# Der Morgen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Der_Morgen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Der_Morgen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Morgen > Source revision: 1325843785 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the literary magazine|Der Morgen (magazine)}} {{more footnotes|date=October 2010}} {{italic title}} thumb|''Der Morgen'' '''''Der Morgen''''' (''The Morning'') was a daily newspaper published in the [GDR](/source/East_Germany). ''Der Morgen'' was the central organ of the [Liberal Democratic Party of Germany](/source/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Germany).{{cite thesis|author=Maryellen Boyle|title=Capturing journalism: Press and politics in East Germany, 1945-1991|isbn=979-8-207-71090-7|page=76 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303985575|location=University of California, San Diego|id={{ProQuest|303985575}}|degree=PhD|date=1992}} It was published from 3 August 1945 on, six times a week. The premises of the first issue declared as its goal to become ‘’trumpet of the [liberal democratic](/source/liberal_democratic) [bourgeoisie](/source/bourgeoisie)’’. During the [Wende](/source/Die_Wende), it was the first newspaper in the GDR to renounce the dominance of the [SED](/source/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany) and to tolerate contributions and letters from readers, which treated critically the GDR system of the time. In February 1990, ''Der Morgen'' became the first GDR newspaper which covered the [Stalinist](/source/Stalinist) purges in Germany.Flocken, Jan von, Klonovsky, Michael, Münter, Christian: ''Die Toten vom ‚Platz der Freiheit‘: Lager Ketschendorf und Friedhof Halbe. Zwei Stätten stalinistischer Verbrechen in Deutschland''. In: ''Der Morgen''. 24–25 February 1990 In July 1990, the newspaper was taken over by Axel-springer-Verlag. From that time on, the editorial board included journalists from both East and West Germany, most of them had come from ''[Der Spiegel](/source/Der_Spiegel)'' or ''[Tageszeitung](/source/Tageszeitung)''. Under its new editor-in-chief, ''Der Morgen'' adjusted itself a new profile, and wrote a series of articles on the finances of [PDS](/source/The_Left_Party.PDS) and the previous links of various politicians with [Stasi](/source/Stasi). The editors Jan von Flocken, Erwin Jurtschitsch and Michael Klonovsky were awarded Wächterpreis der Tagespresse for their courageous ‘’uncovering and handling the [human rights](/source/human_rights) violations by the GDR justice’’. In Autumn 1990, ''Der Morgen'' merged with the newspaper of the [NDPD](/source/Nationaldemokratische_Partei_Deutschlands_(DDR)) (another former ‘’blockpartei’’), ''Berliner Allgemeine''. Although ''Der Morgen'' was appreciated by the critics for its style of journalism and had been given guarantees by its new owners, less than a year later the Springer syndicate closed it on 11 June 1991. This decision was urged by Springer manager Erhard van Straaten, who disapproved of the liberal stance of the editorial staff of the newspaper. ''Der Morgen'' had also become a competitor of the conservative-leaning ''[Die Welt](/source/Die_Welt)'' of the same syndicate. ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgen, Der}} Category:1945 establishments in Germany Category:1991 disestablishments in Germany Category:Defunct newspapers published in Germany Category:Mass media in East Germany Category:Newspapers established in 1945 Category:Newspapers disestablished in 1991 Category:Daily newspapers published in Germany Category:Defunct daily newspapers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Der Morgen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Morgen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Morgen?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.