Italien (magazine)

Italien was established in 1927 by Werner von der Schulenburg who was a sympathizer of Fascism and Benito Mussolini.^[2] Its first issue appeared in December 1927.^[3] Egon Vietta (pseudonym of Egon Fritz) developed the design and content of the magazine.^[2] Italien was inspired from the publication of the German-French Association entitled Deutsch-französische Rundschau.^[2] The publisher of Italien was Kampmann Verlag based in Heidelberg.^[2] It was supported by the Mussolini government.^[3] In 1940 the magazine ceased publication, but was restarted as the official organ of the association Deutsch-Italienische Gesellschaft (German: German-Italian Society).^[2] In this period the magazine was supported by the Nazi government.^[3] Werner von der Schulenburg edited Italien until 1943 when Albert Prinzing replaced him in the post.^[2][4]

German diplomat Ulrich von Hassell was on the editorial board of Italien.^[2] Some of its contributors included Margherita Sarfatti and Massimo Bontempelli.^[2][3] The magazine featured articles on the Italian literature and other cultural materials focusing on Italy.^[2] It folded in June 1944.^[2]