Kurt Krjeńc
Kurt Krjeńc (German Kurt Krenz , born July 7, 1907 in Malschwitz ; † November 28, 1978 in Bautzen ) was a Sorbian communist and long-time chairman of Domowina .
Life
Kurt Krjeńc was born the son of a Malschwitz quarry worker and trained as a porcelain turner in Großdubrau . He joined the KPD as early as 1923 and was also active in the Serbski Sokoł . Krjeńc was arrested in 1933 and imprisoned for some time in the Hohnstein concentration camp . From 1939 to 1945 he served in the Wehrmacht and was taken prisoner by the Soviets in May 1945. After the end of the Second World War , Krjeńc initially took over functions as district and later district secretary of the KPD or SED; In 1949 he became a member of the Provisional People's Chamber for the SED. From 1950 until his death he always held a seat in the People's Chamber. Between 1948 and 1953 he worked in the Sorbian National Education Office in Saxony.
At the end of 1950, the SED regional leadership in Saxony decided on Kurt Krjeńc as the successor to Domowina chairman Pawoł Nedo , who had led the organization again before it was banned by the National Socialists in 1937 and since the end of the war. Nedo was transferred to Dresden and resigned from his honorary position in 1951. Krjeńc became the national chairman of Domowina. Under his leadership, the organization was restructured and firmly integrated into the power structure of the GDR. The introduction of the Sorbs to socialism became the declared main purpose of the Domowina.
Krjeńc remained Domowina chairman for over 22 years until he officially resigned in 1973 for health reasons. After his retirement, the office of chairman was abolished and only reintroduced in 1990 as part of the democratization of Domowina.
Among other awards, he received the Karl Marx Order and the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold.
Fonts
- DOMOWINA - the national organization of the Lusatian Sorbs , series of publications on the Sorbs, issue 3, Ministry for National Education of the GDR, 1954
literature
- Elle, Ludwig: The Domowina in the GDR , Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšin 2010
- Elke Reuter, Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Krjenc, Kurt (Kurt Krenz) . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krjeńc, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krenz, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sorbian-German politician (SED), MdV, chairman of Domowina |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malschwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1978 |
| Place of death | Bautzen |