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Sozialistische Volkszeitung ('Socialist People's Newspaper') was a communist newspaper published from Frankfurt am Main, West Germany. It was an organ of the Communist Party of Germany. It was published daily (except Sundays) between August 1, 1949, and August 17, 1956. [1]

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References

  1. "ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-12-02.