Franz Franik
Franz Franik (born October 2, 1907 in Lona-Lany , Tost-Gleiwitz district , † October 20, 1975 ) was a German miner and namesake of an activist movement in the GDR .
Life
After attending primary school, Franz Franik initially worked in agriculture. Since 1925 he worked in the coal mining industry , first in Hindenburg in Upper Silesia and from 1928 in the Zwickau coal field . After serving in the Wehrmacht from 1943 to 1945 and briefly as a prisoner of war, Franik returned to Germany at the end of 1945. He worked again in coal mining, as a brigadier in the Karl Marx factory in Zwickau . There he initiated an innovator movement in 1952 with the aim of fulfilling the annual plans ahead of time ("Franik Movement").
Franik has been honored with high state awards. In 1952 he became an Honored Miner of the GDR . In the same year, he and Horst Radecker received the GDR National Prize, 1st class, for science and technology. In 1954 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold. He was an honorary citizen of Zwickau.
Franik died on October 20, 1975.
See also
literature
- Jan Wielgohs: Franik, Franz . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Franik in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Franz Franik in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Joachim Wiesner: Award list for the honorary title "Honored Miner of the GDR" from 1951 to 1989 . November 2013, p. 2 ( PDF; 894 kB [accessed on April 21, 2020]).
- ^ Comrade Franz Franik . Obituary of the Central Committee of the SED. In: New Germany . October 23, 1975, p. 2 ( excerpt ).
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SURNAME | Franik, Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German miner and activist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lona-Lany , Tost-Gleiwitz district |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th October 1975 |