Die Zeit ('The Time') was a German language daily newspaper published in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938. The newspaper was the central organ of the Sudeten German Party (SdP).[1] The first issue came out on 1 October 1935.[2] Die Zeit took over the role as the central party organ from the weekly Rundschau.[3] Walter Brand was the editor-in-chief of Die Zeit.[4]

Die Zeit
PublisherSudeten German Party, NSDAP
Founded1 October 1935 (1935-10-01)
Political alignmentNational Socialist
LanguageGerman language
Ceased publication1945
HeadquartersHybernská ul. 4, Prague II, later Dresden and Reichenberg
CityPrague
Sister newspapersRundschau, Die Zeit am Montag, Zeitspiegel

The newspaper received funds from Germany.[5] 250,000 Reichsmark were transferred for the launch of Die Zeit, followed by a monthly subsidy of 10,000 Reichsmarks.[2]

Die Zeit had an illustrated supplement, Zeitspiegel ('Mirror of Time').[6]

As of 1937/1938 SdP re-organized its party press.[6] All small publishing companies were merged in two central publishing companies. On 1 January 1938 Die Zeit, Zeitspiegel and Rundschau came under the management of the publishing company "Pressa-Gesellschaft m. b. H., Herausgabe und Verkauf von Zeitungen und Zeitschriften", at Hybernska Street 4, Prague II.[6] On 1 April 1938 the weekly Die Zeit am Montag ('The Time on Monday') was added to the publications issued by the same company.[6]

The SdP shut down its Prague HQ and Die Zeit on 14 September 1938.[7] The suspension of publishing of Die Zeit was supposedly 'temporary'.[8]

On 4 October 1938 Die Zeit re-appeared, being published from Dresden, Germany.[8] Once the Reichsgau Sudetenland had been established, Die Zeit became the official NSDAP daily for Sudetenland.[8] The publishing was shifted to Reichenberg.[8] Die Zeit was issued by R.S. Gauverlag Sudetenland G.m.b.H. between 1939 and 1945.[8] Publication continued at least until February 1945.[9]

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  2. ^ a b Bruegel, J. W. (1973). Czechslovkia Before Munich: The German Minority Problem and British Appeasement Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-521-08687-5.
  3. ^ Nelhiebel, Kurt (1962). Die Henleins gestern und heute: Hintergründe und Ziele des Witikobundes (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Röderberg. p. 70.
  4. ^ Schrafstetter, Susanna (2015). "Siegfried Zoglmann, His Circle of Writers, and the Naumann Affair: A Nazi Propaganda Operation in Postwar Germany". In David A. Messenger; Katrin Paehler (eds.). A Nazi Past: Recasting German Identity in Postwar Europe. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-0-8131-6058-0.
  5. ^ Wessely, Katharina (2011). Theater der Identität: Das Brünner deutsche Theater der Zwischenkriegszeit (in German). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-8394-1649-5.
  6. ^ a b c d Zeitungswissenschaft. Vol. 13. Staatspolitischer Verlag G.m.b.H. 1938. p. 710.
  7. ^ Röhr, Werner (2007). "Der "Fall Grün" und das Sudetendeutsche Freikorps". In Hans Henning Hahn (ed.). Hundert Jahre sudetendeutsche Geschichte: Eine völkische Bewegung in drei Staaten (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. p. 250. ISBN 978-3-631-55372-5.
  8. ^ a b c d e Becher, Peter (2000). "Vermessung eines unbekannten Geländes: Kleine Chronik der deutschsprachigen Literatur Böhmens und Mährens 1938-1945". In Klaas-Hinrich Ehlers (ed.). Brücken nach Prag: Deutschsprachige Literatur im kulturellen Kontext der Donaumonarchie und der Tschechoslowakei: Festschrift für Kurt Krolop zum 70. Geburtstag. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. pp. 443, 466. ISBN 978-3-631-35984-6.
  9. ^ Guide to Microforms in Print: Author, title. Vol. 2. Microform Review. 2004. p. 2581.