''Einheit – Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis des Wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus'' (

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: Unity – Journal for Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism) was the theoretical journal of the

Socialist Unity Party of Germany The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (german: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, ; SED, ), often known in English as the East German Communist Party, was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East German ...

History

The first issue of the journal was published in February 1946 preparation of the

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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 ...

and the

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

. Prior to the merger the journal was published jointly by central committees of the KPD and SPD.Simone Barck, Martina Langermann, Siegfried Lokatis (Hrsg.): ''Zwischen „Mosaik“ und „Einheit“ – Zeitschriften in der DDR''. Ch. Links, Berlin 1999 The editorial board members of ''Einheit'' and also, of '' Neuer Weg'', another official journal, were closely oversaw by the wife of

Walter Ulbricht Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (; 30 June 18931 August 1973) was a German communist politician. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later (after spending the years of Nazi rule in ...

, Lotte Kühn. 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, senior employees of central party institutes such as the

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, the Academy for Social Sciences, the

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and other theory-oriented cadres.Kurt Tiedtke: Die wachsende Führungsrolle der Arbeiterklasse und ihrer marxistisch-leninistischen Partei, Heft 8/1986 The magazine discontinued after

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

in 1989.

Editors and publishers

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 Emmi Dölling (born ''Emmi Effenberger''; 5 February 1906 – 25 January 1990) was a Czechoslovak/German political activist (KPD/SED) and journalist. Life Early years Emmi Effenberger was born in Ruppersdorf, one of a cluster of villages subsume ...

(for the KPD) * 1946:

Max Seydewitz Max Seydewitz (December 19, 1892 – February 8, 1987) was a German politician (SPD, SAPD and SED). Between 1947 and 1952 he was the Minister-President of Saxony in the German Democratic Republic. Life Max Seydewitz was born in a small town ...

(for the SPD) * 1946–1950: Klaus Zweiling * 1950–1951: Gertrud Keller * 1956–1972:

Hans Schaul Hans Schaul (13 December 1905 – 19 May 1988) was a German politician and a long-standing legally trained editor of the theoretical magazine of the Socialist Unity Party, '' Einheit.'' As a younger man he volunteered and participated on the Rep ...

* 1972–1989: Manfred Banaschak The responsible secretaries in the Central Committee of the SED for the ''Einheit'' were: *1949:

Otto Grotewohl Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl (; 11 March 1894 – 21 September 1964) was a German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) from its foundation in October 1949 until his death in Septembe ...

*1950–1953:

Fred Oelßner Fred Oelßner (27 February 1903 – 7 November 1977) was a German communist politician, ecomomist and a leading political figure in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Oelßner became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany' ...

*1956–1958:

*1967–1989:

Kurt Hager Kurt Hager (24 July 1912 – 18 September 1998) was an East German statesman, a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany who was known as the chief ideologist of the party and decided many cultural and educational policies in the German ...

References

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