FRÖSI

Frösi is the name of a children's magazine that was published in the GDR in the publishing world boy. She was the magazine for members of the Pioneer organization Ernst Thalmann.

Name Explanation

The name derives Frösi ( be joyful and sing ) from the starting line of the then-known pioneer song by Hans Naumilkat from. Be glad and sing was initially the full title, from 1965, the short form was introduced.

Chronicle and contents up to 1990

On June 25, 1953, the first edition of Frösi appeared with a greeting of the former FDJ boss Erich Honecker. The 32 - to 40-page booklet came out in 1956 on a monthly basis (before every six weeks ), the maximum circulation was about 600,000. The selling price was 70 cents.

In addition to propaganda comics ( as we build a tank in the issue 9/ 1957), calling for the collection of secondary raw materials, herbs and berries ( Korbine by the cartoon character fruits ) and principles to health and hygiene prophylaxis ( comic book character Kundi ) published among others, the comic Ali and Archibald and Captain Lütt by Horst Alisch, Maxie and bag by Richard Hambach, the comic Atomino based on an Italian comic by Marcello Argilli and Vinicio Berti and Jürgen Günther Otto and Alwin. In addition there were craft suggestions, contributions from Nature, Science and Technology in the booklets. There were occasional issues with cut-out sheets as inserts as often in the November issue a Christmas calendar.

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Frösi also organized a rolling Frösi disco at school festivals. For media and folk festivals there was often a Frösi - date with the current issues.

Development after the turn

After a name change in tandem in 1990, the magazine was set with the settlement of the publisher Young World by the Trust in March 1991.

In June 2002, a single issue published as a supplement to a weekend edition of the New Germany as an attempt to revive the Frösi as a magazine for children. After numerous delays, the Frösi appeared from May 2005 as a monthly 32-page A4 magazine for children from 8 to 12 years with an initial print run of 70,000 copies at a price of 2.10 euros again. The magazine was discontinued in November 2005. Reasons were a slump in sales and related financial difficulties.