DIE - offenses circumstantial investigations

DIE series ( delicts - circumstantial evidence - investigations ) was a series of books in paperback format for detective novels for over 30 years . The series was published in the GDR by the Das Neue Berlin publishing house , which was taken over by the Eulenspiegel publishing group after the fall of the Berlin Wall . By the time of the fall of the Wall, there were around 130 titles. It was about new publications , re-publications and translations by contemporary writers from the GDR as well as from the socialist, Eastern European countries and Western countries.

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In their work, the GDR authors with their crime stories always stood in the field of tension between ideological educational mandate and the danger of censorship . Not murder and manslaughter, not victims and perpetrators, but abuse of power and private failure are at the center of the cases, whose investigators act on behalf of the state and lead the perpetrators back on the right moral path. The sophistication that the authors displayed is sometimes unparalleled today. Even after 1990, the DIE series remained the most important home for the authors in what was then the eastern federal states.

The series was published from 1970 to 2001 in the same format of 10.7 × 17.7 cm. The volumes cost between 2.00 and 3.00 marks , later 6.80 to 9.80 DM or x euros. The length was between about 150 and about 400 pages. The envelope showed the author and the work on the left in the separated upper area, on the right the title of the crime - clues - investigations series , the logo of the three framed letters and the row below . After the fall of the Wall, the cover was changed several times; the logo was initially backed up with the colors red, green and blue; about 1993 the title of the series changed to THE crime novels , yellow-colored and the issues were numbered. From 1996 on the modern and colorfully designed title was again THE criminal evidence investigations . In 1998 the company returned to a classic layout with a yellow DIE on a black and white cover image, which has a higher recognition value.

A selection of crime novels by GDR authors in the collector's edition DIE Kriminalromane published by Weltbild Verlag contains new editions of works published in the DIE series. The appearance was based on the original series, on the title of the hard cover the logo was deposited with the colors red, green, blue.

