The Anti-Fascist Committee of German Workers in Romania (), originally the German Anti-Fascist Committee (; ), was an

anti-fascist Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were op ...

organization for ethnic

Germans in Romania The Germans of Romania (; ; ) represent one of the most significant historical ethnic minorities of Romania from the modern period onwards. Throughout the interwar period, the total number of ethnic Germans in the country amounted to as many a ...

. Emmerich Stoffel was the chairman of the Committee and Philipp Geltz its secretary. The Committee was based in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

and published the newspaper '' Neuer Weg'' ('New Path'). By the late 1940s the post-

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

wave of discriminations against the German minority in Romania had subdued. At its meeting in December 1948, the

Political Bureau A politburo () or political bureau is the highest organ of the central committee in communist parties. The term is also sometimes used to refer to similar organs in socialist and Islamist parties, such as the UK Labour Party's NEC or the Poli ...

of the Central Committee of the Romanian Workers Party adopted a 'Resolution of the National Question' which outlined the need for the formation of a German Anti-Fascist Committee and a German-language newspaper. The Anti-Fascist Committee of German Workers in Romania was founded in March 1949 by a number of ethnic German party members, along with its organ ''Neuer Weg''. The Committee was tasked with mobilizing support for the Communist government amongst ethnic German labourers. The Committee was one of a number of ethnic mass organizations in Romania at the time, alongside the

Jewish Democratic Committee The Jewish Democratic Committee or Democratic Jewish Committee (, CDE, also ''Comitetul Democrat Evreesc'', ''Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc''; ; , DZSK) was a left-wing political party which sought to represent History of the Jews in Romania, Jewis ...

, Union of Slav Democratic Cultural Associations, the Hungarian Popular Union, the Democratic Committee of the Russian and Ukrainian Peoples, the Democratic Greek Committee and the Democratic Armenian Committee.

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