Der Umbruch was published from 5 October 1940 to 6 July 1943.[5] Initially it was published weekly, but shifted to publication twice per week in March 1941.[5][6] Martin Hilti served as editor until 1942.[2][7] Other contributors included Dr. Alfons Goop, Dr. Sepp Ritter and Dr. Hermann Walser.[5] The newspaper was printed by U. Goppel.[4][8]