FROM THE HISTORY OF TATAR PRESS AND BOOK PUBLISHING ACTIVITY OF TATARS IN GERMANY (20TH AND THE BEGINNING OF 21TH CC.)
Sebastian Cwiklinski,
Institute for Literary and Cultural Research Berlin,
3 Etage, 18, Schützenstr., Berlin, 10117,
sebastian.cwiklinski@web.de
This article presents the review of history of Tatar press and book publishing in Germany throughout 20th and the beginning of 21st centuries, (i.e. from the very beginning to the present day). It deals with political developments in Germany, Russian Empire and Soviet Union that had an impact on development of the press. The fate of Tatar and the Tatar-Bashkir press in Germany throughout the 20th century depended not on Tatars and Bashkirs’ organizational efforts in Germany, but mostly on the political situation. During World War I the German Empire unsuccessfully tried to use Muslim prisoners in its policy of Pan-Islamism, with the help of which it wanted to topple both British and French colonial empires in the Middle East as well as the Russian Empire. During World War II the Nazis repeated their attempts to manipulate the Tatar people. Unlike in WWI, this time Nazi strategists put effort not into religion, but primarily into Tatar nationalism. Nazi propaganda demanded highlight and focus on key concepts of nationalism, anti-Sovietism and anti-Semitism in Tatar publications issued in Germany. As such, the role of politics was crucial for development of the Tatar press during the period of World Wars.
Key words: Tatar Diaspora in Germany, Tatar press in Germany, newspaper “El-Dschihad”, “Yana Milli Yul” magazine.
