Neues Deutschland
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, although having renounced its former stands. The newspaper is both politically and financially tied to the The Left (Die Linke) party, an indirect heir to the SED, which owns the publishing house and printing presses.
Read more about Neues Deutschland: East Germany, After Reunification
Famous quotes containing the word deutschland:
“The Germans—once they were called the nation of thinkers: do they still think at all? Nowadays the Germans are bored with intellect, the Germans distrust intellect, politics devours all seriousness for really intellectual things—Deutschland, Deutschland Über alles was, I fear, the end of German philosophy.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)