Edith Brandt

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Edith Brandt (born Bonefeld ; * December 15, 1923 in Bernburg ; † February 27, 2007 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German politician ( SED ). She was a member of the Central Committee of the SED and a member of the People's Chamber .

Life

Brandt, the daughter of a bricklayer, attended elementary school and from April 1938 to March 1941 completed an apprenticeship as a cook at a vocational school in Magdeburg . In 1941/42 she worked as an assistant cook in Frankfurt am Main and from 1942 to 1945 as a housekeeper at the Geringsdorf manor.

After the end of the war, Brandt became a member of the KPD in September 1945 . She was involved in setting up the anti-fascist youth and women's committees in Bernburg. In 1945 she attended the district party school in Wettin and in 1946 took part in an eight-month course for new teachers in Bernburg. In 1946 she became a member of the SED . From 1948 to 1949 she worked as a teacher in Baalberge in the Bernburg district , and in 1949/50 as the head of a primary school in Bernburg. In 1950 she was appointed deputy district school councilor and member of the secretariat of the SED district leadership.

From October 1950 to 1958 she was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR. In the first electoral term (1950–1954) initially for the SED, then in the second electoral term for the FDJ. From 1954 to May 1958 Brandt was also chairman of the FDJ parliamentary group in the People's Chamber.

From October 1950 to October 1951 Brandt took part in the one-year course at the party college "Karl Marx" of the SED in order to be prepared for a position in the ministry. From November 1951 to July 1952 she worked as the head of the main teaching and education department in the Ministry for Public Education of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle (Saale).

After the dissolution of the federal states and the associated ministries, Brandt worked from August to September 1952 as a political employee in the organizational office of the Magdeburg district . In September 1952 she was elected to the secretariat of the SED district leadership in Magdeburg and worked from September 1952 to August 1953 as their secretary for agitation and propaganda . From April to December 1953 she attended the district party school of the SED. In 1954 she was elected to the Central Committee of the SED, of which she was a member until 1986. From January 1954 to 1957 she was also secretary of the Central Council of the FDJ, where she was also responsible for agitation and propaganda. Between 1954 and 1960 she completed correspondence courses at the party college with a degree in social science. From 1957 to 1966 she held the position of First Secretary of the SED district leadership in Wittenberg . From 1966 to 1984 Brandt acted as secretary for science, public education and culture of the SED district leadership in Halle . She was also a member of the Halle district assembly . On February 9, 1986, as a party veteran, she was re-elected as a member of the SED district leadership in Halle.

Brandt was married and had a daughter and a son.

Honors

literature

  • 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. 79.
  • Rita Pawlowski: Our women stand by their husbands. Women in the People's Chamber of the GDR 1950–1989: A Biographical Handbook . trafo, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89626-652-1 .
  • Mario Niemann , Andreas Herbst (ed.): SED squad: the middle level. Biographical encyclopedia of the secretaries of the state and district managements, the prime ministers and the chairmen of the district councils 1946 to 1989 . Schöningh, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-506-76977-0 , p. 127f.

Remarks

  1. ^ Peter Joachim Lapp : The People's Chamber of the GDR . Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1975, p. 127.
  2. ^ Central Committee of the SED congratulates Comrade Edith Brandt . In: Neues Deutschland , December 15, 1988, p. 2.
  3. ^ Freedom of February 10, 1986
personal data
SURNAME Brandt, Edith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonefeld, Edith (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SED), MdV
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bernburg
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2007
Place of death Halle (Saale)