''Echo des Ostens'' ('Echo of the East') was a newspaper published daily from

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

. It was the organ of the

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

district organization (''bezirk'') of the

Communist Party of Germany The Communist Party of Germany (german: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, , KPD ) was a major political party in the Weimar Republic between 1918 and 1933, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in West German ...

1922-1933.
Archivalische Forschungen Zur Geschichte Der Deutschen Arbeiterbewegung
', Vol. 6, Eds. 1. Akademie-Verlag., 1968. p. 452
Jahrbuch
', Vol. 20. Albertus-Universität zu Königsberg i. Pr. 1970. p. 99 ''Echo des Ostens'' replaced an earlier Köningsberg party publication, ''

Die rote Fahne des Ostens ''Die rote Fahne des Ostens'' ('The Red Flag of the East') was a newspaper published from Königsberg. It was the organ of the East Prussia- Danzig organization (''bezirk'') of the Communist Party of Germany.Matull, Wilhelm. Ostdeutschlands Arbeit ...

''. The young Martin Hoffmann was the editor of ''Echo des Ostens'' until 1926. As of 1930, it had an estimated circulation of 22,800.Borowik, Józef.
Przeciw propagandzie korytarzowej
'. Toruń: Instytut bałtycki, 1930. p. 156

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