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Die Neue Zeit

Die Neue Zeit ("The New Times") was a German socialist theoretical journal of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) that was published from 1883 to 1923.[1] Its headquarters was in Stuttgart, Germany.[1]

For Neue Zeit of the German Democratic Republic, see Neue Zeit (East Germany).

History and profile[edit]

Founded by leading socialist politicians and theorists,[2] the magazine's first edition was released on 1 January 1883. After the abolition of the Anti-Socialist Laws, the magazine was transformed from a monthly into a weekly on 1 October 1890. In 1901 it became the official magazine of the SPD and its property.[2] The magazine's decline and end came with the hyperinflation of the 1920s. It became the most important organ of the SPD, competing with Sozialistische Monatshefte.[3] It was edited by Karl Kautsky and Emanuel Wurm until their withdrawal from the SPD in 1917. Following that, Heinrich Cunow took over as its chief editor.


Die Neue Zeit was succeeded by Die Gesellschaft,[3][4] of which the first issue was published on 1 April 1924.[5]


Austrian socialist theoretical journal, Der Kampf, was inspired from Die Neue Zeit.[6]

Eduard Bernstein

Wilhelm Blos

Heinrich Cunow

Friedrich Engels

Paul Ernst

Konrad Haenisch

Rudolf Hilferding

Karl Kautsky

Karl Korn

Gustav Landauer

Paul Lensch

Wilhelm Liebknecht

Rosa Luxemburg

Karl Marx

Franz Mehring

Anton Pannekoek

Alexander Parvus

Georgi Plekhanov

Christian Rakovsky

Friedrich Schrader

through Kautsky

Leon Trotsky

Julie Zadek

Media related to Die Neue Zeit at Wikimedia Commons

in the digital library (Digitalen Bibliothek) of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Friedrich Ebert Foundation)

Die Neue Zeit Online

Die Neue Zeit in English

An issue of Die Neue Zeit from 1893

Volumes at archive.org: 1890: * 1894: 12 * 1898: 16 * 1908: 26 * 1922: 40

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