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APPENDIX 11: Overview of Licensed Newspapers (1945-1949)

No. of licensed No. of Party membership of licensee
Newspapers licensees CDU SPD FDP KPD misc. n.p.a.
CSU LDP
DVP

American Zone of Occupation

Bavaria 26 48 8 18 1 - - 21
Berlin 2 5 1 1 - - - 3
Bremen 2 4 - 1 - - - 3
Hesse 15 23 2 9 1 - - 11
Wuerttemberg- 15 32 5 8 6 - - 13
Baden

60 112 16 37 8 - - 51

British Zone of Occupation

Berlin 6 1 2 2 - - 1
North Rhine- 26 8 7 2 4 2 3
Westphalia
Lower Saxony 10 2 2 - 1 2 3
Schleswig- 10 1 2 1 1 2 3
Holstein
Hamburg 6 1 1 1 1 1 1

58 13 14 6 7 7 11

French Zone of Occupation

Baden 9 1 1 1 1 - 5
Berlin 1 - - - - - 1
Rhineland- 9 1 1 1 1 - 5
Palatinate
Saarland 4 1 1 1 1 - -
Wuertemberg- 7 1 1 1 1 - 3
Hohenzollern

30 4 4 4 4 - 14

Total 148 33 55 18 11 7 76

Source: Own compilation based on Fischer, H.-D., l.c., 1971, pp. 52-71. This list
representing the status in 1949 is not exhaustive due to limited sources.