The Prager Tagblatt
One of the best newspapers in the German-speaking world was published in Prague, at 8–9 Široká – the Prager Tagblatt, which Kafka always read and sometimes even contributed to: the story A Dream appeared in the morning edition of 6th January 1917, for example, and the story A Little Woman in the Easter supplement for 1924. From the second half of the nineteenth century until 1938, the newspaper provided reliable reporting, a local gazette, and cultural guide for the Prague Germans. A host of famous names, oddballs, and characters contributed, from Egon Erwin Kisch, who first breathed the air of journalism as a volunteer for the paper, through to Friedrich Torberg, who preserved some of the funniest journalistic tales for posterity in his Aunt Jolesch (Tante Jolesch), to Kafka's friend Max Brod, who served for many years as a theatre and music critic, and even immortalized in this newspaper in his novel Rebel Hearts (Rebellische Herzen).
German-language newspapers are published in Prague: the two dailies “Bohemia” and the “Prager Tagblatt” (weekdays, two editions), the evening paper “Deutsches Abendblatt”, and the weekly “Montagsblatt aus Böhmen”. The government newspaper “Prager Abendblatt” appears on weekday evenings. There is also a Czech newspaper in the German language, the “Union”. The other (party political) newspapers are unlikely to be of interest to visitors.
Griebens travel guide to Prague, 1911
