The
Junge Freiheit (JF,
Young Freedom) is a German
weekly
newspaper for politics and culture, that describes itself as
liberal-conservative.
History
It was
founded by students in Freiburg im Breisgau
in 1986 as a reaction to as what they saw as the
dominance of the leftist 68' generation among university
teachers. In 1993 it moved its headquarter to Potsdam
, near
Berlin
, and to Hohenzollerndamm in Berlin in 1995.
In 1994, a
printing site for the JF in Weimar
was attacked
by far-left terrorists with a firebomb and damage totaling 2.5
million marks. The paper moved to
Berlin a few years later, where it is still published today.
Issues and style
The
Junge Freiheit has a big section for
politics, one for
culture
and for
foreign affairs. Economics
are underrepresented. Opinions and commentaries are also a major
part of the paper. There are some authors who contribute regular
columns. Every week the paper has an interview with some prominent
politician, author, scientist or artist.
Junge Freiheit
has a circulation of around 35,000 copies today.
People
The founder and editor-in-chief as well as managing director is
Dieter Stein.
Among its prominent contributors are
Helmut Markwort,
Wolf Jobst Siedler,
Frederick Forsyth,
Paul Gottfried,
Rolf
Hochhuth,
Ralph Raico and
Derek Turner.
Among its prominent
public supporters are also Alexander
von Stahl, the former Attorney General of Germany
and a liberal politician, who is also the Junge
Freiheit's lawyer.
External links
Notes
Bibliography
- Alexander von Stahl:
Kampf um die Pressefreiheit. Chronologie eines
Skandals. Die Verfassungsbeschwerde der Wochenzeitung
'Junge Freiheit' wegen Verletzung der Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit
durch Verfassungsschutzberichte des Landes NRW. Reihe
Dokumentation, Edition JF, Berlin 2003/2004, Band 5-7: ISBN , ISBN
, ISBN
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