Sozialistische Arbeiter-Zeitung

Header of SAZ, 21 October 1931 issue
Type	Daily
Editor-in-chief	Max Richard Kleineibst (1931–1932), Walter Fabian (1932)
Founded	October 21, 1931 (1931-10-21)
Political alignment	Socialism
Language	German language
Ceased publication	1933
Headquarters	Breslau, Berlin
OCLC number	730049418

Sozialistische Arbeiter-Zeitung ('Socialist Workers Newspaper', abbreviated SAZ) was a daily newspaper published in Germany between 1931 and 1933.^[1][2] SAZ was the central organ of the Socialist Workers Party of Germany (SAPD).^[2]

The first issue of SAZ was published on 21 October 1931.^[2] The decision to launch a daily newspaper for the party had been taken at the founding conference of SAPD.^[3] The newspaper initially published from Breslau (present-day Wrocław).^[2] During this period it consisted only of 4 pages, and despite the label 'central organ' it was effectively a local Breslau publication of low quality. It carried the by-line 'Daily Newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party of Germany'.^[4] Max Richard Kleineibst was the founding editor-in-chief of SAZ.^[5][6] Kleineibst had previously been the editor of the Social Democratic organ in Löbau, Volkszeitung für die Oberlausitz.^[4]

On 1 November 1931 the newspaper was moved to Berlin.^[2][4][7] During this period the newspaper was published daily (except for Mondays) and contained at least 8 pages.^[4] Apart from SAZ SAPD produced a number of a weekly newspapers, Die Fackel ('The Torch', later renamed Sozialistische Wochenzeitung, 'Socialist Weekly' and Kampfsignal, 'Signal of Struggle'), a theoretical magazine Klassenkampf ('Class Struggle') and the weekly Das Volksrecht ('The People's Right').^[1][8]

On 25 June 1932 a five-day ban on SAZ was issued, for having 'insulted' the President of the Reich.^[9]

Moreover, in late June 1932, following a conflict inside the party, SAZ moved back to Breslau with a new, more leftist, editorial team.^[7][10] Kleineibst and Dora Fabian were fired from the editorial team, due to 'right-wing deviation'.^[11] Walter Fabian was named as the new editor-in-chief of SAZ.^[12] Kleineibst would be named foreign editor of SAZ.^[5]

Editors of SAZ (in different periods) also included Roland Beutner, Herbert Duckstein, August Enderle, Karl Frank, Paul Frölich, Lehmann, Rodominski, Will Schaber, Heinrich Ströbel and Klaus Zweiling.^[4] The young Herbert Frahm (later known as Willy Brandt) wrote articles in SAZ (including sharp criticisms of SPD).^[13]