''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

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

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of the

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and the

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. 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 ''Neuer Weg'' ('New Path') was a German language daily newspaper published from Bucharest, Romania. It was the country's main German-language newspaper under the communist regime. The first issue of the newspaper was published on 13 March 1949. ...

'', another official journal, were closely oversaw by the wife of Walter Ulbricht, 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 Institute of Marxism-Leninism, the Academy for Social Sciences, the party school and other theory-oriented cadres.Kurt Tiedtke: Die wachsende Führungsrolle der Arbeiterklasse und ihrer marxistisch-leninistischen Partei, Heft 8/1986 The magazine discontinued after

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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 (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 ...

(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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Einheit 1946 establishments in Germany 1989 disestablishments in East Germany Communist magazines Defunct political magazines published in Germany Mass media in East Germany German-language magazines Magazines established in 1946 Magazines disestablished in 1989 Marxist magazines Socialist magazines Socialist Unity Party of Germany