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Neue Westpolitik: The Clandestine Campaign to Westernize the SPD in Cold War Berlin, 1948–1958

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2015

Scott H. Krause
Scott H. Krause*
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Abstract

This article focuses on the joint campaign of “remigrés” and American authorities to “westernize” the local Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin during the early Cold War. The years 1948 to 1958 witnessed one of postwar Germany's most bitter intraparty struggles for leadership within the Berlin SPD, where a faction of remigrés led by Ernst Reuter and Willy Brandt wrestled for control with the so-called Keulenriege around Franz Neumann. Examining clandestine American support for the remigré faction, which included favorable media coverage and considerable financial contributions, this article focuses in particular on the political maneuvering of a German-American network around Shepard Stone, political advisor to U.S. Commissioner John McCloy. An investigation of the postwar power struggle within the Berlin SPD offers fresh perspectives on three related subjects: the role of remigrés in postwar Germany history; the political clout of informal German-American networks; and West Berlin as an alternative laboratory of German democratization.

Dieser Aufsatz thematisiert einen Machtkampf innerhalb der Berliner SPD in der Frühphase des Kalten Krieges. In einer gemeinsamen Kampagne versuchten sog. „remigrés“ - Remigranten aus dem Exil - und amerikanische Behörden, eine Westbindung der Partei gegen innere Widerstände durchzusetzen. Zwischen 1948 und 1958 entbrannte eine der erbittertsten innerparteilichen Auseinandersetzungen der Nachkriegszeit, bei der eine von Ernst Reuter und Willy Brandt geleitete Fraktion von „remigrés“ mit der sogenannten Keulenriege um Franz Neumann um die Führung der Berliner SPD rang. Indem dieser Aufsatz die verdeckte amerikanische Unterstützung für die „remigré“-Fraktion rekonstruiert, beleuchtet er vor allem die politischen Manöver eines deutsch-amerikanischen Netzwerkes um Shepard Stone, den politischen Berater des amerikanischen Hochkommissar John McCloy. Eine Untersuchung des Machtkampfes innerhalb der Berliner SPD der Nachkriegszeit eröffnet dabei neue Perspektiven auf drei zusammenhängende Themen: die Rolle von „remigrés“ in der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte, der politische Einfluss informeller deutsch-amerikanischer Netzwerke und West-Berlin als alternatives Labor der deutschen Demokratisierung.

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Central European History , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 79 - 99
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49 LAB, E Rep 200-21, 172 Nachlass Ernst Reuter, letter of invitation from Ernst Reuter to Hans Hirschfeld, Aug. 8, 1949; AdsD, Nachlass Paul Hertz, Film XXXIII, letter of invitation from Reuter to Hertz, April 20, 1949.

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52 See, e.g., LAB, E Rep 300-62, 22 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “May Day Preparations,” April 27, 1950; LAB, E Rep 300-62, 5 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “A Few Remarks from Reuter and Hertz,” Feb. 15, 1951.

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64 Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv Babelsberg (DRAB), J204-00-02/0001 F0116 Programmfahnen, Oct. 29, 1950–Jan. 25, 1955.

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67 Merseburger, Willy Brandt, 299-300.

68 LAB, E Rep 300-90, 555 Nachlass Franz Neumann, letter from Brandt to Neumann, May 16, 1950.

69 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, May 30, 1950.

70 Ibid., letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, May 31, 1950.

71 AdsD, Willy-Brandt-Archiv (WBA), A6, 1/WBA-BER-0009, letter from Brandt to Peter Tennant, May 3, 1950.

72 Brandt and Stone would remain friends for the rest of their lives. Brandt wrote a congratulatory note on the occasion of Stone's eightieth birthday; see Brandt, Willy, “Lieber Freund . . .,” in Ein Buch der Freunde. Shepard Stone zum Achtzigsten, ed. Scholl, Inge Aicher (West Berlin: Siedler, 1988), 73Google Scholar.

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74 Merseburger, Willy Brandt, 408–14.

75 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, July 12, 1950.

