Sprytni krajowcy Kajzera
The Kaiser’s clever natives

The German overseas dominions in illustrated popular press in Żory, Upper Silesia, at the turn of the 20th century

Author(s): Tomasz Górecki
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: askari; Cameroon; German colonialism; German East Africa; German South-West Africa; illustrated journals; Schutztruppen; Togo; Upper Silesia; Żory
Summary/Abstract: The German colonial activity, which began in the 1880s, was preached not only in the specialized press but also in the illustrated popular magazines, published at the regional or even local level. Press publications of this type were also published in Upper Silesia, including Żory. In this town, the local German-language newspaper, "Sohrauer Stadtblatt", also included a free illustrated supplement, "Ilustrierte Sonntagsblatt", printed in Stuttgart by the Greiner und Pfeifer publishing house and sent to many local newspapers throughout the Reich. In the analyzed period (the second half of the 1880s to 1918), the supplement frequently featured photographs and drawings from the German colonies along with articles discussing various colonial issues.

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