| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Publisher: | Express-Verlag, G.m.b.H |
| Foundation: | 7 December 1945 |
| Language: | German |
| Ceased Publication: | 30 April 1953 |
| Publishing City: | East Berlin |
| Publishing Country: | East Germany |
| Oclc: | 11992519 |
Nacht-Express was a daily tabloid newspaper published in East Berlin, East Germany, between 1945 and 1953. It was one of the five East German newspapers of which licenses were owned by non-partisan or non-official individuals.
Nacht-Express was first published in Berlin on 7 December 1945. Its license holder was a private individual who had no party affiliation or no governmental post. Therefore, the paper was allegedly independent.[1] The publisher of Nacht-Express was Express-Verlag, G.m.b.H based in East Berlin.[2] The paper sold 250,000 copies in its first year.[3] Nacht-Express was an evening newspaper which focused on entertainment-oriented news.[4] It rarely covered public affairs and political news.[4] In the front page it featured world news which was taken from Soviet sources, British sources, Associated Press and United Press.[1] The paper had detailed sections for sports and for the fiction, criticism, or light literature. Paul Wiegler was the editor of the latter section.
Rudolf Kurtz was the founding editor-in-chief of the paper.[5] One of the contributors was Hannolore Holtz who wrote on cultural and entertainment news.[6] The paper ceased publication on 30 April 1953.[2]