The morning
| The morning
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| description | Central organ of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (08 / 1945–12 / 1989) The liberal daily newspaper of Germany (12 / 1989–06 / 1991) |
| language | German |
| publishing company | "Morgen" Printing & Publishing (07 / 1950–07 / 1990) Axel Springer Verlag (07 / 1990–06 / 1991) |
| First edition | August 3, 1945 |
| attitude | June 11, 1991 |
| Frequency of publication | every day except Mondays |
| Editor-in-chief |
Wilhelm John (1945–1950) Joachim Flatau (1950–1954) Gerhard Fischer (1955–1989) Manfred Brendel (1989–1990) Dieter Degler (1990–1991) |
| Article archive | The morning archive |
| ISSN (print) | 0138-5119 |
The morning was a daily newspaper in the GDR and the central organ of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDP, renamed LDPD in 1951). The paper has appeared six times a week since August 3, 1945, and from July 7, 1950 in Morgen-Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, which belonged to the LDPD and the LDPD-Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt. The last issue appeared on June 11, 1991.
history
The first editor of the daily was Reich Minister a. D. Wilhelm Külz . The preamble to the first edition set the goal of becoming the “mouthpiece of the liberal-democratic bourgeoisie ”. From 1955 books with party material were also published, from which the book publisher Der Morgen , Berlin, which was split off in 1958 , developed.
At the time of the fall of the Wall in 1989, it was the first daily newspaper in the GDR to officially renounce the SED's claim to leadership and allow articles and letters to the editor that dealt critically with the GDR's political system . In February 1990 it was the first GDR newspaper to deal with the Stalinist crimes in Germany.
In July 1990 the newspaper was acquired by the Axel Springer Verlag . From now on, journalists from East and West who had come from Spiegel or the daily newspaper worked together in the editorial office . Under its new editor-in-chief Dieter Degler , Der Morgen made a name for itself with revelations about PDS finances and the involvement of politicians in the Stasi. The editors Jan von Flocken , Erwin Jurtschitsch and Michael Klonovsky received the Guardian Prize of the daily press of the foundation “Freedom of the Press” for courageous reports on the “exposure and treatment of human rights violations by the GDR judiciary”. In the fall of 1990, Der Morgen merged with the newspaper of the GDR block party NDPD , the Berliner Allgemeine .
It is true that the publisher gave the morning a guarantee of its existence and was praised by critics for its journalistic style. But just under a year later, on June 11, 1991, the Springer group stopped the publication of the paper. The decision went back to the Springer manager Erhard van Straaten , who was responsible for the newspaper division on the board. Van Straaten decreed that the newspaper would not be delivered via the group's newly established distribution network in East Germany, but would continue to be sent via the old GDR postal newspaper distribution (PZV). Because the subscribers usually received their newspaper a day too late this way, the circulation soon collapsed due to numerous cancellations. The loss of circulation then served van Straaten as an argument to enforce the closure of the newspaper.
With the acquisition of the former SED district newspapers by major West German publishers, a concentration process that had never been seen in Germany began. The newspapers of the CDU , NDPD and LDPD were particularly hard hit . The newspaper of the East CDU Neue Zeit , which in 1991 had a circulation of 125,000 copies, went to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . It disappeared from the market in 1994, as did Der Morgen . The editorial team gained an excellent reputation with its work, also beyond the new federal states; However, even this was not enough for economic survival.
The archive of the publishing house Der Morgen has been in Leipzig since 2009.
literature
- Anke Fiedler, Michael Meyen : Fictions for the people: GDR newspapers as a PR tool: case studies on the central organs Neues Deutschland, Junge Welt, Neue Zeit and Der Morgen . Lit Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-11077-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Nawrocki : The press as a propaganda drum. In: Die Zeit , No. 21/1970.
- ↑ a b "The Morning" - the last edition. at: 1989.dra.de , accessed on September 6, 2014.
- ↑ Christoph Links : The fate of the GDR publishers. Privatization and its consequences. Ch.Links Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86153-523-2 , p. 270.
- ↑ Guardian Prize of the Daily Press: The winners in chronological order. ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from: dokzentrum.org , accessed September 6, 2014.
- ↑ Kurzer Frühling - GDR traditional title in the hands of large West German publishers. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: verdi.de , accessed on September 6, 2014.
- ↑ Other think . In: Der Spiegel . No. 11 , 1991 ( online ).
- ↑ A treasure trove for a book researcher: Archive of the book publisher Tomorrow is now in Leipzig. on: l-iz.de , accessed on September 6, 2014.