Novels

Year / edition	title	author	Note / no.
1970	The Fatima case	Fritz Erpenbeck
1970	The Dangerous Truth Translated from American by Mary Brand	Vera Caspary
1970	A man from the past Translator ad Bulgarian by Sybille Jeske	Bogomil Rainow
1970	Half death	Bernd Diksen ( Erich Loest or Werner Dembski )
1970	Foggy night	Heiner Rank
1970, 1974/2.	The second ring	Tom Wittgen	074
1971	As silent as its shadow	Frank Arnau
1971	Bank robbery 12.55 p.m.	Manfred G. Abel
1971	The loser pays	Bernd Diksen
1971	The dead man with the key Translator ad Polish by Caesar Rymarowicz	Jerzy Edigey
1971	The boss on the phone	Gert Schönau
1971	The commissioner's hat	Werner Steinberg
1972, 1981/2.	Wine for honorable men	Karl-Heinz Berger
1972	The hunt for the pike	Joachim Jacek
1972	26 platforms	Barbara Neuhaus
1972	A man named Nottrodt	Werner Steinberg
1972	Run nigger run	Chester Himes
1973, 1979/2.	The case of Erika Groller	Karl-Heinz Weber
1973	The dead on the throne	Fritz Erpenbeck	*
1973	Bartuschek is no longer there	Hasso Lean
1973	Love 70	Walter Niebuhr
1973	The reporter's death	Gert Prokop	*, 173
1973	Privacy	Tom Wittgen	173
1973	Clocks for Mr. Kelly Translator ad Russian by Harry Burck	Arkadi and Georgi Wainer
1974	The Mask of Dimitrios Translated from English by Mary Brand and Walter Hertenstein	Eric Ambler
1974, 1977/2., 1984/3.	Dead power lines	Hans Pfeiffer
1974	The prejudice	Bernd Diksen	*
1974	Deadly record	Fritz Erpenbeck
1974, 1984/2.	Local appointment	Gerhard Harkenthal
1974	The wall of shadows	Christa Johannsen
1974	Secret order Harlem translation ad American from Alexandra and Gerhard Baumrucker	Ed Lacy
1974	Deadly alibi	Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann
1974, 1977/2., 1979/3.	Heart failure Translated from English by Elga Abramowitz	Alan Winnington
1975	The man who climbs over the hill	Rudolf Bartsch
1975	Death is waiting in front of the window Translator ad Polish by Roswitha Buschmann	Jerzy Edigey
1975	On a day like any other	Joseph Hayes
1975	Gillermann's death	Wolfgang Kienast
1975, 1977/2.	Not a case for you, Inspector	Wolfgang Müller
1975	The last case	Hans Schneider
1975, 1978/2.	The gentle girl	Tom Wittgen	*, 228
1975, 1978/2.	Night frost	Meike Schmieder
1976	Egon Hartmann's confession of translation to Bulgarian	Pavel Veshinov
1976	Museum robbers	Karl Heinz Weber
1976	Empty hands	Bernd Diksen	*
1976, 1990/4.	Three bottles of Tokay	Klaus Möckel	*, (301)
1976	Fear motive	Barbara Neuhaus	*
1976	Short-circuit translation from French by Evelyne Krause	Laurence Oriol
1976	One must be the corpse	Gert Prokop	*
1976, 1982/2.	The brood of the beautiful soul	Horst Bastian	*
1976	A blond hair	Gerhard Scherfling
1977, 1980/2., 1983/3.	Whitewashed graves	Karl-Heinz Berger
1977	A dead person directs	-ky
1977	The lonely dead man transl. Ad Czech by Gustav Just	Václav heirs
1977, 1984/2.	The last cabinet piece	Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann
1977, 1982/3., 1990/4.	The last witness	Heiner Rank
1977, 1981/2.	Throw in the towel, Mr. Public Prosecutor!	Helfried Schreiter
1977, 1984/2.	Medicine against fear Translator ad Russian by Aljonna Möckel	Arkadi and Georgi Wainer
1978	Death on the banks of the Danube Translated from Hungarian by Hans Skirecki	László András
1978	A murder at the Lietzensee	Richard Hey
1978	Kamil is suspected	Vladimír Pribský
1978	The chance	Werner Toelcke
1978	With a wrong coin	Martin Wendland
1978	In-depth testing	Tom Wittgen	383
1978, 1983/2.	Killing is so easy	Werner Toelcke
1979	Vacation in the preseason Transl. Ad Hungarian by Roswitha Buschmann	Jerzy Edigey
1979	Seven days for Schramm	Paul Henricks
1979, 1983/2., 1989/3.	The seagull's nest	CU Wiesner
1979	Nine, the number of Kobra Übers ad Bulgarian by Egon Hartmann	Svetoslav Slavchev
1979, 1982/2., 1984/3., 1990/4.	The mute judge	Jens Bahre
1980	Death speaks in my name Übers. Ad Polish by Kurt Kelm	Joe Alex
1980	Premiere in N.	Karl Heinz Berger
1980	The death of the talented shoemaker Übers. Ad Czech. by Gustav Just	Václav heirs
1980	The operation	Werner Toelcke
1980, 1982/2., 1985/3.	Illusions	Karl-Heinz Weber
1980, 1982/2.	One side of the triangle	Hans Pfeiffer
1981	Autumn crocus	Tom Wittgen	480
1981, 1985/2.	Hate	Klaus Möckel
1981, 1985/2.	Circles on the water Translated from Russian by Helga Gutsche	Arkady Adamov
1981	The Laurentis case, translated from Hungarian by Hans Skirecki	László András
1981	The worsted killer	Hansjörg Martin
1981, 1983/2., 1985/3.	I saw a murder	Meike Schmieder
1981	The face of the murderer	Werner Toelcke
1981	Ridley and Son Translator from English by Elga Abramowitz	Alan Winnington
1982, 1983/2.	The false Madonna	Tom Wittgen	*, 526
1982	One against Chicago	Ed Mazzaro
1982	Film tear	Ruth and Hubertus Methe
1982	If it has to be a double murder Übers ad Romanian by Joachim Uhlisch	Horia Tecuceanu
1983	A denarius in the hands of a girl Translated from Czech by Gustav Just	Václav heirs
1983	Doom before Elysium	Jürgen Höpfner
1983	It is enough if only one person dies	-ky
1983	Flowers from the sky meadow	Steffen Mohr	*
1983	The buck game	Tom Wittgen	573
1983	Under the sign of Scorpio	Svetoslav Slavchev
1984	A fateful excursion	Eva Kačírková
1984	Katenkamp and the dead postman	Detlef Wolff
1984	Second-hand truth translation from English by Brigitte Fock	Anne Holden
1984	Siren song	Karl Heinz Berger
1984	Variant hitchhiker / the ladies gang	Klaus Möckel
1984, 1990/3.	I do not beg your pardon	Barbara Neuhaus
1985, 1986/2.	Mocha before the murder	Louis Martin
