The Wiesbaden Post was first published on February 14, 1946 and from then on appeared every Thursday until the 1970s. It was published by members of the American army. The first German employee, Heinrich Guntrum, was co-editor from 1958 and the author of a column about the sights of Wiesbaden.

The Wiesbaden Post won the "USAFE Prize for Class Four Service Newspapers" several times, a prize awarded throughout Europe to newspapers with over 10,000 readers. In 1960, the number of readers was 24,000 out of 8,000 newspapers distributed. The Wiesbaden Post was the longest-running "Service Newspaper" in Europe.

According to its own claim, it wanted to convince the Americans through its editorials to bring American democratic values closer to the Germans. The newspaper provided military news, information about event programs, e.g. at the Eagle Club, and aboutvisits by prominent artists or politicians to Wiesbaden. Articles about exhibitions and concerts, a mostly two-page sports section, current news, advertisements and family news as well as comics rounded off the offerings.

The Wiesbaden Post was also a mouthpiece for the developing American and German-American clubs, the American youth associations and various charitable organizations.