The ''Kikeriki'' (Cock-a-doodle-do) was a

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published in Vienna, Austria, between 1861 and 1933.

History

It was founded in 1861 by , a journalist and playwright who wrote under the pseudonym ''O. F. Berg''. The paper was successful and popular until the time of the First Republic. In the best times the circulation was 25,000 copies. Until the 1880s the paper had a liberal orientation. Under the increasing influence of the right-wing's Christians around

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, Kikeriki became sharply anti-Semitic. After the First World War the paper politically approached the Deutschnationalen and since the mid 1920s also the (Austrian NSDAP). In 1933, because of his partisanship of the Reich German National Socialists who came to power on January 30, the ''Kikeriki'' was prohibited by the

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References

External links

* Julia Schäfer: Vermessen – gezeichnet – verlacht. Judenbilder in populären Zeitschriften 1918–1933.''Vermessen, gezeichnet, verlacht : Judenbilder in populären Zeitschriften 1918-1933''
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Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, M. 2005. * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kikeriki Antisemitic publications Defunct magazines published in Austria Magazines established in 1861 Magazines disestablished in 1933 Magazines published in Vienna Satirical magazines published in Europe