FRÖSI
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FRÖSI is the name of a children's magazine which was very famous in the German Democratic Republic. It was the magazine for members of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation. The word FRÖSI comes from the first line of the at that time popular pioneer song "Fröhlich sein und singen" ("Being happy and sing"). This title in full length was used until 1965, then the short form replaced it. The first edition was released on June 25, 1953. At first it was published every 6 weeks, from 1956 monthly.
Many children and teenagers read the magazine in the GDR, it was always sold out quickly. A reason was the very creative and interesting, originally and individual presentation. The magazine included Comics, articles about nature, science and technology and more. It was also popular because of the gimmicks. The magazine was also recommended by many teachers.
In 1990 it was renamed as tandem. In March 1991 it was discontinued.
In June 2002 Neues Deutschland tried to reanimate the magazine with a single edition of FRÖSI as a gimmick in the news paper. In May 2005 the FRÖSI started again as a monthly magazine. But only some months, it was discontinued again in November 2005.
[edit] External links
- http://www.froesi-online.de (in German)
- Comics in the FRÖSI (in German)
- Background information respecting authors, example comics (in German)
