Pardon (magazine)

pardon was a German satirical magazine, which appeared biweekly from 1962 to 1982. It was published to criticise the conservative situation of the Adenauer era.^[1]

pardon worked in a combination of politics and humour, information and satire, philosophy and graphics. Its authors included students who became known only later, writers Robert Gernhardt and F. W. Bernstein, and graphic artists F. K. Waechter, Kurt Halbritter [de], Hans Traxler [de], Volker Ernsting [de] and Chlodwig Poth [de]. Guest authors included Alice Schwarzer, Günter Wallraff and Gerhard Kromschröder [de].^[1] Commentators included Freimut Duve and Robert Jungk. Wilhelm Genazino was a member of the editorial staff for some time.