Der Funke (German: [deːɐ̯ ˈfʊŋkə], English: The Spark) was a daily newspaper published from Berlin, Germany, from 1932 to 1933.

[1] Other people working with Der Funke included Grete Henry, Werner Hansen and Gustav Heckmann.

[2] In its 24 June 1932 issue Der Funke published the "Urgent Call for Unity" ahead of the July 1932 Reichstag election.

Signatories of the appeal included Albert Einstein, Käthe Kollwitz, Franz Oppenheimer, Arnold Zweig, Heinrich Mann and Erich Kästner.

[7] The newspaper was banned for four weeks in November and December 1932, following the publication of an editorial labelling president Paul von Hindenburg as the "Protector of Fascism".