Der Angriff (inEnglish "The Attack") was the official newspaper of theBerlinGau of theNazi Party. Founded in 1927, the last edition of the newspaper was published on 24 April 1945.
The newspaper was set up byJoseph Goebbels, who in 1926 had become the Nazi Party leader (Gauleiter) in Berlin, and the party provided most of the money needed to ensure publication. The paper was first founded to rally NSDAP members during the nearly two-year ban on the party in Berlin.Der Angriff was conceived as a mass circulation paper that fought the hated "System" with rude and aggressive language.Antiparliamentarism andantisemitism were its self-defining themes. The most regular contributors were party functionaries; lead articles were usually written by the publisher, Goebbels, until 1933, and signed "Dr. G." Willi Krause, using the pen namePeter Hagen, was its firsteditor-in-chief. He was succeeded first byJulius Lippert, then in 1933 by Karoly Kampmann, and from 1935, by Goebbels's trusted friendHans Schwarz van Berk. A further attraction of the paper were the political caricatures byHans Schweitzer.
Der Angriff was first published on 4 July 1927 by the Angriff Press. Its motto was "For the oppressed against the exploiters". At first appearing once a week, then starting 1 October 1929 twice a week,Der Angriff became adaily newspaper with the subtitle "The German Evening Paper in Berlin" after 1 November 1930. After 1 October 1932 it published twice daily as "The Attack at Noon" and "Night Attack". After 1 February 1933, it appeared as the "Daily Newspaper of the German Labor Front" from theEher Press, with Goebbels remaining as the publisher. It contained principally partypropaganda, agitation against theWeimar Republic, andantisemitism; among many others it regularly attackedBernhard Weiss, the deputy head of the Berlin police, who was Jewish.[1] For this it was temporarily banned on 4 November 1931 byAlbert Grzesinski, Berlin's chief of police.
Circulation of the newspaper was small during its first three years, but grew dramatically after theReichstag election of September 1930. There were almost 60,000 readers by the end of 1930, about 80,000 in March 1931, and 110,600 on the eve of theJuly 1932 Reichstag election, after which circulation began a decline.[2] After the Nazisgained political power in Germany on 30 January 1933, the importance of the newspaper slowly decreased. When theAllies started thebombing campaign against Berlin, the circulation was increased to keep up the morale of Berliners.
An interview was conducted withGeorg Kareski, a German-Jewish Banker. This interview was published on 23 December 1935, in which Georg publicly defends the antisemiticNuremberg Laws as means to preserve the integrity of theJewish race. While there were many other German Zionists who made similar statements, Georg's statement stood out due to threats against Jews with differing opinions and the interview being published in a Nazi newspaper.[3][4][5]
After 19 February 1945Der Angriff was merged with theBerliner Illustrierte Nachtausgabe (Berlin Illustrated Night Edition). The last edition was published on 24 April 1945.
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Example: a 1927 essay attacking Weiss.
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