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| Cover by Walter Trier, who also illustrated "Emil and the detectives", by Erich Kästner |
The monthly UHU,
published between 1924 and 1934, was considered to be the prototype
of the general interest magazine and a groundbreaking publication of
the Weimar Republic. It was very popular thanks to its originality,
wit and innovative printing technology.
Long before other
publications, the journal trated trends in culture and science that
seem to us modern today, such as the importance of broadcasting and
television.
No other editorial
staff employed such brilliant authors and photographers, none had so
many novel ideas implemented with such a high degree of
professionalism and, if necessary, at extraordinary expense. Writers
for Uhu included Kurt Tucholsky, usually under his pseudonym Theobald
Tiger, Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht, Vicki Baum, the French writer
Colette, various well-known music reviewers and occasionally famous
guest contributors, such as the Danish film star Asta Nielsen, or
even Albert Einstein. And UHU featured pictures by photographers as
László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsy, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Sasha
Stone, Umbo (Otto Umbehr); Erich Salomon and Yva.
In addition,
drawings and caricatures were given high priority. Along with H. M.
Bateman, the English UHU caricaturist of the magazine's early days,
others deserving mention are Ottomar Starke, Ferdinand Barlog, Georg
Kolbe and Martin Koser. Moreover, an especially defining role was
played by the inimitable drawing style of Walter Trier, who also
worked for the political-satirical weekly "Simplicissimus".
Uhu took position
against the Nazis at an early stage, which is reflected mainly in the
form of caricatures such as "Hitler receives the Nobel Peace
Prize 1932". It is interesting that Hitler receives the prize from the King of Sweden. If he had really been awarded that prize, he would have received it in Oslo, and not in Sweden, from the king's hands.
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Sweden's king awards A.Hitler the Nobel Peace Prize 1932. By Fritz Eichenberg.
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