''Sozialistische Arbeiter-Zeitung'' ('Socialist Workers Newspaper', abbreviated SAZ) was a daily newspaper published in

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between 1931 and 1933.Cliff, Tony.
The Darker the Night the Brighter the Star 1927–1940
'. London .a. Bookmarks, 1993. p. 143 ''SAZ'' was the central organ of the Socialist Workers Party of Germany (SAPD).

Foundation

The first issue of ''SAZ'' was published on October 21, 1931. The decision to launch a daily newspaper for the party had been taken at the founding conference of SAPD. The newspaper initially published from Breslau (present-day

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). During this period it consisted only of 4 pages, and despite of the label 'central organ' it was effectively a local Breslau publication of low quality. It carried the by-line 'Daily Newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party of Germany'.Drechsler, Hanno.
Die Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands (SAPD); ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung am Ende der Weimarer Republik
'. Meisenheim am Glan: A. Hain, 1965. p. 171 Max Richard Kleineibst was the founding editor-in-chief of ''SAZ''.Strauss, Herbert A., Werner Röder, Belinda Rosenblatt, Hannah Caplan, Sybille Claus, and Beatrix Schmidt.
Biographisches Handbuch Der Deutschsprachigen Emigration Nach 1933 = International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933–1945
'. München: Saur, 1980. pp. 369-370 Kleineibst had previously been the editor of the Social Democratic organ in

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, ''Volkszeitung für die Oberlausitz''.

Move to Berlin

On November 1, 1931, the newspaper was moved to

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.Rister, Herbert.
Schlesische Periodica und Serien: ein Beitrag zu einem Verzeichnis deutscher, polnischer, tschechischer und wendischer (sorbischer) Adreßbücher, Almanache, Berichte, Jahrbücher, Kalender, Schriftenreihen, Schulschriften, Zeitschriften und Zeitungen über Schlesien und seine Grenzgebiete
'. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1975. p. 1023 During this period the newspaper was published daily (except for Mondays) and contained at least 8 pages. Apart from ''SAZ'' SAPD produced a number of a weekly newspapers, ''Die Fackel'' ('The Torch', later renamed ''Sozialistische Wochenzeitung'', 'Socialist Weekly' and ''Kampfsignal'', 'Signal of Struggle'), a theoretical magazine ''Klassenkampf'' ('Class Struggle') and the weekly '' Das Volksrecht'' ('The People's Right').

Five-day ban

On June 25, 1932, a five-day ban on ''SAZ'' was issued, for having 'insulted' the

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Shift to Breslau

Moreover, in late June 1932, following a conflict inside the party, ''SAZ'' moved back to Breslau with a new, more leftist, editorial team.Kerbs, Diethart.
Berlin 1932: das letzte Jahr der ersten deutschen Republik : Politik, Symbole, Medien
'. Berlin: Ed. Hentrich, 1992. p. 60 Kleineibst and

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were fired from the editorial team, due to 'right-wing deviation'.

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was named as the new editor-in-chief of ''SAZ''. Kleineibst would be named foreign editor of ''SAZ''.

Editors

Editors of ''SAZ'' (in different periods) also included Roland Beutner, Herbert Duckstein,

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, Karl Frank,

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, Lehmann, Rodominski, Will Schaber, Heinrich Ströbel and Klaus Zweiling. The young Herbert Frahm (later known as

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) wrote articles in ''SAZ'' (including sharp criticisms of

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).Koch, Peter, and Klaus Körner.
Willy Brandt: eine politische Biographie
'. Berlin: Ullstein, 1988. p. 64

References

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