Adolf Giese
Adolf Giese (born July 20, 1906 in Thurow ; † November 7, 1969 in Neustrelitz ) was a German politician ( KPD / DBD ). He was a co-founder of the DBD in the state of Mecklenburg .
Life
The forest worker Giese had been unionized since 1922 , took part in strikes and was affected by lockouts. In 1928 he joined the KPD and worked as a member of the KPD sub-district leadership in Mecklenburg-Strelitz . He was also a member of the Red Aid and the Red Front Fighter League . From March 13, 1932 until the beginning of 1933, Giese was a member of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz state parliament for the KPD .
After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he was arrested by the Gestapo on March 2, 1933 in Neustrelitz and remained in " protective custody " until July 1933 . He was then placed under police supervision and obliged to work on road construction . In 1943 he was drafted into the army for military service. He was wounded on the Eastern Front.
In July 1945 Giese returned to Neubrandenburg and became mayor of the municipality of Zirzow . In 1946 he acted as secretary of the KPD district leadership in Neubrandenburg and from April as secretary of the SED district leadership. In May 1948 he was commissioned to help build the DBD in Mecklenburg and was then chairman of the DBD in Neubrandenburg until 1950. In 1952 he was also a member of the party arbitration court of the DBD Mecklenburgs. In December 1950 he became district administrator of the district of Grimmen , later chairman of the council of the district of Templin and in 1953 deputy chairman of the council of the district of Neubrandenburg . From 1955 to 1959 he was chairman of the LPG “Roter Stern” in Neustrelitz.
From September 1949 until the dissolution of the states in 1952, Giese was a member of the Mecklenburg state parliament , then a district councilor . In September 1966 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze as a department head at the Neustrelitz District Council .
literature
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich et al. 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 222.
- Theresia Bauer: Block Party and Agrarian Revolution from Above. The Democratic Peasant Party of Germany, 1948–1963. ( Studies on Contemporary History , Volume 64; also dissertation , Ludwig Maximilians University Munich 1998). Oldenbourg, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-486-56703-9 , pp. 111, 125 and 127.
- Giese, Adolf . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographisches Handbuch 1918 to 1945. 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 , pp. 295-296.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honors for Merit . In: Neues Deutschland , September 15, 1966, p. 2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giese, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD / DBD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thurow |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1969 |
| Place of death | Neustrelitz |