Schlesische Arbeiter-Zeitung
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 18 February 1933 issue | |
| Founder | Bernhard Schottländer |
|---|---|
| Editor | Bernhard Schottländer (1919–1920), Erich Gentsch (1921), Stefan Heymann (1933) |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Ceased publication | April 1926 |
| Political alignment | USPD (1919–1920), KPD (1920–1933) |
| Language | German language |
| Headquarters | Breslau |
| Circulation | ~42,000 (early 1930s) |
| Sister newspapers | Die Rote Fahne (Berlin) |
| OCLC number | 727710186 |
Schlesische Arbeiter-Zeitung ('Silesian Workers Newspaper') was a left-wing German language newspaper published from Breslau, Province of Lower Silesia, Weimar Germany (present-day Wrocław in Poland) between 1919 and 1933.[1][2]
The publication was founded by Bernhard Schottländer.[3][4] The first issue was published on 1 April 1919.[5]
Schlesische Arbeiter-Zeitung was an organ of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD).[6] It had limited circulation.[5] The newspaper had a supplement, Die Räte-Republik ('The Soviet Republic').[3]
In January 1920 Schlesische Arbeiter-Zeitung began a series of attacks on Otto Hörsing, the SPD leader and State Commissar (who now wielded military force against the labour movement).[7] In March 1920, during the Kapp Putsch, the Freikorps and the Navy seized control of Breslau. During this period Schottländer, the young editor of Schlesische Arbeiter-Zeitung, was brutally murdered.[6][8][9]
