Simplicissimus was a German weekly satirical magazine, founded by Albert Langen in April 1896 and headquartered in Munich. It was interrupted by a hiatus from 1944–1954, became a biweekly in 1964, and ceased publication in 1967.
Covers of the Simplicissimus in the 1910s and ’20s
Simplicissimus took its name from the protagonist of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen’s 1668 novel Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch, which is regarded as the first adventure novel in the German language and the first German novel masterpiece.
Here below is a set of amazing photos that shows covers of the Simplicissimus in the 1910s and 1920s.
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