Vahlen was publisher on behalf of the German Research Foundation (DFG), and Bieberbach was chief editor.

[1] In February 1936, the journal was declared the official organ of the German Student Union (DSt) by its Reichsführer, and all local DSt mathematics departments were requested to subscribe and actively contribute.

[2] In the 1940s, issues appeared increasingly delayed and bunched; the journal ended with a triple issue (due Dec 1942) in June 1944.

[3][4] Deutsche Mathematik is also the name of a movement closely associated with the journal whose aim was to promote "German mathematics" and eliminate "Jewish influence" in mathematics, similar to the Deutsche Physik movement.

As a result of this many mathematics libraries outside Germany did not subscribe to it, so copies of the journal can be hard to find.