''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 (, ; SED, ) was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from the country's foundation in 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. It was a Mar ...

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 (, ; KPD ) was a major Far-left politics, far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, German resistance to Nazism, underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and minor party ...

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'', 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 republic, Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later in the early development ...

, 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

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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

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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 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 subsu ...

(for the KPD) * 1946:

Max Seydewitz Max Seydewitz (December 19, 1892 – February 8, 1987) was a German politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD, Socialist Workers' Party of Germany, SAPD and Socialist Unity Party of Germany, SED) who served as the Minister-President of ...

(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 Repu ...

* 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 founding in October 1949 until his death in Septembe ...

*1950–1953: Fred Oelßner *1956–1958:

*1967–1989: Kurt Hager

References

External links

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