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The <"Eintrachtğt;" newspaper was founded in 1922. Over the years it catered to the growing number of immigrants from Germany and other German-speaking countries that settled in Chicago area during and after World War II. <"Eintrachtğt;" means harmony — harmony between the many German American groups and between the American lifestyle. The weekly paper brought news from Europe, soccer news from Europe and the USA, and general world news.
In 1922 Gerhard Jung founded the family owned German newspaper. Subsequently, Jakob Himpelmann took over and used the newspaper as an information source for Germans from southeast Europe (the Donauschwaben of Austria Hungary) who had recently migrated to the United States. In 1958 Gottlieb Juengling purchased the paper from Mr. Himpelmann and expanded the volume from four to 12 pages. Gottlieb Juengling was a teacher from Heilbronn, Germany, but he also gained his journalistic knowledge and experience while working at the Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung newspaper.
Eintracht presented a wide range of news from the United States and Europe. The majority of newspaper articles and news are written in the German language, with very few articles written in English. Given the broad base of subscribers in the Chicagoland area, many businesses used the Eintracht newspaper as a platform to reach potential customers. Many German delicatessen stores also purchased newspapers and re-sold them in stores.
Over the past few decades, the newspaper struggled to maintain a high number of readers, because many long time subscribers were getting older, as well as the general shift away from traditional newspapers to readers accessing news on the internet. After 95 years, in January 2017 Eintracht published its last issue. The Eintracht continued as part of the New York Staats-Zeitung, published by Jes Rau, out of Sarasota Florida.
Series I: Financial files and Operational Business Records 1970-2017
The records include subscriber lists, newspaper distribution records, advertisements invoices by agencies, several German American community anniversary booklets, advertisement invoices, postal records, and other records. The subscriber lists are organized both by postal code and in alphabetical order. The anniversary booklets include information about events and advertisements by businesses and governmental organizations.
Series II: Business and Clubs Organizations Advertisements
Subseries I - Businesses 1970 - 2017
The sub-series includes advertisements and correspondence with numerous local and national businesses that tried to market their products and services to the German American community. The folders mainly include advertisements about a wide range of products and services, as well as correspondence between Eintracht newspaper staff and business representatives related to the cost and publication of advertisements. In addition to businesses, there are folders that include information about German festivals and other cultural events, folders related to the interaction of German community leaders and Illinois politicians, churches, music bands, obituaries, and other organizations.
Subseries II - Clubs 1950 — 2017
The sub-series includes advertisements and information about local German American groups. It includes folders related to various sports clubs, menğt;'s and womenğt;'s choruses, artists, churches, various German American associations, and advertisements from annual festivals and other community events of the German American community in the United States. Many folders include photographs of German American community members at various cultural events.
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