Neues Leben (German: New Living; abbreviated as NL) was a monthly youth magazine which existed between 1953 and 1992. It was started in East Germany and survived the German unification. It was briefly published in Germany until 1992.
| Categories | Youth magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Final issue | 1992 |
| Country | |
| Based in | Berlin |
| Language | German |
| ISSN | 0323-5815 |
| OCLC | 924765429 |
History and profile
editNL was launched in 1953 and came out monthly in East Berlin.[1][2] The magazine was modeled on the West German magazine Bravo.[1] The target audience of NL was East German youth.[1] Its publisher was the Free German Youth which was the official youth organization of the ruling party, Socialist Unity Party.[1] The goal of NL was to reinforce the official views of the state among young people through articles about sex, relationships, pop stars and young workers.[1] During the early 1980s it featured a regular column for the readers who asked questions about sexuality.[3]
Ingeborg Dittmann was the editor of NL from 1973 to its closure in 1992.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Josephine Hüetlin (28 July 2020). "Pop stars, sex and communism: the story behind an East German youth magazine". Coda. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "DDR-Zeitschriften zum Themenfeld Gestaltung" (in German). Stiftung Industrie und Alltagskultur. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Ingrid Sharp (July 2004). "The Sexual Unification of Germany". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 13 (3): 355. doi:10.1353/sex.2005.0017. JSTOR 3704838. S2CID 142792121.