Benjamin Dietrich

Benjamin Dietrich (born October 3, 1910 in Dresden ; † May 29, 1981 in Cologne ) was a German party functionary of the GDR block party NDPD and a journalist .

Life

Dietrich became a member of the NSDAP in 1930 . He also joined the SA and became a senior SA leader. In Saxony he co-founded the Nazi newspaper Der Freiheitskampf .

After the Second World War, Dietrich became a member of the NDP (later renamed the NDPD).

In the GDR he was editor-in-chief of the Saxon Latest News from 1952 to 1955 . He then moved to Berlin as a department head in the editorial team of the NDPD - the central organ National-Zeitung . He was a member of the journalists' association in the GDR and temporarily its deputy chairman in Berlin.

Dietrich received the GDR's Medal of Merit in 1961 and was a member of the NDPD party executive from 1968.

literature

Harry Waibel : Servant of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 .
Investigation Committee of Freedom Jurists (ed.): Former National Socialists in Pankow's service , Berlin-Zehlendorf, undated [1960], p. 16.

Individual evidence

↑ Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR 1945–1990 . tape 1 , Abendroth – Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 123 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Dietrich, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and NDPD functionary
DATE OF BIRTH	October 3, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	May 29, 1981
Place of death	Cologne

[Biographisches_Handbuch-1] Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR 1945–1990 . tape 1 , Abendroth – Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 123 ( limited preview in Google Book search).