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[EN] FAQ 005004 | Der Spiegel and its founder, Rudolf Augstein, play an essential role in German press history...

Question:
Der Spiegel and its founder, Rudolf Augstein, play an essential role in German press history.[3] The sheet, founded in 1947, gained importance in the struggle for freedom of the press (see the Spiegel Affair) and by exposing political scandals. It is a founding member of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), initiated in 2016. Reporters consider it one of the leading German-language media.

Answer:
Even before the First World War, Leo Moisture published a magazine in Munich, Germany, under the name Der Mirror. In November 1908, it merged with the German theater company Siegfred Jacobsohn, but is not affiliated with Der Mirror, today's news magazine.

The first issue of the magazine was published on Saturday, January 4, 1947, in Hanover.[12] It had been circulated under the title “This Week” in Hanover since November 1946; it was based on the American and British news magazines and was initially published by the British military administration. The three press officers in charge were Charles Seymour, Charles Ormond, and Charles Driller, the latter as an acting editor. With the seventh edition, the paper was handed over into German hands.