# Das Wespennest

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For Austrian literary magazine, see [Wespennest](/source/Wespennest).

***Das Wespennest*** ([German](/source/German_language): *The Wasp's Nest*) was a weekly satirical magazine published in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Germany, in the period 1946–1949. Its subtitle was *Politisch-satirische Wochen-Zeitschrift*. It was one of the first magazines which were launched shortly after [World War II](/source/World_War_II).

## History and profile

*Das Wespennest* was established by the German writer Wolfgang Bechtle in Stuttgart in 1946.[1] It was published in Stuttgart on a weekly basis.[1][2] *Das Wespennest* adopted a moderate political stance.[1] Its contributors included [Thaddäus Troll](/source/Thadd%C3%A4us_Troll) and Hans-Frieder Willmann.[3] The circulation of magazine was nearly 35,000 copies per week.[1] It folded in 1949.[1][3]

## References

1. Dairo Pasquini (2020). "Longing for Purity: Fascism and Nazism in the Italian and German Satirical Press (1943/1945–1963)". *[European History Quarterly](/source/European_History_Quarterly)*. **50** (3): 469. [doi:10.1177/0265691420932251](https://doi.org/10.1177/0265691420932251). [S2CID 221015170](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:221015170)

1. Jörg Echternkamp (2020). [*Postwar Soldiers: Historical Controversies and West German Democratization, 1945–1955*](https://books.google.com/books?id=btGwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA198). New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-78920-558-9.

1. Rüdiger Ott (16 July 2012). ["Tauchgang ins Leben"](https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.sillenbuch-tauchgang-ins-leben.23ef5492-fcd2-4b84-8a4d-ec0f6ba28e38.html) (in German). *[Stuttgarter Zeitung](/source/Stuttgarter_Zeitung)*. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

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