Vorwärts (Cernăuți) Explained

Vorwärts
Type:Twice-monthly, weekly newspaper
Foundation:1899
Political:Socialist
Language:German language
Ceased Publication:1937
Headquarters:Czernowitz/Cernăuți
Publishing Country:Austria-Hungary, Romania

Vorwärts ('Forward') was a German-language socialist daily newspaper published from Czernowitz/Cernăuți, Bukovina (in Austria-Hungary, later in Romania; present-day Chernivtsi, Ukraine).[1] [2] [3] The newspaper was founded in 1899 with the name Volkspresse ('People's Press').[4] During its initial phase, Volkspresse was published twice-monthly. Volkspresse was an organ of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria and the trade union movement. The newspaper was largely representative of the Jewish labour movement of the town.[5]

History

In 1905 it was converted into a weekly newspaper.[6] Publishers of the newspaper included Jakob Pistiner, Rudolf Gaidosch and Johann Dumpert.

The newspaper was renamed Vorwärts in 1912.[6] The newspaper carried the by-line 'Organ of the International Social Democratic Provincial Organization of Bukovina'.[7] It continued publication until 1914, hereby there was an interruption for a few years. Publication was resumed in 1918. From June 29, 1918 until December 19, 1934 Vorwärts was published daily. It then returned to weekly publication.[6] Vorwärts played an important role in re-activating the workers movement in the town after the war.[8]

Vorwärts focused largely on international issues, leaving little space for local German concerns.[9] The Bundist Dr. Jakob Pistiner served as the editor of the newspaper.[10] Other editors of the newspaper included Albert Silbermann and Salo Hellenberg.[7]

As of the late 1920s, the offices of Vorwärts were located on Strada General Mirescu, 4.[11] Vorwärts was closed down in 1937.[12] The last issue was published on December 19, 1937.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Stănescu, M. C. Stânga politică din România în anii crizei (1929-1933). București: Editura Mica Valahie, 2002. p. 117
  2. Windsperger, Marianne. Lebenswege in Traum(a)landschaften: die Bukowina als Erinnerungslandschaft in ausgewählten Werken Aharon Appelfelds. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009. p. 60
  3. Braun, Helmut. Czernowitz die Geschichte einer untergegangenen Kulturmetropole. Berlin: Links, 2005. p. 58
  4. Deutsches Archiv für Landes- u. Volksforschung, Vol. 4. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1940. p. 666
  5. Lappin, Eleonore, and Michael Nagel. Deutsch-jüdische Presse und jüdische Geschichte: Dokumente, Darstellungen, Wechselbeziehungen = The German-Jewish press and Jewish history : documents, representations, interrelations. Bremen: Edition Lumiere, 2008. p. 51
  6. Balling, Mads Ole. Von Reval bis Bukarest: statistisch-biographisches Handbuch der Parlamentarier der deutschen Minderheiten in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa 1919-1945. Kopenhagen: Dokumentation Verlag, 1991. p. 592
  7. Winkler, Markus. Jüdische Identitäten im kommunikativen Raum: Presse, Sprache und Theater in Czernowitz bis 1923. Bremen: Edition Lumière, 2007. p. 293
  8. Institutul de Istorie a Partidului de pe lîngă C.C. al P.M.R., and Ion Popescu-Puțuri. Presa muncitoreasca si socialista din Romania 1917-1921: P.2. iulie 1919-mai 1921. Bucuresti: Editura Politică, 1973. p. 117
  9. Welisch, Sophie A.. History of Bukovina
  10. Weinstein, Elias. The Jewish Press in Bukovina, Kissman, Joseph. The History of the Jewish Worker Movement Bund in Bukovina
  11. Labour Party (Great Britain), Trades Union Congress, and Fabian Research Department. The Labour Year Book. London: Co-operative Printing Society, 1929. p. 575
  12. Marten-Finnis, Susanne, and Walter Schmitz. "--zwischen dem Osten und dem Westen Europas": deutschsprachige Presse in Czernowitz bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg. Dresden: Thelem, 2005. p. 61