Curt-Heinz Merkel
Curt-Heinz Merkel (born November 22, 1919 in Hamburg , † February 25, 2000 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SED ). He was Minister for Trade and Supply in the GDR .
Life
Merkel was born into a working class family. He attended elementary school , completed a commercial apprenticeship and worked as a salesman in a food wholesaler in Hamburg. From 1937 to 1939 he was the manager of a branch. In 1938 he joined the NSDAP . From 1939 to 1945 Merkel did military service as a sergeant in the 154th Grenadier Regiment of the Wehrmacht .
After the war ended, he joined the SED in 1946. From 1946 to 1949 he worked for the consumer cooperatives in Zeitz and Querfurt . He was sales point manager and then head of the cooperative school of the trade organization (HO) in Zeitz. In 1950 he was as a deputy in the district council elected Zeitz. In 1951/1952 he studied at the German Administration Academy in Forst Zinna and, after completing his studies, became head of department or office manager and deputy general director of the German domestic and foreign trade company (DIA) enjoyment and food and then in 1954 group leader in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade in the GDR . From 1956 to 1959 he was Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade. From 1959 to 1963 he worked in the Ministry of Trade and Supply of the GDR , first as State Secretary and from July 1959 to October 1963 as Minister. He then took up a university course, which he completed with a degree in economics. From April 1969 to February 1988 he was director of the HO district directorate in Berlin .
Curt-Heinz Merkel died at the age of 80.
Awards
- Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
- Order " Banner of Labor " Level II (1977) and Level I (1987, collectively)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver (1980) and Gold (1984)
- Honorary title of Honored Employee in Commerce of the German Democratic Republic (1988)
literature
- Olaf Kappelt : Brown Book GDR. Nazis in the GDR . Elisabeth Reichmann Verlag, Berlin 1981, p. 300.
- Manfred Bliefernich: Merkel, Curt-Heinz . In: Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 535.
- Andreas Herbst : Merkel, Curt-Heinz . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , February 22, 1988, p. 2.
- ^ Obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung of March 3, 2000.
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , May 2, 1980, p. 4.
Karl Hamann (LDPD, 1949–1952) | Curt Wach (SED, 1953-1959) | Curt-Heinz Merkel (SED, 1959–1963) | Gerhard Lucht (SED, 1963–1965) | Günter Sieber (SED, 1965–1972) | Gerhard Briksa (SED, 1972–1989) | Manfred Flegel (NDPD, 1989–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merkel, Curt-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED), Minister for Trade and Supply of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2000 |
| Place of death | Berlin |