In the end of the Weimar Republic, the newspaper was mainly focused on the fight against the "Travel into the Third Reich" (Tucholsky). A small number of articles still dealt with cultural life. However, Tucholsky resigned in the beginning of 1932 and published his own writings only infrequently. In Mai 1932, Hellmut von Gerlach took over as editor because of Ossietzky's time in prison. During this time, Walther Karsch was assigned the role of the main editor in terms of the press law. In the summer of the same year, Ossietzky was charged because of Tucholsky's writing that "soldiers are murderers". However, the court acquitted Ossietzky. He was granted an amnesty and released from prison during Christmas 1932.