Eberhard Sandberg

Eberhard Sandberg (born January 28, 1926 in Schwerin ) is a former German politician ( CDU ). He was chairman of the Gera district board of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

Life

Sandberg, the son of an engineer, attended high school. He had to do military service and was taken prisoner by the US and was held in Heidesheim . At the age of 18, he was forced into the NSDAP on Hitler's birthday on April 20, 1944 .

After 1945, Sandberg completed a new teacher training course in Schwerin and worked as a teacher of mathematics and physics from 1948 to 1961, first at the Warin Central School , then at the Fritz Reuter School in Ludwigslust . In 1948 he joined the CDU. In 1961/62 he worked as an instructor for the CDU party leadership. From 1962 to 1970 he was again a teacher.

From 1970 to 1989 Sandberg acted as chairman of the CDU district executive in Gera. From 1954 to 1970 Sandberg was a member of the Schwerin District Assembly and from 1971 to 1990 a Member of the Gera District Assembly. From 1954 to 1989 Sandberg was a member of the main board of the CDU. At times he was also chairman of the national education working group on the main board of the CDU.

He was also a member of the Gera district committee of the National Front and deputy district chairman of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship .

Sandberg lives today (2017) in Apolda .

Fonts (selection)

• Christian Faith and Socialist School . In: For the improvement of learning and socialist upbringing in high schools . Volk und Wissen, Berlin 1961, pp. 79–82.
• The pledge of spring 1945 . In: Günter Wirth: We live in the GDR. Testimonies from Christian personalities . Union Verlag, Berlin 1963, pp. 90ff.
• Faith and science - no contradictions . In: 15 years of the GDR. 15 years of cooperation with the Christian Democratic Union . Party leadership of the Christian Democratic Union, Berlin 1964, SS 233–236.

Awards

• Pestalozzi medal for faithful service in bronze and silver
• Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal
• Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1977)
• Medal of Merit of the GDR

literature

• Gabriele Baumgartner: Sandberg, Eberhard . In: dies., Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 752.
• Olaf Kappelt : Brown Book GDR. Nazis in the GDR . 2nd Edition. Berlin historica, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-939929-12-3 , p. 497.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Thüringer Allgemeine congratulates , January 28, 2017.
2. ↑ The community gazette . Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Apolda , January 2017 , p. 8.