Nacht-Express

Nacht-Express was first published in Berlin on 7 December 1945.^[1][2] Its license holder was a private individual who had no party affiliation or no governmental post.^[3] Therefore, the paper was allegedly independent.^[4] The publisher of Nacht-Express was Express-Verlag, G.m.b.H based in East Berlin.^[1] The paper sold 250,000 copies in its first year.^[5] Nacht-Express was an evening newspaper which focused on entertainment-oriented news.^[2][3] It rarely covered public affairs and political news.^[3] In the front page it featured world news which was taken from Soviet sources, British sources, Associated Press and United Press.^[4] The paper had detailed sections for sports and for the fiction, criticism, or light literature.^[2] Paul Wiegler was the editor of the latter section.^[2]

Rudolf Kurtz was the founding editor-in-chief of the paper.^[2] One of the contributors was Hannolore Holtz who wrote on cultural and entertainment news.^[6] The paper ceased publication on 30 April 1953.^[1]