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Special Collection: First edition of the magazine "Reader's Digest" from 1920

First edition of the magazine "Reader's Digest" from 1920

  • This is an Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first edition 1922-1972.
  • Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year.
  • It was really successful and became “the most widely read periodical on the planet.”
  • Dimi Panitza had worked 42 years for the magazine until 1994 when he retired as a deputy editor-in-chief.
  • This book is a kind donation from Yvonne and Dimi Panitza, the cherished founders of Panitza Library.