Einheit

Einheit – Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis des Wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus (English: Unity – Journal for Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism) was the theoretical journal of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.

History[edit]

The first issue of the journal was published in February 1946 preparation of the merger of the Communist Party of Germany and the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Prior to the merger the journal was published jointly by central committees of the KPD and SPD.^[1] The editorial board members of Einheit and also, of Neuer Weg, another official journal, were closely oversaw by the wife of Walter Ulbricht, Lotte Kühn.^[2]

The journal contained articles with theoretical content, in particular on the history of the labor movement and on philosophical and economic questions. The authors of the contributions were leading SED functionaries,^[3]^[4] senior employees of central party institutes such as the Institute of Marxism-Leninism, the Academy for Social Sciences, the party school and other theory-oriented cadres.^[5]^[1]

The magazine discontinued after German reunification in 1989.

Editors and publishers[edit]

The editorial department of the Einheit was also a department of the Central Committee of the SED, so its editors-in-chief were also central committee department heads. Editors-in-chief were:

1946: Emmi Dölling (for the KPD)
1946: Max Seydewitz (for the SPD)
1946–1950: Klaus Zweiling
1950–1951: Gertrud Keller
1956–1972: Hans Schaul
1972–1989: Manfred Banaschak

The responsible secretaries in the Central Committee of the SED for the Einheit were:

1949: Otto Grotewohl
1950–1953: Fred Oelßner
1956–1958: Walter Ulbricht
1967–1989: Kurt Hager

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Simone Barck, Martina Langermann, Siegfried Lokatis (Hrsg.): Zwischen „Mosaik“ und „Einheit“ – Zeitschriften in der DDR. Ch. Links, Berlin 1999
^ C.M. (August 1962). "Ulbricht: Khrushchev's Man in Germany". Communist Affairs. 1 (2): 22. JSTOR 45367976.
^ Fred Oelßner: Ein klassisches Werk des wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus, Heft 10/1956
^ Peter Grieder (1999). The East German Leadership, 1946-73: Conflict and Crisis. Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7190-5498-3.
^ Kurt Tiedtke: Die wachsende Führungsrolle der Arbeiterklasse und ihrer marxistisch-leninistischen Partei, Heft 8/1986

External links[edit]

Media related to Einheit at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] Simone Barck, Martina Langermann, Siegfried Lokatis (Hrsg.): Zwischen „Mosaik“ und „Einheit“ – Zeitschriften in der DDR. Ch. Links, Berlin 1999

[2] C.M. (August 1962). "Ulbricht: Khrushchev's Man in Germany". Communist Affairs. 1 (2): 22. JSTOR 45367976.

[3] Fred Oelßner: Ein klassisches Werk des wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus, Heft 10/1956

[4] Peter Grieder (1999). The East German Leadership, 1946-73: Conflict and Crisis. Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7190-5498-3.

[5] Kurt Tiedtke: Die wachsende Führungsrolle der Arbeiterklasse und ihrer marxistisch-leninistischen Partei, Heft 8/1986

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