Bruno Lentzsch

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Bruno Lentzsch (born November 14, 1903 in Torgelow , † November 14, 1972 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SED ). From 1949 to 1952 he was Minister of the Interior of Brandenburg .

Life

Lentzsch, the son of a locksmith , also learned the trade of a locksmith after attending primary school . Then he worked in the profession and as a lumberjack. In 1919 he joined the SPD , in 1920 he became a member of the German Metalworkers' Association , in 1921 of the Communist Youth Association of Germany and in 1923 of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, Lentzsch was active in the resistance . He was arrested in 1935 and imprisoned in 1935/1936.

In 1945 he headed the food office in Oranienburg and was chairman of the local consumer cooperative . From 1945 to 1948 he worked as a district administrator in the Luckau district . In 1946 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From August 1948 to February 1950 he was chairman of the state control commission in Brandenburg. From September 1949 to July 1952 he was - as successor to Bernhard Bechler - interior minister in the state government of Brandenburg, 1949/1950 in his function as interior minister also chairman of the state soil commission , but he was mostly represented by Robert Neddermeyer . From 1949 to 1952 he was a member of the SED state executive committee and state management as well as his or her secretariat. From 1949 to 1950 Lentzsch was also a member of the Brandenburg state parliament . In May 1952, initially suggested by the Politburo of the SED Central Committee for a position in the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the GDR , Lentzsch served as first secretary of the SED district leadership in Brandenburg-Stadt from 1952 to 1954 . From 1954 he worked as the head of the local councils department at the Prime Minister of the GDR Otto Grotewohl . Afterwards he was a member of the Interior Ministry and deputy state secretary with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the People's Police .

He last lived in Berlin and died unexpectedly at the age of 69.

Awards

literature

  • Martin Broszat et al. (Ed.): SBZ manual: State administrations, parties, social organizations and their executives in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany 1945–1949 . 2nd Edition. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55262-7 , p. 965.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 473.
  • Friederike Sattler: Economic order in transition. Politics, organization and function of the KPD / SED in the state of Brandenburg during the establishment of the central planned economy in the Soviet Zone / GDR 1945–52 . LIT Verlag, Münster 2002, ISBN 3-8258-6321-2 , p. 944.
  • Andreas Herbst :  Lentzsch, Bruno . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in " Neues Deutschland " on December 7, 1972
personal data
SURNAME Lentzsch, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Torgelow
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1972
Place of death Berlin