''Die Woche'' (, "The Week") was an illustrated weekly newspaper published in Berlin from 1899 to 1944. It reported on popular entertainment, including "sensationalist crime stories", and covered celebrities in sports and show business. Its publisher was newspaper magnate

August Scherl August Scherl (24 July 1849 – 18 April 1921) was a German newspaper magnate. Life August Hugo Friedrich Scherl founded a newspaper and publishing concern on 1 October 1883, which from 1900 carried the name August Scherl Verlag. He wa ...

, who also owned the ''

Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger The ''Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger'' was a daily newspaper published in Berlin, with one of the highest national circulations of its time. Its publisher was newspaper magnate August Scherl, who also owned ''Die Woche ''Die Woche'' (, "The Week") was ...

'', a Berlin paper. By 1916 Scherl had been bought out by the (politically conservative) Hugenberg Press, and ''Die Woche'' came to play a part in the politics of the day, specifically in promoting an image of

Paul von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (; abbreviated ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany fr ...

as both a military man and a civilian, aiding his appeal across the German population. A Turkish weekly magazine, '' Yedigün'', inspired from ''Die Woche''. Heinrich XXXI

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Ralf Dahrendorf Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, (1 May 1929 – 17 June 2009) was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and a ...

: ''Liberal und unabhängig. Gerd Bucerius und seine Zeit.'' 2nd edition. Beck, München 2000,

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