76 Ibid., Vermerk Hans Hirschfeld, July 20, 1950.

77 Ibid., Vermerk Hans Hirschfeld, July 21, 1950.

78 Ibid.

79 Ibid., Vermerk Hans Hirschfeld, July 28, 1950.

80 Ibid. The great secrecy surrounding the contract is a main reason for its late emergence. According to Hirschfeld, Brandt held on to the remigrés' copy of the contract, which never resurfaced; Ernst Reuter, the intended reader of Hirschfeld's memoranda, died unexpectedly in 1953 without making arrangements for the preservation of his personal and professional documents. Reuter's surviving papers, housed in the Landesarchiv Berlin, are silent about any direct American support, but the bulk of the material was donated to the Landesarchiv in the 1970s by Brandt himself, after he had co-written the first biography on Reuter: Brandt, Willy and Löwenthal, Richard, Ernst Reuter. Ein Leben für die Freiheit. Eine politische Biographie (Munich: Kindler, 1957)Google Scholar.

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82 Berghahn, America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe, 215–18.

83 LAB, E Rep 200-21, 243 Nachlass Ernst Reuter, Bürgermeister Reuter-Stiftung, Annual Report for FY2 (April 1, 1954–March 31, 1955), March 31, 1955.

84 AdsD, WBA, A6, 1/WBA-BER-0008, letter from Brandt to James Ridder, Aug. 19, 1950.

85 For Hirschfeld's draft, see LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, Entwurf für BS ERP Ausgabe, Aug. 1950; Ernst Reuter, “Brennpunkt der Weltpolitik,” Berliner Stadtblatt (BS), Aug. 20, 1950.

86 Willy Brandt, “Marshall- oder Molotow-Plan,” BS, Aug. 20, 1950.

87 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, Vermerk Hans Hirschfeld, Aug. 29, 1950.

88 Ibid., letters from Shepard Stone to Hans Hirschfeld, Nov. 30, 1950, and Jan. 25, 1951; letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, Jan. 13, 1951.

89 Ibid., letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, Jan. 13, 1951.

90 Ibid., letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, Oct. 5, 1950.

91 Berghahn, America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe, 68-76.

92 For the legal stipulations of HICOG loans to the West German press, see Ibid., 69.

93 AdsD, WBA, A6, 1/WBA-BER-0009, Geschäftsübersicht, March 1950 and April 1950.

94 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, Vermerk Hans Hirschfeld, July 28, 1950.

95 Rathenau, Walther, “Die schönste Stadt der Welt,” in Impressionen, ed. Rathenau, Walther (Leipzig: Hirzel, 1902), 144.Google Scholar

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97 LAB, B Rep 002, 3201, HICOG press release, July 9, 1952.

98 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Stone to Hirschfeld, Oct. 27, 1952.

99 Ibid., letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, Sept. 22, 1953.

100 See Berghahn, America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe, 215.

101 Reuters, “Aides of McCarthy Open Bonn Inquiry,” New York Times, April 7, 1953.

102 Reuters, “Aide of M'Carthy Scored on Charge,” New York Times, April 9, 1953.

103 See C.P. Trussell, “Kaghan Tells McCarthy Unit He Has Fought Reds Decade,” New York Times, April 30, 1953; LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, May 22, 1953.

104 Shepard Stone, “Our Program in Germany: Kaghan and Wallenberg Praised for Contributions to Results Achieved,” New York Times, May 11, 1953.

105 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, May 22, 1953.

106 “McCarthy Calls 23 for Book Inquiry,” New York Times, June 28, 1953; George C. Marshall Library, Lexington, VA, Gordon Ewing Collection, Box 1, Folder 3, letter from Stone to Gordon Ewing, July 21, 1953.

107 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letters from Hirschfeld to Stone, May 22, 1953 and Oct. 10, 1953.

108 Ibid., letter from Stone to Hirschfeld, Nov. 11, 1953.

109 Ibid.

110 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 11/3-4 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld Amtsgeschäfte, eulogy for Ernst Reuter by Willy Brandt, Oct. 1, 1953.

