Badisches Volksecho ('Baden People's Echo') was a German-language weekly newspaper. It was published from Stuttgart, West Germany, between April 1946 and March 1947.Schmollinger, Horst W., and Richard Stöss. Die Parteien und die Presse der Parteien und Gewerkschaften in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1945-1974: Materialien z. Parteien- u. Gewerkschaftsforschung. München: Verlag Dokumentation, 1975. p. 167 Later it was published from Mannheim, Karlsruhe, and Stuttgart, West Germany, between April, 1947 to August 11, 1956. It was published by the regional organization of the Communist Party of Germany in Württemberg-Baden.Stern, Leo. Archivalische Forschungen zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung, Vol. 6, Eds. 4. Topos Verlag AG, 1969. p. 17779Hofmann, George F. Through Mobility We Conquer The Mechanization of U.S. Cavalry. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2006. p. 448 Albeit initially planned as an organ for northern Baden, it became distributed in the French occupation zone as well after the banning of the south Baden organ Unser Tag.Wrobel, Christian. Medien, Politik und Öffentlichkeit im Land Südbaden: ein Beitrag zur Nachkriegsgeschichte in Südwestdeutschland : 1945-1951. Pfaffenweiler: Centaurus-Verl.-Ges, 1993. p. 84
On August 12, 1950 publishing of Badisches Volksecho was suspended by the U.S. military authorities for a period of 90 days, for having printed material deemed 'prejudicial to the prestige of the Allied forces'.Sunday Times. Paper Ban. August 13, 1950The Sunday Herald. Allies Suspend Red Paper in Germany. August 13, 1950
As of 1955, the newspaper had a circulation of around 16,000.Stöss, Richard, and Jürgen Bacia. Parteien-Handbuch: die Parteien der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1945-1980. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1983. p. 1804 Badisches Volkecho was banned in 1956.Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Verband Südwestdeutscher Zeitungsverleger, and Verband der Druckindustrie in Baden-Württemberg. Von der Pressfreiheit zur Pressefreiheit: südwestdeutsche Zeitungsgeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart: Theiss, 1983. p. 205
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