Arbeiter-Zeitung (Aachen)

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Aachener Arbeiter-Zeitung or Arbeiter-Zeitung

language German
First edition 1924
attitude 1933

The Aachener Arbeiter-Zeitung appeared from 1924 to 1933. It was published in Aachen as the daily newspaper of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) for the Aachen administrative district . The title was initially Aachener Arbeiter-Zeitung (years 1924 and 1925), later Arbeiter-Zeitung (years 1926 to 1933).

history

As a daily newspaper, the newspaper documented the activities of the communists in the Aachen / Düren area during the Weimar Republic . After the seizure of power of Hitler, the newspaper was banned from 22 February 1,933th

The Aachener Arbeiter-Zeitung appeared as the headline of the Socialist Republic newspaper in Cologne. Only the local section was created by the editors in Aachen themselves.

The single price of the newspaper was 10 pfennigs. The newspaper could be subscribed to for half a month for one mark. The newspaper also financed itself through advertisements. There are advertisements from retailers from Aachen, Alsdorf, Haaren, Eschweiler and Stolberg. But also larger advertisements, e.g. B. Tobacco advertising of the Halpaus brand, the Ufa Palast Aachen and the Leonhard Tietz Aachen department store .

Supplements to the Arbeiter-Zeitung were:

  • The Red Star (illustrated)
  • The communist trade unionist
  • The communist
  • The member of the cooperative
  • The great solidarity
  • The Bundschuh

editorial staff

In 1927 the KPD city councilor Heinrich Begasse was responsible for the entire content of the newspaper, and Paul Charell for advertisements. The office of the Arbeiter-Zeitung was in 1927 in Aachen, Peterstrasse 111. In September 1928, Julius Klepper (1897–1960) , who had a doctorate in economics, was the editor in charge. In March 1929 Mathias Schneider (* 1900) was responsible for politics. In 1931 Hans Staß from Aachen was responsible for the content of the newspaper. At that time the editorial office was in Aachen, Stiftstrasse 21. The last editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung was Arthur May (1902–1933), the political leader of the Aachen KPD. He was murdered by the National Socialists on June 22, 1933.

publishing company

The newspaper was published in 1927 by Aachener Zeitungs- und Bücherverlags GmbH, Peterstraße 111. The newspaper was printed by “Peuvag” (paper production and recycling company) Berlin, branch: Cologne, Aquinostraße 11. In 1931, it was printed and published from Colonia-Verlag GmbH Cologne, Aquinostraße 11.

Employee

Maria Blum

Archives

  • In the North Rhine-Westphalia State Archive in Duisburg, Rhineland Department, inventory 211.01.00, Permalink 783, you can find Aachener Arbeiter-Zeitung, under the file number: II / 220a, Government Aachen Presidential Office and Special Groups → 11 Police → e) Press, Censorship, from 1924-1925.
  • In the Aachen city archive , under the signature: ZTG 6, 12 volumes of the Arbeiter Zeitung from the period: January 2, 1926 - December 31, 1930 (with gaps).

literature

  • Brigitte Lindner: Arbeiter-Zeitung for the administrative district of Aachen - a source study . State examination thesis, RWTH Aachen 1975.
  • Hans Josef Derichs: The Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in Aachen 1920–1930 . Thesis, RWTH Aachen 1975, p. 15.
  • Jürgen Küppers: Workers Resistance and Persecution in the Border Region 1933-1945 . Manuscript, Aachen 1983, pp. 18-20 and pp. 30-32.
  • Detlev Peukert : The KPD in resistance. Persecution and underground work on the Rhine and Ruhr 1933–1945 . Peter Hammer, Wuppertal 1980, ISBN 3-87294-165-8 .
  • Elmar Gasten: Aachen in the time of the National Socialist rule 1933–1944 . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-631-45697-2 .
  • Horst Wallraff: National Socialism in the Düren and Jülich districts . Hahne & Schloemer, Düren 2000, ISBN 3-927312-30-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlev Peukert: The KPD in the resistance. Persecution and underground work on the Rhine and Ruhr 1933–1945 . Peter Hammer, Wuppertal 1980, p. 80.
  2. ^ Günter Bers: The Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in the Cologne-Aachen area towards the end of the Weimar Republic. Documentation for the year 1932 (= The workers' movement in the Rhineland, vol. 21). Einhorn-Presse-Verlag Främcke, Reinbek 1993, ISBN 3-88756-029-9 , p. 49.
  3. ^ Peter Staatz: The Reich and Landtag elections in the Düren district during the Weimar Republic . Diss., University of Bonn, p. 191.
  4. ^ Günter Bers: A regional structure of the KPD. The Middle Rhine district and its party congresses in 1927/1929 . Einhorn-Presse, Reinbek near Hamburg 1981, ISBN 3-88756-021-3 , p. 31.
  5. ^ Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst (ed.): German communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 , p. 456.
  6. ↑ Arbeiter Zeitung , No. 75 of March 29, 1929. In: Stadtarchiv Düren, holdings of the district archive, file L 34.
  7. ↑ Arbeiter Zeitung No. 218 of September 30, 1932. In: Stadtarchiv Düren, holdings of the district archive, file L 34.
  8. ^ Horst Wallraff: National Socialism in the Düren and Jülich districts . Hahne & Schloemer, Düren 2000, p. 184.
  9. ^ Elmar Gasten: Aachen during the time of the National Socialist rule 1933–1944 . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1992, p. 15 and p. 86.