Vorwärts
Vorwärts (German:
History
The paper was founded as a merger of the Eisenacher's Der Volksstaat and the Lasalleans Der Sozialdemokrat (General German Workers' Association). Its first editors were Wilhelm Hasenclever and Wilhelm Liebknecht.[1]
During the
The paper was staunchly opposed to the
In 1923, Vorwärts lost a libel trial brought by Adolf Hitler, and was ordered to pay him 6,000,000 marks. The paper had claimed Hitler was financed by "American Jews and Henry Ford."[3][4]
During the
In 1948, the paper was refounded as Neuer Vorwärts ("New Forward") and in 1955 renamed Vorwärts again. As of 2020, it has a circulation of about 360,000 every two months,[5] because it is mailed to all SPD members.
Footnotes
- ^ Steenson, Gary P. Karl Kautsky: EarlyAssumptions, Preconceptions and prejudices. p. 42.
- ^ Geschichte schreiben, Zukunft gestalten. 125 Jahre vorwärts (as part of: vorwärts, Oktober 2001, Berlin)
- ^ "Hitler Wins in Libel Suit". Jewish Telegraph Agency. 4 September 1923.
- ^ Hitler Wins in Libel Suit Canadian Jewish Review, 14 September 1923. p.9. http://multiculturalcanada.ca/node/426390 Archived 24 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mediadaten 2020" (PDF). Vorwärts. Retrieved 29 November 2020.