1985	The night before the vacation	Louis Martin
1985	Kacenburger Sommer Transl. To Czech by Reinhard E. Fischer	Svatopluk Zlamany
1985	Demon behind top stores Translated from English by Edith Walter	Ruth Rendell
1986	On the open road	Hartmut Mechtel	*
1986	Murder by alphabet	Jerzy Edigey
1986	Poetry is not proof	Jan Eik	*
1986	A trap for the cat	Eva Kacirková
1986, 1988/2.	The nest	Tom Wittgen
1987	The end of a Christmas party	Wolfgang Kienast	*
1987, 1989/2.	The Bengal tiger	Heiner Rank
1987	Am i a killer	Milena Brůhová
1987	flesh	Rainer Erler
1987	The geomantic oracle	Hartmut Mechtel
1987	The tracks are terrifying	Karl Heinz Berger
1987	Murder - nothing special	Paul Debler
1988, 1990/2.	The goatherd / The last S-Bahn	Tom Wittgen
1982, 1988	The noose of the harpies Übers ad Bulgarischen by Egon Hartmann	Svetoslav Slavchev
1988, 1989/2.	Murder wasn't planned	Hans Siebe
1988	Inevitable	Wolfgang Schreyer	*
1988	Murder in Concert	Paula Gosling
1988	Black fools	Ingrid Hahnfeld
1988	The risk of perfection	Wolfgang Kienast	*
1988	IOU against death certificate	Gabriele Gabriel
1989	Three days to think about . Ad Russian by Helga Gutsche	Andris Kolbergs
1989	Statute of limitations, but not forgotten	Karl Heinz Berger
1989	The seventh winter	Jan Eik
1989	Journey to a bright future	Rainer Erler
1989	Business risk	Karl Heinz Berger
1990/2.	Lichtenberg, platform E	Johannes Albrecht
1990	Trimmel makes a plea	Friedhelm Werremeier
1990	Brick chippings as red as blood Translated from Czech by Reinhard E. Fischer	Antonín Karous	GDR optics
1990	Nabob's daughter	Tom Wittgen	"THE" in color
1990	Reasons for murder / Among men	Jan Müller	"THE" in color
1990	Then murder	Jan Eik	"THE" in color
1991	Pas de deux to death	Bärbel Balke	"THE" in color
1991, 1993/2.	The masked Buddha	Harry Thürk	*, "DIE" in color
1991	Under the yacht	Hartmut Mechtel	, "THE" in color
1991	Rendezvous with a murderer	Dorothea Kleine
1992, 1995/2.	Who doesn't die at the right time	Jan Eik	*, 142, "DIE" in color
1992	The wall dancer	Hans Schneider
1992/2.	Murder in Venice	Jan Martenson
1992	Death in gray	Hartmut Mechtel	*, 151, "DIE" in color
1992, 1994/2.	The dead masseuses of Kowloon	Harry Thürk	153, "DIE" in color
1992	A fat lady	Klaus Möckel	139
1992	What I know makes me hot	Karl Heinz Berger
1992	Order for one night	Klaus Möckel
1992	Yeti is dead	Max Adam	"THE" in color
1993	With death on you and you	-ky	157
1993	fog	Wolfgang Schreyer	*
1993	Bloody gravel	Joachim Wohlgemuth	159
1993	The last key	Barbara Neuhaus
1993	On the edge of the abyss	Hans Pfeiffer
1993	Good for those who have no heirs	Barbara Neuhaus	*, 162
1993	The vortex of death	Hartmut Mechtel	"THE" in color
1994	The chain	Mani Beckmann	164
1994	Abused	Hans-Ullrich Krause	165
1994	A beautiful murder	Jan Martenson	166
1994	So blonde, so beautiful, so dead	Gert Prokop	*, 167, "THE thrillers"
1994	Death in the rain	Tom Wittgen	*, 168
1994	Pilot game	Tom Wittgen	169
1994	You die for me	Max Adam	*, 170
1994	Little little boy, dies alone	Heribert Bauer	171
1994	Wrong exit	Nathalie Levy	172
1994	The sheer madness	Hartmut Mechtel	*, 173
1995	Witch hunt	Hans Schneider	174
1994	The tattooed innocence	Harry Thürk	*, 175
1995	The dead birds	Erna Hablützel	176
1995	Ghost Chess	Klaus Möckel	177
1995	Butterfly death	Karen Meyer	178
1995	The exchange	Hans-Ullrich Krause	"THE thrillers"
1994	Dog throat	Günter Seuren	180
1995	Murderers and policemen	Max Adam	181
1995	Germany united as a killer country	anthology	182
1995	Hatred has its price	Akos Kertesz	183
1995	Tuan Subutu shoots	Harry Thürk	184
1995	In the name of innocence	Dorothea Kleine	*, 185
1995	Deadly pedigree	Eva Klingler	186
1995	Old Smithy - Protocol of Horror	Manfred Rudolph	187
1995	Satan's killing fist	Jan Flieger	188
1996	Promised is promised	Monika Helmecke	189
1996	The key is in Bonn	Roberto Ampuero	190
1996	Fire zone	Joachim Wohlgemuth	*, 191
1996	Callgirs die young	John Allen	192
1996	Polish gold	Gerhard Neumann	193
1996	Murder and games	Wolfgang Kienast	194, "THE thrillers"
1996	Daniel's punishment	Frank Goyke and Torsten Schulz	195
1996	Mord light or It doesn't always have to be homicide	anthology	196
1996	Affair into the wet grave	Gerhard Johann	197, modern layout
1996	Halfway to happiness	Joachim Wohlgemuth	198
1996	revenge	Gerhard Rekel	199
1996	The last aloha	Harry Thürk	200
1997	Murder after murder	Max Adam	201
1997	A funeral isn't every day	Horst Bastian	202
1997	One dies slowly in hellfire	Jan Flieger	203
1997	Once a cop, always a cop	Wolfgang Kienast	204
1997	Black blossom - gentle death	Harry Thürk	205
1997	Bolero in Havana	Roberto Ampuero	206
1997	The bride of Shiva	Howard Hastings	207
1997	Total murder	Gerhard Neumann	208, modern layout
1998	Sanger's curse	Peter Schrenk	210, modern layout
1998	Call the MUK!	anthology	211
1998	Hong Kong's bodies are very dead	Harry Thürk	212, new yellow DIE logo
1999	Detective Agency Rote Socke	Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann	213
1999	The killer could be heard on VHF	Günter Prodöhl	214, new yellow DIE logo
2000	The tooth trap	Dieter Hombach	217
2000	Paula, dear Paula	Dorothea Kleine	218
2000	Murder with a delicate hand	Harry Thürk	219
2000	Faithful to death	Frank Groyke	220
2001	Dresden silver coins	Beate Baum	221
2001	The widow murderer and other unprecedented criminal cases	Günther Prodöhl	222
2001	A grueling spin	Hans-Ullrich Lüdemann	223, new yellow DIE logo
2001	Banknotes for Portugal	Günther Prodöhl	224, last volume in the series

