Alexander Heckmann

Alexander Heckmann (* 1908 ; † 1994 ; Russian Александр Иоганнесович Гекман , scientific transliteration Aleksandr Iogannesovič Gekman ) was a Soviet politician ( CPSU ) and the last head of government and chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Autonomous People's Republic of Germany . He was also a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR .

Heckmann was arrested in 1944 with other Soviet functionaries of German origin. In 1946 he was charged with “anti-Soviet propaganda” with a nationalist background and sentenced to four years in prison .

Individual evidence

↑ Viktor Krieger, Hans Kampen, Nina Paulsen, Ludmila Kopp, Josef Schleicher, Johann Kampen Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland eV., 2006: Germans from Russia yesterday and today: People on the way , p. 16. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
↑ Viktor Krieger : Federal citizens of Russian-German origin. Key historical experiences and collective memory (= history, culture and way of life of the Russian Germans. Volume 1). LIT-Verlag, Berlin / Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-12073-1 , p. 201. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

personal data
SURNAME	Heckmann, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Гекман, Александр Иоганнесович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Soviet-Volga German politician (CPSU) and head of government of the Volga German Republic
DATE OF BIRTH	1908
DATE OF DEATH	1994

[1] Viktor Krieger, Hans Kampen, Nina Paulsen, Ludmila Kopp, Josef Schleicher, Johann Kampen Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland eV., 2006: Germans from Russia yesterday and today: People on the way , p. 16. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

[2] Viktor Krieger : Federal citizens of Russian-German origin. Key historical experiences and collective memory (= history, culture and way of life of the Russian Germans. Volume 1). LIT-Verlag, Berlin / Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-12073-1 , p. 201. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).