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''Neues Deutschland (ND)'' ((英語: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. ==East Germany== ''ND'' was formed in 1946〔 as a ''Lizenzzeitung'' after the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) were forcibly merged to form the SED in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany. The first edition of ''ND'' was published on 23 April 1946 in conjunction with the founding of the SED. ''ND'' replaced the SPD organ ''Das Volk'' and the KPD organ ''Deutsche Volkszeitung''. Karl Maron was the first chief editor of the daily and served in the post until 1950. Before the reunification of Germany in October 1990, ''ND'' had a circulation of a million and was second only to the youth newspaper ''junge Welt'' in readership. During this period the editor-in-chief of ND was Wolfgang Spickermann. ''ND'' was one of the most important propaganda tools for the SED and the SED's key piece of media used to maintain their control of the state. ''ND'' had a very heavy focus on East German party and government leaders. For example, on 16 March 1987, in the edition produced for the opening of the Leipzig Fair, there were over 41 photographs of SED Secretary-General Erich Honecker. In contrast to other GDR newspapers, ''ND'' used high quality paper and printing materials and was not affected by the traditional item deficiencies common in the GDR. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neues Deutschland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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