• Note: (*) These issues are included in the collector's edition from Weltbild-Verlag

literature

• Anselm Dworak: The GDR crime novel (= statements analysis 1, ZDB -ID 1113473-2 ). Self-published by the publisher Hans-Friedrich Foltin, Marburg / Lahn 1974 (at the same time: Marburg, Univ., Diss.).
• Reinhard Hillich, Wolfgang Mittmann : The crime literature of the GDR. 1949-1990. Bibliography. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-05-001856-9 .
• Reinhard Hillich: Facts . Views on crime literature in the GDR 1947–1986 (= Deutsche Bibliothek 13). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000632-3 .
• Brigitte Kehrberg: The crime novel of the GDR 1970-1990 (= series Poetica 28). Publishing house Dr. Kovač, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-86064-675-3 (also: Siegen, Univ., Diss., 1997).
• Julia Mrosek: Crime literature in the German Democratic Republic as a mirror of the political situation. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-638-88671-0 (student thesis).

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1. ↑ ^{a b} The end of the Eastern thrillers? by Helmut Eikermann - remarks on crime literature in the new federal states; Berlin Reading Signs, Edition 05/97, Edition Luisenstadt, 1997
2. ↑ A. Brandt: DIE - Offenses, circumstantial evidence and investigations: A cult crime series is making a comeback! In: sammler-editions-news.de. December 1, 2009, accessed September 4, 2015 . 
3. ↑ DELICATES - INDICATIONS - DETERMINATIONS: The cult crime series from the former GDR! . Written by M. Hatzelmann on September 11th, 2009 on www.sammler-edUNGEN-news.de