Neues Deutschland (ND) (English: New Germany) is a national German daily newspaper. It was the official party newspaper of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), which governed the German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany), and as such served as one of the party's most important organs. More than the other newspapers in the GDR, ND not only endorsed all policy decisions of the government, frequently changing its editorial position to s...
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Neues Deutschland (ND) (English: New Germany) is a national German daily newspaper. It was the official party newspaper of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), which governed the German Democratic Republic (GDR - East Germany), and as such served as one of the party's most important organs. More than the other newspapers in the GDR, ND not only endorsed all policy decisions of the government, frequently changing its editorial position to support the new party line, but it also sought to elevate the prestige of each member of the leadership, perhaps most importantly Erich Honecker. It currently has its headquarters in Berlin and retains a socialist outlook. The newspaper is both politically and financially tied to the The Left (Die Linke) party, a direct heir to the SED, which owns the publishing house and printing presses.
ND was formed in 1946 as a Lizenzeitung after the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) merged to form the SED in...
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