German People's Newspaper (1945/46)

The Deutsche Volkszeitung was the central organ of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ). It appeared as a daily newspaper in Berlin from June 13, 1945 to April 22, 1946 and was replaced by the SED central organ Neues Deutschland after the forced unification of the SPD and KPD to form the SED .

The Deutsche Volkszeitung was the first licensed newspaper in the Soviet Zone, but not the first newspaper to appear in Germany under Soviet military rule. For one thing, the Soviet military administration had already started to publish its own newspapers; so the Political Administration of the Red Army since 15 May 1945 in Berlin gave the Daily Rundschau out (until 30 June 1955), in addition since May 21, 1945, the Berliner Zeitung that a month later the responsibility of the Berlin magistrate was passed . On the other hand, the political administrations of the three armies (“fronts”) stationed in the Soviet Zone published their own newsletters for the German population in the first weeks after the war, which were distributed free of charge.

One of the editors of the Deutsche Volkszeitung was the writer Harald Hauser .

See also

• German People's Newspaper (1953–1989)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jan Foitzik: Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) 1945-1949: Structure and function . In: Sources and representations on contemporary history . tape 44 . Walter de Gruyter, 1995, ISBN 3-05-004801-8 , p. 198 (544 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).