Das Neuland

Neuland: Antireligiöse Zweiwochenschrift der Sowjetdeutschen (Новь; translation of the name: "The Virgin Land", or "The New Land": "Antireligious two-week publication of the Soviet Germans") was an anti-religious magazine in German. It was published by the Central Bureau of the German Sections at the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine in the city of Kharkiv. The first issue was published in November 1926, No. 2–11 − in 1927. In the years 1928–1929. 12 were published, in 1930–1933 - 24 issues a year, and in 1934 - 12 issues a year. The subscription price in 1928 was 25 kopeks per month. In 1927 the circulation of the magazine was 457, in 1928 - 1200, in 1929 - 1900, in 1930 - 2400 copies. The publication ceased at No. 12 for 1934. The chief editor of the magazine was Hans Gockel (Johann Gockel-Ehrlich; Ганс Гансович Гоккель; (1896–1938)) who was subsequently arrested in 1937 and shot in 1938, rehabilitated in 1959. The slogan of the magazine was "The struggle against religion is the struggle for socialism!" («Kampf gegen die Religion ist Kampf für den Sozialismus!»).