History and profile
''Italien'' was established in 1927 by Werner von der Schulenburg who was a sympathizer of Fascism and Benito Mussolini. Its first issue appeared in December 1927. Egon Vietta (pseudonym of Egon Fritz) developed the design and content of the magazine. ''Italien'' was inspired from the publication of the German-French Association entitled ''Deutsch-französische Rundschau''. The publisher of ''Italien'' was Kampmann Verlag based in Heidelberg. It was supported by the Mussolini government. In 1940 the magazine ceased publication, but was restarted as the official organ of the association Deutsch-Italienische Gesellschaft (German: German-Italian Society). In this period the magazine was supported by the Nazi government. Werner von der Schulenburg edited ''Italien'' until 1943 when Albert Prinzing replaced him in the post. German diplomat Ulrich von Hassell was on the editorial board of ''Italien''. Some of its contributors included Margherita Sarfatti and Massimo Bontempelli. The magazine featured articles on the Italian literature and other cultural materials focusing on Italy. It folded in June 1944.References
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