Nordhäuser People's Newspaper

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The Nordhäuser Volkszeitung was a social democratic newspaper in Nordhausen . It was published from 1905 to 1933.

history

The sheet was founded in 1905 on the initiative of the doctor Karl Schultes and was the successor to the Nordhäuser Volksblatt , which was sold from 1890 to 1897 as the head sheet of the Erfurt Tribune in Nordhausen, or the tribune itself, which the Social Democrats in Nordhausen also moved into after 1897. The structure was mainly organized by Otto Flagmeyer and Friedrich Stampfer , who later became editor-in-chief of Vorwärts . Editing and management moved into the SPD local group associated Haus Wolf Road 14 material for the national part delivered mainly the forward and the Social Democratic correspondence . In 1910 the trade unionist and SPD functionary Johannes Kleinspehn took over the chief editor.

During the First World War , the people's newspaper was pacifist and critical of the government. By 1918 there were three bans. However, it was able to continue despite the restrictions. In 1919 the workforce switched almost entirely to the USPD , but continued to accept communications from the majority Social Democrats. The number of subscribers increased from 4,200 to 6,200 after the end of the war. The expansion of the catchment area to include the districts of Ilfeld and Grafschaft Hohenstein and the Eichsfeld also contributed to this. An organizational change came with the conversion of the previous cooperative printing company into a GmbH.

The fire in the Reichstag in February 1933 gave the National Socialists the pretext to ban the Social Democratic press. The Nordhäuser Volkszeitung was also banned, the publishing house in Wolfstrasse, technology and inventory were confiscated. Since then, the NS-loyal Nordhäuser Lokal-Anzeiger has been printed in the print shop.

literature

  • Thomas Müller: Nordhäuser press history. On the origin and development of newspapers in the city of Nordhausen (= series of publications by the Friedrich Christian Lesser Foundation 26). Nordhausen 2012