Adolf Knipper

Adolf Knipper (born October 5, 1916 in Saargemünd , † unknown) was a German politician of the GDR block party CDU . He was a member of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament from 1946 to 1950 and deputy chairman of the Rostock District Council from 1961 to 1981.

Life

Adolf Knipper attended elementary school in Malchin and, since 1926, the secondary school in Schwerin . He finished his apprenticeship as a druggist in 1937 with the merchant and druggist examination. Until 1938 Knipper was a photo reporter for the Mecklenburgische Zeitung, then a conscript and soldier in the Wehrmacht's medical service . In 1944, Knipper was captured by the Soviets, where he joined the National Committee for Free Germany .

After his return from captivity in 1945, Adolf Knipper became a member of the CDU and youth representative on the Schwerin local board. He was a member of the advisory assembly of the city of Schwerin and received a state parliament mandate after the elections. Knipper's main job was at the IHK Schwerin, whose Teterow office he had been in charge of since 1946. He represented the CDU in the Malchin and Ribnitz-Damgarten districts and in the Rostock district assembly . Finally, he began a full-time career as deputy chairman in the council of the Ribnitz-Damgarten district, from 1959 as deputy mayor of Rostock and from 1961 to 1981 as deputy chairman in the council of the Rostock district.

literature

• LHAS 6.11-1-298, Mecklenburg Landtag 1946-1952, questionnaires, résumés and assessments of members of the Landtag 1950
• Klaus Schwabe: State elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1946. Booklet accompanying the exhibition in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament from August 28 to October 20, 1996, Schwerin 1996
• Christian Schwießelmann: The CDU in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania 1945 to 1952. From the foundation to the dissolution of the regional association. A representation of party history . Droste, Düsseldorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-7700-1909-0 , ( research and sources on contemporary history 58).

Web links

• Literature about Adolf Knipper in the state bibliography MV