111 LAB, E Rep 300-62, 77 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “Some Interesting Remarks Made by Dr. Klein (SPD), Formerly Senator for Federal Affairs (Plus a Few Remarks from Ex-Senator Bach),” Dec. 28, 1953.

112 Heimann, Siegfried, “Einleitung,” in Willy Brandt, Berliner Ausgabe, vol. 3 (Berlin bleibt frei. Politik in und für Berlin, 1947–1966), ed. Grebing, Helga, et al. (Bonn: J. H. W. Dietz Nachfolger, 2004)Google Scholar, 28.

113 Merseburger, Willy Brandt, 312.

114 LAB, E Rep 200-21, 284 Nachlass Ernst Reuter, letter from Brandt to Hanna Reuter, Aug. 5, 1954. Brandt reiterated this martial phrasing in a letter to Hirschfeld two weeks later; see LAB, E Rep 200-18, 27/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Brandt to Hirschfeld, Aug. 17, 1954.

115 BAB, SAPMO DY/30/IV 2/10.02/98 Zentrales Parteiarchiv der SED, ZK, Westabteilung, 153, memorandum “Weitere Enthüllungen über die ungeheuerliche Tätigkeit der amerikanischen Fraktion in der SPD,” June 12, 1954.

116 LAB, E Rep 300-62, 77 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “Willy Brandt Blows the Blues (an informed observeress [sic] prodded this out of Willy),” Oct. 26, 1954.

117 Merseburger, Willy Brandt, 329.

118 LAB, E Rep 300-62, 77 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “Dr. Hirschfeld after the Elections,” Dec. 7, 1954.

119 Berghahn, America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe, 178.

120 See Merseburger, Willy Brandt, 126–49, 341.

121 See, e.g., LAB, E Rep 300-62, 77 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “Sidelights to the SPD Convention on May 22, 1955,” June 10, 1955; LAB, E Rep 300-62, 68, Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “SPD Public Meeting in Wedding,” Aug. 31, 1955; LAB, E Rep 300-62, 77 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “Willy Brandt Not Resigning His Bundestag Seat,” Sept. 28, 1955.

122 See, e.g., LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Stone to Hirschfeld, July 19,1956.

123 LAB, E Rep 300-62, 77 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum handwritten by Mautner in English, “W.B.,” June 8, 1956.

124 LAB, E Rep 300-62, 77 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “Willy Brandt about SPD Trends in East-West Thinking,” May 31, 1956.

125 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, Oct. 10, 1956.

126 See LAB, E Rep 300-90, 195 Nachlass Franz Neumann, letter from Adolf Arndt to Neumann, Sept. 19, 1957.

127 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, letter from Hirschfeld to Stone, Sept. 23,1957.

128 LAB, E Rep 300-90, 195 Nachlass Franz Neumann, handwritten note by Neumann during executive meeting, postdated Sept. 18, 1957.

129 LAB, E Rep 300-62, 68 Nachlass Karl F. Mautner, memorandum “Again: SPD ‘Inside’ Info,” Nov. 8, 1957.

130 Merseburger, Willy Brandt, 342.

131 See the reports in AdsD, WBA, A6 1/WBA-BER-0085 Auslandsreisen.

132 See Michel, Judith, Willy Brandts Amerikabild und -politik, 1933–1992 (Göttingen: V&R unipress, 2010), 138Google Scholar.

133 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, telegrams from Stone to Brandt, and from Brandt to Stone, June 21, 1958.

134 LAB, E Rep 200-18, 34/1 Nachlass Hans Hirschfeld, note from Hirschfeld to Stone, “Willkommen für einen Freund,” June 1958.

135 BAB, SAPMO DY/30/IV 2/10.02/98 Zentrales Parteiarchiv der SED, ZK, Westabteilung, 149–70, memorandum, “Die amerikanischen Fraktion in der Sozialdemokratie,” Nov. 23, 1953; memorandum “Weitere Enthüllungen über die ungeheuerliche Tätigkeit der amerikanischen Fraktion in der SPD,” June 12, 1954. Also see Barclay, Schaut auf diese Stadt, 326.