Vorwärts (Cernăuți)

Vorwärts

Cover of 1924 issue of Vorwärts
Type	Twice-monthly, weekly newspaper
Founded	1899
Political alignment	Socialist
Language	German language
Ceased publication	1937
Headquarters	Czernowitz/Cernăuți
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][5] During its initial phase, Volkspresse was published twice-monthly.^[4] Volkspresse was an organ of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria and the trade union movement.^[6] The newspaper was largely representative of the Jewish labour movement of the town.^[7]

History

In 1905 it was converted into a weekly newspaper.^[4] Publishers of the newspaper included Jakob Pistiner, Rudolf Gaidosch and Johann Dumpert.^[8]

The newspaper was renamed Vorwärts in 1912.^[4] The newspaper carried the by-line 'Organ of the International Social Democratic Provincial Organization of Bukovina'.^[8] 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.^[4] Vorwärts played an important role in re-activating the workers movement in the town after the war.^[9]

Vorwärts focused largely on international issues, leaving little space for local German concerns.^[10] The Bundist Dr. Jakob Pistiner served as the editor of the newspaper.^[6] Other editors of the newspaper included Albert Silbermann and Salo Hellenberg.^[8]

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.^[4]

See also

• List of newspapers in Romania

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. 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
5. Deutsches Archiv für Landes- u. Volksforschung, Vol. 4. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1940. p. 666
6. Weinstein, Elias. The Jewish Press in Bukovina, Kissman, Joseph. The History of the Jewish Worker Movement Bund in Bukovina
7. 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
8. Winkler, Markus. Jüdische Identitäten im kommunikativen Raum: Presse, Sprache und Theater in Czernowitz bis 1923. Bremen: Edition Lumière, 2007. p. 293
9. 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
10. Welisch, Sophie A.. History of Bukovina Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
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