The history of the German newspapers in Brazil has its beginning in the
early fifties of the past century. In October, 1852, _Der Kolonist_
appeared for the first time in Porto Alegre. This journalistic effort
was short-lived. From December, 1853, to July 10th, 1861, _Der Deutsche
Einwanderer_, appeared in the same city. Beginning with April 16th,
1853, _Der Deutsche Beobachter_, edited by B. Goldschmidt and G.F. Busch
appeared in Rio de Janeiro. This, like the preceding, soon turned from
an ordinary newspaper into a propaganda-sheet for the solicitation of
colonists and accordingly went out of existence. In 1858 the _Brasilia_,
a weekly, appeared in Petropolis. It lasted about one year. Beginning
with January 17th, 1864, the _Germania_, a weekly edited by Peter
Müller, appeared in the same city. This was a most important paper in
its time and enjoyed a wide circulation. It lasted, however, only a few
years.
From 1860 to date the number of German newspapers with an ephemeral
existence published in Brazil is legion. Excepting those above
mentioned, we shall only concern ourselves with the ones which had a
continual existence from the time of their founding and appearing to
this day. They are included in the following list. In this list is
indicated in each case the title of the paper, the place of publication,
the number of times it appears weekly and the year in which it was
founded.
_Deutsche Zeitung_, Porto Alegre. Daily. 1861.
_Kolonie Zeitung_, Joinville. Semi-weekly. 1862.
_Deutsches Volksblatt_, Porto Alegre. Daily and weekly, 1870.
_Germania_, São Paulo. Daily. 1877.
_Deutsche Post_, São Leopoldo. Daily. 1880.
_Blumenauer Zeitung_, Blumenau. Semi-weekly. 1881.
_Neue Deutsche Zeitung_, Porto Alegre. Daily and weekly. 1881.
_Der Beobachter_, Curityba. Thrice weekly. 1889.
_Kolonie_, Santa Cruz. Thrice weekly. 1890.
_Der Urwaldsbote_, Blumenau. Semi-weekly. 1892.
_Nachrichten_, Petropolis. Semi-weekly. 1892.
_Deutsche Zeitung für São Paulo._ Daily. 1897.
_Vaterland_, Porto Alegre. Daily. 1901.
_Der Kompass_, Curityba. Thrice weekly. 1901.
_Volks-Zeitung_, São Bento. Weekly. 1908.
_Die Serra Post_, Ijuhy. Semi-weekly. 1910.
_Brusquer Zeitung_, Brusque. Weekly. 1911.
_Deutsche Wacht_, Pelotas. Semi-weekly. 1914.
_Deutsches Tageblatt_, Rio de Janeiro. Daily. 1914.
From what has been said above, in reference both to almanacs and
newspapers, it will be noted that Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul has
from the beginning been the most important center for Brazilian German
journalistic efforts.