The publisher of Italien was Kampmann Verlag based in Heidelberg.[2] It was supported by the Mussolini government.[3] In 1940 the magazine ceased publication, but was restarted as the official organ of the association Deutsch-Italienische Gesellschaft (German: German-Italian Society).[2] In this period the magazine was supported by the Nazi government.[3] Werner von der Schulenburg edited Italien until 1943 when Albert Prinzing replaced him in the post.[2][4]

German diplomat Ulrich von Hassell was on the editorial board of Italien.[2] Some of its contributors included Margherita Sarfatti and Massimo Bontempelli.[2][3] The magazine featured articles on the Italian literature and other cultural materials focusing on Italy.[2] It folded in June 1944.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Krummel, Richard Frank (1998). Dunlop, D. M.; Halaski-Kun, T.; Oberling, Pierre (eds.). Nietzsche und der deutsche Geist. Vol. 3. Berlin; Boston, MA: De Gruyter. p. xxiv. doi:10.1515/9783110801149. ISBN 9783110801149.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Anna Antonello (2016). "The Milan-Hamburg axis: Italy for German readers (1940-1944)". Modern Italy. 21 (2): 130–133. doi:10.1017/mit.2016.10. S2CID 148426427.
  3. ^ a b c d Jobst C. Knigge (2016). "Werner Graf von der Schulenburg - Kulturvermittler zwischen Italien und Deutschland" (in German). Humboldt University of Berlin. doi:10.18452/13657. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Werner von der Schulenburg". pacelli-edition.de (in German).