Of course it was not only the law that interfered with our management of the paper. The politicians, too, soon took a hand. The Oberpräsident of Schleswig-Holstein, a man named Kürbis (which is German for pumpkin) forbad its publication; it appeared the next day, entitled Die Westküste [The West Coat]. This too was banned, and for a short time my brother's wish was fulfilled and we edited Die Grüne Front. I, too, had the gratification of seeing my original suggestion realised whn it became, in due course, Die Sturmglocke. Finally, the Oberpräsident forbad us from publishing any paper at all which was not purely concerned with technical agricultural matters. So we rechristened it Der Kürbis, aand the leading article consisted of variations on the subject of pumpking as given in the encyclopaedia; we expatiated on how pumkins flourish best in plenty of dung and on the disagreeable nature of their blossom's scwent. Thenceforth the paper resumed its original name of Das Landvolk and that was that. Ernst Von Salomon
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A man named Kürbis forbade the paper’s publication. This is an example of how, because of politics, the paper was not allowed to be published. Futhermore, the paper changed names again and went back to its original name. Der Kürbis was banned because it was considered too offensive.

They changed the name to Landvolk. Then, even though it was now back to its original name, they were no longer allowed to publish any other paper at all because it did not fit into their narrow vision of what was acceptable.

Source: Der Fragebogen

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