Ernst Wabra

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Ernst Wabra (born March 31, 1907 in Chemnitz , † November 4, 1970 in Berlin ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism and a politician ( SED ) in the GDR .

Life

The son of a working-class family learned the trade of iron cutter after attending primary school. He first worked in a typewriter repair shop, then as a line and construction worker for the Deutsche Reichsbahn. Wabra joined the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD) in 1923 . From 1930 he was a member of the KPD and in 1932 was elected to the Reich leadership of the KJVD.

During the National Socialism , Wabra was arrested in Hamburg in August 1934 . On August 27, 1935, he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison by the People's Court for “preparation for high treason” and transferred to Waldheim prison.

After his liberation, Wabra became the first police chief of Chemnitz on June 6, 1945 . He held this function until December 31, 1945, when he was appointed secretary in charge of the agit-prop department of the KPD district leadership through Hermann Matern's mediation . He was also a member of the Saxon state executive of the KPD / SED between 1945 and 1952. Within the State Control Commission (LKK) of Saxony, he was the SED's shop steward and was responsible for personnel reviews. Between 1950 and 1955, Wabra completed a distance learning course at the Karl Marx party college . From March 1953 he was deputy chairman and from November 1954 to 1961, as the successor to Fritz Lange , who had been promoted to minister, he was acting head of the Central Commission for State Control (ZKSK). In his function as head of this commission, which was equivalent to a ministry, he was also a member of the GDR Council of Ministers . Within the commission, Wabra appeared pro-actionist and uncompromising. Nevertheless, the chairmanship of the commission was never fully entrusted to him: he only retained the leadership temporarily until he was replaced by Hans Jendretzky in November 1961 .

From 1961 to 1962 he was the deputy head of the district authority of the German People's Police (BDVP) in Karl-Marx-Stadt. His last position from August 1962 to 1970 was that of deputy head of the GDR customs administration for economic issues with the rank of customs inspector.

Awards and honors

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Schmietzner, Stefan Donth: The party in the enforcement of dictatorship: KPD / SED in Saxony 1945-1952 , Böhlau 2002, p. 1136.
  2. ↑ Jeannette Michelmann: Activists from the very beginning: the Antifa in the Soviet occupation zone , Böhlau 2002, p. 235. Rupieper / Sperk, however, state 1927 as the year of joining the KJVD; see: Hermann-Josef Rupieper, Alexander Sperk: The Situation Reports of the Secret State Police for the Province of Saxony 1933 to 1936 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag 2004, Volume 2, p. 133.
  3. ^ Rupieper / Sperk: The situation reports of the Secret State Police for the Province of Saxony 1933 to 1936 , Volume 2, p. 133.
  4. ^ Street names in Karl-Marx-Stadt , Karl-Marx-Stadt-Information (Ed.) 1989, p. 16.
  5. ↑ Michelmann, Activists of the First Hour , p. 235.
  6. ↑ Thomas Horstmann: Logic of arbitrariness. The Central Commission for State Control in the Soviet Zone / GDR from 1948 to 1958 , Cologne / Weimar: Böhlau 2002, p. 285.
  7. ↑ Horstmann: Logic of Arbitrariness , p. 285.
  8. ^ Dierk Hoffmann: Otto Grotewohl (1894-1964) , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag 2009, p. 449.
  9. ↑ Horstmann: Logic of Arbitrariness , p. 286.
  10. ^ New Germany of November 28, 1961
  11. ^ Obituary in Neues Deutschland from November 5, 1970
personal data
SURNAME Wabra, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (KPD, SED)
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1970
Place of death Berlin